Derivatives of D(-) glutamine-based MMP-2 inhibitors as an effective remedy for the management of chronic myeloid leukemia-Part-I: Synthesis, biological screening and in silico binding interaction analysis
- Eur J Med Chem. 2024 Aug 5:274:116563. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116563.
- 1. Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India.
- 2. Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Hyderabad, India.
- 3. Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 4. Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
- 5. Laboratory of Drug Design and Discovery, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India.
- 6. Epigenetic Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Hyderabad, India. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 7. Natural Science Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India. Electronic address: [email protected].
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a global issue and the available drugs such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) comprise various toxic effects as well as resistance and cross-resistance. Therefore, novel molecules targeting specific Enzymes may unravel a new direction in antileukemic drug discovery. In this context, targeting gelatinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9) can be an alternative option for the development of novel molecules effective against CML. In this article, some D(-)glutamine derivatives were synthesized and evaluated through cell-based antileukemic assays and tested against gelatinases. The lead compounds, i.e., benzyl analogs exerted the most promising antileukemic potential showing nontoxicity in normal cell line including efficacious gelatinase inhibition. Both these lead molecules yielded effective Apoptosis and displayed marked reductions in MMP-2 expression in the K562 cell line. Not only that, but both of them also revealed effective antiangiogenic efficacy. Importantly, the most potent MMP-2 Inhibitor, i.e., benzyl derivative of p-tosyl D(-)glutamine disclosed stable binding interaction at the MMP-2 active site correlating with the highly effective MMP-2 inhibitory activity. Therefore, such D(-)glutamine derivatives might be explored further as promising MMP-2 inhibitors with efficacious antileukemic profiles for the treatment of CML in the future.