Discovery of Novel, Highly Potent, and Selective Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-13 Inhibitors with a 1,2,4-Triazol-3-yl Moiety as a Zinc Binding Group Using a Structure-Based Design Approach
Nara, H., Kaieda, A., Sato, K., Naito, T., Mototani, H., Oki, H., Yamamoto, Y., Kuno, H., Santou, T., Kanzaki, N., Terauchi, J., Uchikawa, O., Kori, M.(2017) J Med Chem 60: 608-626
- PubMed: 27966948 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01007
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5B5O, 5B5P - PubMed Abstract: 
On the basis of a superposition study of X-ray crystal structures of complexes of quinazoline derivative 1 and triazole derivative 2 with matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-13 catalytic domain, a novel series of fused pyrimidine compounds which possess a 1,2,4-triazol-3-yl group as a zinc binding group (ZBG) was designed. Among the herein described and evaluated compounds, 31f exhibited excellent potency for MMP-13 (IC 50 = 0.036 nM) and selectivities (greater than 1,500-fold) over other MMPs (MMP-1, -2, -3, -7, -8, -9, -10, and -14) and tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme (TACE). Furthermore, the inhibitor was shown to protect bovine nasal cartilage explants against degradation induced by interleukin-1 and oncostatin M. In this article, we report the discovery of extremely potent, highly selective, and orally bioavailable fused pyrimidine derivatives that possess a 1,2,4-triazol-3-yl group as a novel ZBG for selective MMP-13 inhibition.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited , 2-26-1, Muraoka-Higashi 2-chome, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-8555, Japan.