Discovery of glycine sulfonamides as dual inhibitors of sn-1-diacylglycerol lipase α and α/β-hydrolase domain 6

J Med Chem. 2014 Aug 14;57(15):6610-22. doi: 10.1021/jm500681z. Epub 2014 Jul 23.

Abstract

sn-1-Diacylglycerol lipase α (DAGL-α) is the main enzyme responsible for the production of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol in the central nervous system. Glycine sulfonamides have recently been identified by a high throughput screening campaign as a novel class of inhibitors for this enzyme. Here, we report on the first structure-activity relationship study of glycine sulfonamide inhibitors and their brain membrane proteome-wide selectivity on serine hydrolases with activity-based protein profiling (ABPP). We found that (i) DAGL-α tolerates a variety of biaryl substituents, (ii) the sulfonamide is required for inducing a specific orientation of the 2,2-dimethylchroman substituent, and (iii) a carboxylic acid is essential for its activity. ABPP revealed that the sulfonamide glycine inhibitors have at least three off-targets, including α/β-hydrolase domain 6 (ABHD6). Finally, we identified LEI-106 as a potent, dual DAGL-α/ABHD6 inhibitor, which makes this compound a potential lead for the discovery of new molecular therapies for diet-induced obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Glycine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Glycine / chemistry*
  • Glycine / pharmacology
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Lipoprotein Lipase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Mice
  • Models, Molecular
  • Monoacylglycerol Lipases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Proteome / metabolism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Sulfonamides / chemistry*
  • Sulfonamides / pharmacology

Substances

  • N-((2,2-dimethylchroman-6-yl)sulfonyl)-N-(4-phenoxybenzyl)glycine
  • Proteome
  • Sulfonamides
  • ABHD6 protein, human
  • ABHD6 protein, mouse
  • Monoacylglycerol Lipases
  • Lipoprotein Lipase
  • Glycine