A Selective Galactose-Coumarin-Derived Galectin-3 Inhibitor Demonstrates Involvement of Galectin-3-glycan Interactions in a Pulmonary Fibrosis Model.
Rajput, V.K., MacKinnon, A., Mandal, S., Collins, P., Blanchard, H., Leffler, H., Sethi, T., Schambye, H., Mukhopadhyay, B., Nilsson, U.J.(2016) J Med Chem 59: 8141-8147
- PubMed: 27500311
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00957
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5EXO - PubMed Abstract:
Synthesis of doubly 3-O-coumarylmethyl-substituted thiodigalactosides from bis-3-O-propargyl-thiodigalactoside resulted in highly selective and high affinity galectin-3 inhibitors. Mutant studies, structural analysis, and molecular modeling revealed that the coumaryl substituents stack onto arginine side chains. One inhibitor displayed efficacy in a murine model of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis similar to that of a known nonselective galectin-1/galectin-3 inhibitor, which strongly suggests that blocking galectin-3 glycan recognition is an important antifibrotic drug target.
Organizational Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER) Kolkata , Mohanpur Campus, P.O. BCKV Campus Main Office, Mohanpur, Nadia 741246, India.