Design, Synthesis, Computational and Biological Evaluation of Novel Structure Fragments Based on Lithocholic Acid (LCA)

The regulation of bile acid pathways has become a particularly promising therapeutic strategy for a variety of metabolic disorders, cancers, and diseases. However, the hydrophobicity of bile acids has been an obstacle to clinical efficacy due to off-target effects from rapid drug absorption. In this...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-07, Vol.28 (14), p.5332
Main Authors: Peng, Jiangling, Fan, Mingjie, Huang, Kelly X, Huang, Lina A, Wang, Yangmeng, Yin, Runkai, Zhao, Hanyi, Xu, Senlin, Li, Hongzhi, Agua, Alon, Xie, Jun, Horne, David A, Kandeel, Fouad, Huang, Wendong, Li, Junfeng
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Language:English
Subjects:
Amino acids
Analysis
Bile
Bile acids
Biological activity
Glucose
Health aspects
Homeostasis
Hydrogen
hydrophilicity
Liver
luciferase-based reporter assay
Metabolic disorders
Metabolites
Potash
Potassium
Protein binding
structure–activity relationship (SAR)
Takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5 (TGR5)
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Summary:The regulation of bile acid pathways has become a particularly promising therapeutic strategy for a variety of metabolic disorders, cancers, and diseases. However, the hydrophobicity of bile acids has been an obstacle to clinical efficacy due to off-target effects from rapid drug absorption. In this report, we explored a novel strategy to design new structure fragments based on lithocholic acid (LCA) with improved hydrophilicity by introducing a polar "oxygen atom" into the side chain of LCA, then (i) either retaining the carboxylic acid group or replacing the carboxylic acid group with (ii) a diol group or (iii) a vinyl group. These novel fragments were evaluated using luciferase-based reporter assays and the MTS assay. Compared to LCA, the result revealed that the two lead compounds - were well tolerated in vitro, maintaining similar potency and efficacy to LCA. The MTS assay results indicated that cell viability was not affected by dose dependence (under 25 µM). Additionally, computational model analysis demonstrated that compounds - formed more extensive hydrogen bond networks with Takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5 (TGR5) than LCA. This strategy displayed a potential approach to explore the development of novel endogenous bile acids fragments. Further evaluation on the biological activities of the two lead compounds is ongoing.
ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules28145332