Selective inhibitor of platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolases 1b2 and 1b3 that impairs cancer cell survival

ACS Chem Biol. 2015 Apr 17;10(4):925-32. doi: 10.1021/cb500893q. Epub 2015 Jan 20.

Abstract

Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolases (PAFAHs) 1b2 and 1b3 are poorly characterized serine hydrolases that form a complex with a noncatalytic protein (1b1) to regulate brain development, spermatogenesis, and cancer pathogenesis. Determining physiological substrates and biochemical functions for the PAFAH1b complex would benefit from selective chemical probes that can perturb its activity in living systems. Here, we report a class of tetrahydropyridine reversible inhibitors of PAFAH1b2/3 discovered using a fluorescence polarization-activity-based protein profiling (fluopol-ABPP) screen of the NIH 300,000+ compound library. The most potent of these agents, P11, exhibited IC50 values of ∼40 and 900 nM for PAFAH1b2 and 1b3, respectively. We confirm selective inhibition of PAFAH1b2/3 in cancer cells by P11 using an ABPP protocol adapted for in situ analysis of reversible inhibitors and show that this compound impairs tumor cell survival, supporting a role for PAFAH1b2/3 in cancer.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • 1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • 1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase / genetics
  • 1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Line, Tumor / drug effects
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods*
  • Fluorescence Polarization / methods
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Mice
  • Proteomics / methods
  • Pyridines / chemistry
  • Pyridines / pharmacology
  • Small Molecule Libraries / pharmacology
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Pyridines
  • Small Molecule Libraries
  • 1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase
  • PAFAH1b2 protein, mouse
  • PAFAH1b3 protein, mouse