Retention of immunosuppressant activity in an ascomycin analogue lacking a hydrogen-bonding interaction with FKBP12.

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Wiedeman PE, Fesik SW, Petros AM, Nettesheim DG, Mollison KW, Lane BC, Or YS, Luly JR

Retention of immunosuppressant activity in an ascomycin analogue lacking a hydrogen-bonding interaction with FKBP12.

J Med Chem. 1999 Oct 21;42(21):4456-61.

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Abstract

C24-Deoxyascomycin was prepared in a two-step process from ascomycin and evaluated for its immunosuppressant activity relative to ascomycin and FK506. An intermediate in the synthetic pathway, Delta(23,24)-dehydroascomycin, was likewise evaluated. Despite lacking the hydrogen-bonding interactions associated with the C24-hydroxyl moiety of ascomycin, C24-deoxyascomycin was found to be equipotent to the parent compound both in its immunosuppressive potency and in its interaction with the immunophilin, FKBP12. Conversely, Delta(23,24)-dehydroascomycin which also lacks the same hydrogen-bonding interactions did not exhibit this potency. NMR studies were conducted on the FKBP12/C24-deoxyascomycin complex in an attempt to understand this phenomenon at the molecular level. The NMR structures of the complexes formed between FKBP12 and ascomcyin or C24-deoxyascomcyin were very similar, suggesting that hydrogen-bonding interactions with the C24 hydroxyl moiety are not important for complex formation.

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Binding Properties
DrugTargetPropertyMeasurementpHTemperature (°C)
TacrolimusPeptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase FKBP1AIC 50 (nM)2.3N/AN/ADetails