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Disease
ARGI1_HUMAN Defects in ARG1 are the cause of argininemia (ARGIN) [MIM:207800; also known as hyperargininemia. Argininemia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the urea cycle. Arginine is elevated in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid, and periodic hyperammonemia occurs. Clinical manifestations include developmental delay, seizures, mental retardation, hypotonia, ataxia, progressive spastic quadriplegia.[1] [2]
Function
ARGI1_HUMAN
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Recent data suggest that the inhibition of arginase (ARG) has therapeutic potential for the treatment of a number of indications ranging from pulmonary and vascular disease to cancer. Thus, high demand exists for selective small molecule ARG inhibitors with favorable druglike properties and good oral bioavailability. In light of the significant challenges associated with the unique physicochemical properties of previously disclosed ARG inhibitors, we use structure-based drug design combined with a focused optimization strategy to discover a class of boronic acids featuring a privileged proline scaffold with superior potency and oral bioavailability. These compounds, exemplified by inhibitors 4a, 18, and 27, demonstrated a favorable overall profile, and 4a was well tolerated following multiple days of dosing at concentrations that exceed those required for serum arginase inhibition and concomitant arginine elevation in a syngeneic mouse carcinoma model.
Structure-Based Discovery of Proline-Derived Arginase Inhibitors with Improved Oral Bioavailability for Immuno-Oncology.,Lu M, Zhang H, Li D, Childers M, Pu Q, Palte RL, Gathiaka S, Lyons TW, Palani A, Fan PW, Spacciapoli P, Miller JR, Cho H, Cheng M, Chakravarthy K, O'Neil J, Eangoor P, Beard A, Kim HY, Sauri J, Gunaydin H, Sloman DL, Siliphaivanh P, Cumming J, Fischer C ACS Med Chem Lett. 2021 Jul 16;12(9):1380-1388. doi:, 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00195. eCollection 2021 Sep 9. PMID:34527178[3]
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References
- ↑ Uchino T, Haraguchi Y, Aparicio JM, Mizutani N, Higashikawa M, Naitoh H, Mori M, Matsuda I. Three novel mutations in the liver-type arginase gene in three unrelated Japanese patients with argininemia. Am J Hum Genet. 1992 Dec;51(6):1406-12. PMID:1463019
- ↑ Uchino T, Snyderman SE, Lambert M, Qureshi IA, Shapira SK, Sansaricq C, Smit LM, Jakobs C, Matsuda I. Molecular basis of phenotypic variation in patients with argininemia. Hum Genet. 1995 Sep;96(3):255-60. PMID:7649538
- ↑ Lu M, Zhang H, Li D, Childers M, Pu Q, Palte RL, Gathiaka S, Lyons TW, Palani A, Fan PW, Spacciapoli P, Miller JR, Cho H, Cheng M, Chakravarthy K, O'Neil J, Eangoor P, Beard A, Kim HY, Saurí J, Gunaydin H, Sloman DL, Siliphaivanh P, Cumming J, Fischer C. Structure-Based Discovery of Proline-Derived Arginase Inhibitors with Improved Oral Bioavailability for Immuno-Oncology. ACS Med Chem Lett. 2021 Jul 16;12(9):1380-1388. PMID:34527178 doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00195
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