Investigating Polypharmacology through Targeting Known Human Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitors to Proteinase 3

J Chem Inf Model. 2024 Feb 12;64(3):621-626. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c01949. Epub 2024 Jan 26.

Abstract

Using a combination of multisite λ-dynamics (MSλD) together with in vitro IC50 assays, we evaluated the polypharmacological potential of a scaffold currently in clinical trials for inhibition of human neutrophil elastase (HNE), targeting cardiopulmonary disease, for efficacious inhibition of Proteinase 3 (PR3), a related neutrophil serine proteinase. The affinities we observe suggest that the dihydropyrimidinone scaffold can serve as a suitable starting point for the establishment of polypharmacologically targeting both enzymes and enhancing the potential for treatments addressing diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Myeloblastin
  • Polypharmacology*
  • Proteinase Inhibitory Proteins, Secretory

Substances

  • Myeloblastin
  • Proteinase Inhibitory Proteins, Secretory