Global Portrait of Protein Targets of Metabolites of the Neurotoxic Compound BIA 10-2474

ACS Chem Biol. 2019 Feb 15;14(2):192-197. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.8b01097. Epub 2019 Jan 31.

Abstract

Clinical investigation of the fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inhibitor BIA 10-2474 resulted in serious adverse neurological events. Structurally unrelated FAAH inhibitors tested in humans have not presented safety concerns, suggesting that BIA 10-2474 has off-target activities. A recent activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) study revealed that BIA 10-2474 and one of its major metabolites inhibit multiple members of the serine hydrolase class to which FAAH belongs. Here, we extend these studies by performing a proteome-wide analysis of covalent targets of BIA 10-2474 metabolites. Using alkynylated probes for click chemistry-ABPP in human cells, we show that des-methylated metabolites of BIA 10-2474 covalently modify the conserved catalytic cysteine in aldehyde dehydrogenases, including ALDH2, which has been implicated in protecting the brain from oxidative stress-related damage. These findings indicate that BIA 10-2474 and its metabolites have the potential to inhibit multiple mechanistically distinct enzyme classes involved in nervous system function.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial / metabolism
  • Amidohydrolases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Area Under Curve
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Click Chemistry
  • Cyclic N-Oxides / metabolism
  • Cyclic N-Oxides / pharmacokinetics
  • Cyclic N-Oxides / pharmacology*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / metabolism
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacokinetics
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Pyridines / metabolism
  • Pyridines / pharmacokinetics
  • Pyridines / pharmacology*

Substances

  • BIA 10-2474
  • Cyclic N-Oxides
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Pyridines
  • ALDH2 protein, human
  • Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial
  • Amidohydrolases
  • fatty-acid amide hydrolase