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ID: ALA4665871
Journal: Bioorg Med Chem
Title: Small-molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients of approved cancer therapeutics inhibit human aspartate/asparagine-β-hydroxylase.
Authors: Brewitz L,Tumber A,Zhang X,Schofield CJ
Abstract: Human aspartate/asparagine-β-hydroxylase (AspH) is a 2-oxoglutarate (2OG) dependent oxygenase that catalyses the hydroxylation of Asp/Asn-residues of epidermal growth factor-like domains (EGFDs). AspH is reported to be upregulated on the cell surface of invasive cancer cells in a manner distinguishing healthy from cancer cells. We report studies on the effect of small-molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) of human cancer therapeutics on the catalytic activity of AspH using a high-throughput mass spectrometry (MS)-based inhibition assay. Human B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2)-protein inhibitors, including the (R)-enantiomer of the natural product gossypol, were observed to efficiently inhibit AspH, as does the antitumor antibiotic bleomycin A. The results may help in the design of AspH inhibitors with the potential of increased selectivity compared to the previously identified Fe(II)-chelating or 2OG-competitive inhibitors. With regard to the clinical use of bleomycin A and of the Bcl-2 inhibitor venetoclax, the results suggest that possible side-effects mediated through the inhibition of AspH and other 2OG oxygenases should be considered.
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