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Discovery of natural product ellagic acid as a potent CD73 and CD39 dual inhibitor

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2021 Feb 15:34:127758. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127758.
Yuan Wang 1 Chuanhao Wang 2 Yazhao Zhu 2 Yanming Zhang 3 Baobao Chen 2 Yuelin Wu 4 Jianzhong Yao 5 Zhenyuan Miao 6
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 School of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, 1160 Shengli Street, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, People's Republic of China.
  • 2 School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, 100 Haiquan Road, Shanghai 201418, People's Republic of China.
  • 3 School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China.
  • 4 School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, 100 Haiquan Road, Shanghai 201418, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: wyldraggon@sit.edu.cn.
  • 5 School of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, 1160 Shengli Street, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, People's Republic of China; School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: yaojz6601@sina.com.
  • 6 School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: miaozhenyuan@hotmail.com.
Abstract

The ATP-adenosine pathway has been recently identified as an attractive immune-oncology target and several drug candidates have been entered clinic trials. Inspired by the report of the first small-molecule CD73inhibitor AB680, we describe the discovery of natural product ellagic acid as a dual CD73 and CD39 inhibitor with an IC50 value of 1.85 ± 0.21 μM and 0.50 ± 0.22 μM, respectively. The result of cytotoxicity assays indicated that ellagic acid is a valuable lead compound with low cytotoxicity effect for immune therapy.

Keywords

CD73 inhibitors; Drug design; Ellagic acid; Immunosuppression.

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