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Crystallographic studies on acyl ureas, a new class of glycogen phosphorylase inhibitors, as potential antidiabetic drugs.

Abstract
Acyl ureas were discovered as a novel class of inhibitors for glycogen phosphorylase, a molecular target to control hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetics. This series is exemplified by 6-{2,6-Dichloro- 4-[3-(2-chloro-benzoyl)-ureido]-phenoxy}-hexanoic acid, which inhibits human liver glycogen phosphorylase a with an IC(50) of 2.0 microM. Here we analyze four crystal structures of acyl urea derivatives in complex with rabbit muscle glycogen phosphorylase b to elucidate the mechanism of inhibition of these inhibitors. The structures were determined and refined to 2.26 Angstroms resolution and demonstrate that the inhibitors bind at the allosteric activator site, where the physiological activator AMP binds. Acyl ureas induce conformational changes in the vicinity of the allosteric site. Our findings suggest that acyl ureas inhibit glycogen phosphorylase by direct inhibition of AMP binding and by indirect inhibition of substrate binding through stabilization of the T' state.
AuthorsNikos G Oikonomakos, Magda N Kosmopoulou, Evangelia D Chrysina, Demetres D Leonidas, Ioannis D Kostas, K Ulrich Wendt, Thomas Klabunde, Elisabeth Defossa
JournalProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society (Protein Sci) Vol. 14 Issue 7 Pg. 1760-71 (Jul 2005) ISSN: 0961-8368 [Print] United States
PMID15987904 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Adenosine Monophosphate
  • Urea
  • Glycogen Phosphorylase, Liver Form
  • Glycogen Phosphorylase, Muscle Form
Topics
  • Adenosine Monophosphate (metabolism)
  • Allosteric Site
  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Enzyme Inhibitors (metabolism, pharmacology)
  • Enzyme Stability
  • Glycogen Phosphorylase, Liver Form (antagonists & inhibitors, chemistry, metabolism)
  • Glycogen Phosphorylase, Muscle Form (antagonists & inhibitors, chemistry, metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Kinetics
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Muscles (enzymology)
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Conformation (drug effects)
  • Rabbits
  • Urea (analogs & derivatives, metabolism, pharmacology)

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