Huiti Li, Yali Liu, Zian Xue, Li Zhang, Xiaoxue Ruan, Jintong Yang, Zhongjiao Fan, Hongfang Zhao, Yu Cao, Guoqiang Chen, Ying Xu, Lu Zhou

Adamantaniline Derivatives Target ATP5B to Inhibit Translation of Hypoxia Inducible Factor‐1α

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  • General Chemical Engineering
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AbstractHypoxia inducible factor‐1α (HIF‐1α) plays a critical role in cellular adaptation to hypoxia and it is a potential therapeutic target for anti‐cancer drugs. Applying high‐throughput screening, here it is found that HI‐101, a small molecule containing an adamantaniline moiety, effectively reduces HIF‐1α protein expression. With the compound as a hit, a probe (HI‐102) is developed for target identification by affinity‐based protein profiling. The catalytic β subunit of mitochondrial FOF1‐ATP synthase, ATP5B, is identified as the binding protein of HI‐derivatives. Mechanistically, HI‐101 promotes the binding of HIF‐1α mRNA to ATP5B, thus inhibiting HIF‐1α translation and the following transcriptional activity. Further modifications of HI‐101 lead to HI‐104, a compound with good pharmacokinetic properties, exhibiting antitumor activity in MHCC97‐L mice xenograft model, and HI‐105, the most potent compound with an IC50 of 26 nm. The findings provide a new strategy for further developing HIF‐1α inhibitors by translational inhibition through ATP5B.

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