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  • Targeting zymogen activation to control the matriptase-prostasin proteolytic cascade.

Targeting zymogen activation to control the matriptase-prostasin proteolytic cascade.

Journal of medicinal chemistry (2011-10-05)
Zhenghong Xu, Ya-Wen Chen, Aruna Battu, Paul Wilder, David Weber, Wenbo Yu, Alexander D Mackerell, Li-Mei Chen, Karl X Chai, Michael D Johnson, Chen-Yong Lin
ABSTRACT

Membrane-associated serine protease matriptase has been implicated in human diseases and might be a drug target. In the present study, a novel class of matriptase inhibitors targeting zymogen activation is developed by a combination of the screening of compound library using a cell-based matriptase activation assay and a computer-aided search of commercially available analogues of a selected compound. Four structurally related compounds are identified that can inhibit matriptase activation with IC(50) at low micromolar concentration in both intact-cell and cell-free systems, suggesting that these inhibitors target the matriptase autoactivation machinery rather than the intracellular signaling pathways. These activation inhibitors can also inhibit prostasin activation, a downstream event that occurs in lockstep with matriptase activation. In contrast, the matriptase catalytic inhibitor CVS-3983 at a concentration 300-fold higher than its K(i) fails to inhibit activation of either protease. Our results suggest that inhibiting matriptase activation is an efficient way to control matriptase function.

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