Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Sirtinol Analogues as Class III Histone/Protein Deacetylase (Sirtuin) Inhibitors

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Abstract

In a search for potent inhibitors of class III histone/protein deacetylases (sirtuins), a series of sirtinol analogues have been synthesized and the degree of inhibition was assessed in vitro using recombinant yeast Sir2, human SIRT1, and human SIRT2 and in vivo with a yeast phenotypic assay. Two analogues, namely, 3- and 4-[(2-hydroxy-1-naphthalenylmethylene)amino]-N-(1-phenylethyl)benzamide (i.e., m- and p-sirtinol), were 2- to 10-fold more potent than sirtinol against human SIRT1 and SIRT2 enzymes. In yeast in vivo assay, these two small molecules were as potent as sirtinol. Compounds lacking the 2-hydroxy group at the naphthalene moiety or bearing several modifications at the benzene 2'-position of the aniline portion (carbethoxy, carboxy, and cyano) were 1.3-13 times less potent than sirtinol, whereas the 2'-carboxamido analogue was totally inactive. Both (R)- and (S)-sirtinol had similar inhibitory effects on the yeast and human enzymes, demonstrating no enantioselective inhibitory effect.

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