Exploration of Novel Urolithin C Derivatives as Non-Competitive Inhibitors of Liver Pyruvate Kinase

• Autores principales: Umberto Maria Battisti (Autor), Leticia Monjas (Autor), Fady Akladios (Autor), Josipa Matic (Autor), Eric Andresen (Autor), Carolin H. Nagel (Autor), Malin Hagkvist (Autor), Liliana Håversen (Autor), Woonghee Kim (Autor), Mathias Uhlen (Autor), Jan Borén (Autor), Adil Mardinoğlu (Autor), Morten Grøtli (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: MDPI AG, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Sumario

The inhibition of liver pyruvate kinase could be beneficial to halt or reverse non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a progressive accumulation of fat in the liver that can lead eventually to cirrhosis. Recently, urolithin C has been reported as a new scaffold for the development of allosteric inhibitors of liver pyruvate kinase (PKL). In this work, a comprehensive structure-activity analysis of urolithin C was carried out. More than 50 analogues were synthesized and tested regarding the chemical features responsible for the desired activity. These data could pave the way to the development of more potent and selective PKL allosteric inhibitors.

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10.3390/ph16050668
1424-8247