PMID: 19054672

Authors:

Guo Z, Orth P, Wong SC, Lavey BJ, Shih NY, Niu X, Lundell DJ, Madison V, Kozlowski JA

Title:

Discovery of novel spirocyclopropyl hydroxamate and carboxylate compounds as TACE inhibitors.

Journal:

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Jan 1;19(1):54-7. Epub 2008 Nov 14.

Abstract:

We have discovered nanomolar inhibitors of TNF-alpha convertase (TACE) comprised of a novel spirocyclic scaffold and either a carboxylate or hydroxamate zinc binding moiety. X-ray crystal structures and computer models of selected compounds binding to TACE explain the observed SAR. We report the first TACE X-ray crystal structure for an inhibitor with a carboxylate zinc ligand.