Design and synthesis of novel lactate dehydrogenase A inhibitors by fragment-based lead generation

…, L Goodwin, G Hassall, R Greenwood…

Index: Ward, Richard A.; Brassington, Claire; Breeze, Alexander L.; Caputo, Alessandro; Critchlow, Susan; Davies, Gareth; Goodwin, Louise; Hassall, Giles; Greenwood, Ryan; Holdgate, Geoffrey A.; Mrosek, Michael; Norman, Richard A.; Pearson, Stuart; Tart, Jonathan; Tucker, Julie A.; Vogtherr, Martin; Whittaker, David; Wingfield, Jonathan; Winter, Jon; Hudson, Kevin Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 55, # 7 p. 3285 - 3306

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Abstract

Lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) catalyzes the conversion of pyruvate to lactate, utilizing NADH as a cofactor. It has been identified as a potential therapeutic target in the area of cancer metabolism. In this manuscript we report our progress using fragment-based lead generation (FBLG), assisted by X-ray crystallography to develop small molecule LDHA inhibitors. Fragment hits were identified through NMR and SPR screening and optimized ...