Zap-Pano: a Photocaged Prodrug of the KDAC Inhibitor Panobinostat

Kathrin S. Troelsen, Ewen D.D. Calder, Anna Skwarska, Deborah Sneddon, Ester M. Hammond*, Stuart J. Conway*

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Abstract

We report the synthesis and biological evaluation of a light-activated (caged) prodrug of the KDAC inhibitor panobinostat (Zap-Pano). We demonstrate that addition of the 4,5-dimethoxy-2-nitrobenzyl group to the hydroxamic acid oxygen results in an inactive prodrug. In two cancer cell lines we show that photolysis of this compound releases panobinostat and an unexpected carboxamide analogue of panobinostat. Photolysis of Zap-Pano causes an increase in H3K9Ac and H3K18Ac, consistent with KDAC inhibition, in an oesophageal cancer cell line (OE21). Irradiation of OE21 cells in the presence of Zap-Pano results in apoptotic cell death. This compound is a useful research tool, allowing spatial and temporal control over release of panobinostat.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftChemMedChem
Vol/bind16
Udgave nummer24
Sider (fra-til)3691-3700
ISSN1860-7179
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2021

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
K.S.T. thanks the Lundbeck foundation for a PhD Fellowship grant (R218‐2016‐1277). E.D.D.C. and A.S. thank the MRC for funding through the award of a project grant to E.M.H. and S.J.C. (MR/N009460/1). D.S. thanks the EPSRC for funding through the award of a programme grant to E.M.H. and S.J.C. (EP/S019901/1). S.J.C. thanks St Hugh's College, Oxford, for research support. We thank Dr Lisa Folkes for analytical assistance.

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