Development of a new class of potent and highly selective G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 inhibitors and structural insight from crystal structures of inhibitor complexes.
Chen, Y., Sonawane, A., Manda, R., Gadi, R.K., Tesmer, J.J.G., Ghosh, A.K.(2023) Eur J Med Chem 264: 115931-115931
- PubMed: 38016297 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115931
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
8UAP, 8UAQ - PubMed Abstract: 
G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 (GRK5) is an important drug development target for heart failure, cardiac hypertrophy, and cancer. We have designed and developed a new class of highly selective, potent, and non-covalent GRK5 inhibitors. One of the inhibitors displayed GRK5 IC 50 value of 10 nM and exhibited >100,000-fold selectivity over GRK2. The X-ray structure of a ketoamide-derived inhibitor-bound GRK5 showed the formation of a hemithioketal intermediate with active site Cys474 in the GRK5 active site and provided new insights into the ligand-binding site interactions responsible for high selectivity. The current studies serve as an important guide to therapeutic GRK5 inhibitor drug development.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA; Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.