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: Phospholipase D enzymes cleave lipid substrates to produce phosphatidic acid, an important precursor for many essential cellular molecules. Phospholipase D is a target to modulate cancer-cell invasiveness. This study reports synthesis of a new class of phospholipase D inhibitors based on 1,3-disubstituted-4-amino-pyrazolopyrimidine core structure. These molecules were synthesized and used to perform initial screening for the inhibition of purified bacterial phospholipase D, which is highly homologous to the human PLD1. Initially tested with the bacterial phospholipase D enzyme, then confirmed with the recombinant human PLD1 and PLD2 enzymes, the molecules presented here exhibited inhibition of phospholipase D activity (IC50) in the low-nanomolar to low-micromolar range with both monomeric substrate diC4PC and phospholipid vesicles and micelles. The data strongly indicate that these inhibitory molecules directly block enzyme/vesicle substrate binding. Preliminary activity studies using recombinant human phospholipase Ds in in vivo cell assays measuring both transphosphatidylation and head-group cleavage indicate inhibition in the mid- to low-nanomolar range for these potent inhibitory novel molecules in a physiological environment.

: This study reports synthesis of a new class of PLD inhibitors based on 1,3-disubstituted-4-amino-pyrazolopyrimidine core structure. These molecules exhibited inhibition of human recombinant PLD activity (IC50) in the low-nanomolar to low-micromolar range with monomeric substrate diC4PC and phospholipid vesicles and micelles. Preliminary activity studies using recombinant human PLDs in in vivo cell assays measuring both transphosphatidylation and head-group cleavage indicates inhibition in the mid- to low-nanomolar range for these potent inhibitory novel molecules in a physiological environment.

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