The
marine natural product latonduine A (
1
) shows
F508del-cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) corrector activity
in cell-based assays. Pull-down experiments, enzyme inhibition assays,
and siRNA knockdown experiments suggest that the F508del-CFTR corrector
activities of latonduine A and a synthetic analogue MCG315 (
4
) result from simultaneous inhibition of PARP3 and PARP16.
A library of synthetic latonduine A analogs has been prepared in an
attempt to separate the PARP3 and PARP16 inhibitory properties of
latonduine A with the goal of discovering selective small-molecule
PARP3 and PARP16 inhibitory cell biology tools that could confirm
the proposed dual-target F508del-CFTR corrector mechanism of action.
The structure activity relationship (SAR) study reported herein has
resulted in the discovery of the modestly potent (IC
50
3.1
μM) PARP3 selective inhibitor (±)-5-hydroxy-4-phenyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1
H
-benzo[
c
]azepin-1-one (
5
)
that shows 96-fold greater potency for inhibition of PARP3 compared
with its inhibition of PARP16
in vitro
and the potent
(IC
50
0.362 μM) PARP16 selective inhibitor (±)-7,8-dichloro-5-hydroxy-4-(pyridin-2-yl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1
H
-benzo[
c
]azepin-1-one (
6
)
that shows 205-fold selectivity for PARP16 compared with PARP3
in vitro
. At 1 or 10 μM, neither
5
or
6
alone showed F508del-CFTR corrector activity, but when added
together at 1 or 10 μM each, the combination exhibited F508del-CFTR
corrector activity identical to 1 or 10 μM latonduine A (
1
), respectively, supporting its novel dual PARP target mechanism
of action. Latonduine A (
1
) showed additive
in
vitro
corrector activity in combination with the clinically
approved corrector VX809, making it a potential new partner for cystic
fibrosis combination drug therapies.