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ML083 : PKM (Pyruvate Kinase M2) Activator

ML083

ML083

Target Name

Pyruvate Kinase M2

Target Alias

PKM

Target Class

Kinase

Mechanism of Action

Activator of PKM

Biological / Disease Relevance

Tumor cell growth and proliferation, Glucose metabolism

In vitro activity
hPK-M2 AC50
0.6 uM
In vitro activity
hPK-M1 AC50
Inactive
In vitro activity
X-ray Crystallography
PDB 3GQY

Target Information

Expression of hPK-M2 in cancer cells appears critical for tumor cell growth and proliferation in vivo. In addition, the ability of PK-M2 to be regulated by both FBP and tyrosine phosphorylated proteins is necessary for cancer cell proliferation. Because PK-M2 is the sole pyruvate kinase isoform expressed in all cancer cells studied, it represents a target for drug development that would enable the inhibition of glucose metabolism in a relatively tumor-specific manner.

Project Team

Properties

ML083

NCGC00030335

Physical & chemical properties
Molecular Weight 454.5 g/mol
Molecular Formula C19H22N2O7S2
cLogP 1.4
PSA 119
Storage
Solubility soluble at 10 mM in DMSO
CAS Number

SMILES:
COC1=CC=C(S(=O)(N2CCN(S(=O)(C3=CC4=C(OCCO4)C=C3)=O)CC2)=O)C=C1

InChI:
InChI=1S/C19H22N2O7S2/c1-26-15-2-4-16(5-3-15)29(22,23)20-8-10-21(11-9-20)30(24,25)17-6-7-18-19(14-17)28-13-12-27-18/h2-7,14H,8-13H2,1H3

InChIKey:
HMGDKYUJSFVHIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Activity

Summary activity statement /

ML083 (CID 650361; SID 847943SID 57646205) is a member of a series of highly specific allosteric activators for the tumor-specific isoform of human pyruvate kinase (M2 isoform). The activation occurs in a manner that is kinetically similar to the natural activator (FBP) by decreasing the Km for PEP and reducing the cooperative binding of PEP.

ML083

hPK-M2

0.6 uM

hPK-R

30% activation at 57 uM

hPK-L

Inactive

hPK-M1

Inactive

Summary /

ML083 is observed to selectively target the hPK-M2 with a low micromolar potency.  It has a greater than 30 fold selectivity against the human muscle pyruvate kinase isoform 2 (hPK-M2) than compared to human reticulocyte PK (hPK-R); and greater than 100 fold compared to human liver PK (hPK-L) and  human muscle PK isoform 1 (hPK-M1).

In vitro activity - Mode of action

Summary /

ML083 ( affect the cooperativity of PEP binding with little affect on ADP binding in a manner similar to FBP  (a known hPK activator) but with lower efficacy.

 

Figure 1. Kinetics of substrate binding in the presence (open circles) or absence (filled squares) of activator (10 μM was used). Vo, initial rate in pmol/min as determined in the PK-LDH coupled assay.

In vitro activity - X-ray Crystallography

Summary /

Preliminary X-ray data obtained for co-crystals of ML083 bound to human PK M2 (PDB 3GQY) suggests this occurs by binding at interface that spans the dimer-dimer interaction region of the tetramer, which we infer stabilizes the high affinity R-state of the tetramer.