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Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Trisubstituted Isoxazoles as Selective Allosteric Ligands for the Retinoic-Acid-Receptor-Related Orphan Receptor γt.

ABSTRACT: The inhibition of the nuclear receptor retinoic-acid-receptor-related orphan receptor γt (RORγt) is a promising strategy in the treatment of autoimmune diseases. RORγt features an allosteric binding site within its ligand-binding domain that provides an opportunity to overcome drawbacks associated with orthosteric modulators. Recently, trisubstituted isoxazoles were identified as a novel class of allosteric RORγt inverse agonists. This chemotype offers new opportunities for optimization into selective and efficacious allosteric drug-like molecules. Here, we explore the structure-activity relationship profile of the isoxazole series utilizing a combination of structure-based design, X-ray crystallography, and biochemical assays. The initial lead isoxazole (FM26) was optimized, resulting in compounds with a ∼10-fold increase in potency (low nM), significant cellular activity, promising pharmacokinetic properties, and a good selectivity profile over the peroxisome-proliferated-activated receptor γ and the farnesoid X receptor. We envisage that this work will serve as a platform for the accelerated development of isoxazoles and other novel chemotypes for the effective allosteric targeting of RORγt.

SUBMITTER: Meijer FA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8273893 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:BackgroundAllergic asthma is a heterogeneous chronic inflammatory disease of the airways with a massive infiltration of eosinophils or neutrophils mediated by allergen-specific TH2 and TH17 cells, respectively. Therefore successful treatment of allergic asthma will require suppression of both TH2 and TH17 cells.ObjectiveWe sought to investigate the role of the TH17 cell pathway in regulating TH2 cell responses in allergic asthma.MethodsAllergic asthma was induced by intranasal challenge with proteinase allergens in C57BL/6, Il17a-/-Il17f-/-, and retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor γt (RORγt)gfp/gfp mice. A pharmacologic RORγt inhibitor was used to evaluate its preventive and therapeutic effects in allergic asthma. Characteristics of allergic airway inflammation were analyzed by using flow cytometry, histology, quantitative real-time PCR, and ELISA. Mixed bone marrow chimeric mice, fate mapping analysis, short hairpin RNA transduction, and in vitro T-cell differentiation were used for mechanistic studies.ResultsMice deficient in IL-17A and IL-17F, as well as RORγt, exhibited a significant reduction not only in TH17 cell responses but also in TH2 cell responses in an animal model of allergic asthma. Similarly, mice treated with an RORγt inhibitor had significantly diminished TH17 and TH2 cell responses, leading to reduced neutrophil and eosinophil numbers in the airway. RORγt-deficient T cells were intrinsically defective in differentiating into TH2 cells and expressed increased levels of B-cell lymphoma 6 (Bcl6). Bcl6 knockdown resulted in a remarkable restoration of TH2 cell differentiation in RORγt-deficient T cells. Blockade of RORγt also significantly hampered the differentiation of human TH2 and TH17 cells from naive CD4+ T cells.ConclusionRORγt in T cells is required for optimal TH2 cell differentiation by suppressing Bcl6 expression; this finding suggests that targeting RORγt might be a promising approach for the treatment of allergic asthma by concomitantly suppressing TH17 and TH2 cell responses in the airway.

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Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Trisubstituted Isoxazoles as Selective Allosteric Ligands for the Retinoic-Acid-Receptor-Related Orphan Receptor γt.

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