PMID- 35337123 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220329 IS - 1424-8247 (Print) IS - 1424-8247 (Electronic) IS - 1424-8247 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 3 DP - 2022 Mar 8 TI - Identifying Human PTP1B Enzyme Inhibitors from Marine Natural Products: Perspectives for Developing of Novel Insulin-Mimetic Drugs. LID - 10.3390/ph15030325 [doi] LID - 325 AB - Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents a complex and multifactorial disease that causes metabolic disorders with acute and long-term serious complications. The onset of DM, with over 90% of cases of diabetes classified as type 2, implies several metabolic dysfunctions leading to consider DM a worldwide health problem. In this frame, protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) and aldose reductase (AR) are two emerging targets involved in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its chronic complications. Herein, we employed a marine-derived dual type inhibitor of these enzymes, phosphoeleganin, as chemical starting point to perform a fragment-based process in search for new inhibitors. Phosphoeleganin was both disassembled by its oxidative cleavage and used as model structure for the synthesis of a small library of functionalized derivatives as rationally designed analogues. Pharmacological screening supported by in silico docking analysis outlined the mechanism of action against PTP1B exerted by a phosphorylated fragment and a synthetic simplified analogue, which represent the most potent inhibitors in the library. FAU - Casertano, Marcello AU - Casertano M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5037-712X AD - Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy. FAU - Genovese, Massimo AU - Genovese M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3732-3124 AD - Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy. FAU - Piazza, Lucia AU - Piazza L AD - Biochemistry Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, 56123 Pisa, Italy. FAU - Balestri, Francesco AU - Balestri F AD - Biochemistry Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, 56123 Pisa, Italy. FAU - Del Corso, Antonella AU - Del Corso A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3165-6128 AD - Biochemistry Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, 56123 Pisa, Italy. FAU - Vito, Alessio AU - Vito A AD - Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy. FAU - Paoli, Paolo AU - Paoli P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6448-7266 AD - Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy. FAU - Santi, Alice AU - Santi A AD - Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy. FAU - Imperatore, Concetta AU - Imperatore C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7377-0653 AD - Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy. FAU - Menna, Marialuisa AU - Menna M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4515-3014 AD - Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy. LA - eng GR - B61G18000470007/Regione Campania/ GR - Bando contributo alla ricerca anno 2021/Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II/ GR - Fondi di Ateneo 2021/University of Florence/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220308 PL - Switzerland TA - Pharmaceuticals (Basel) JT - Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101238453 PMC - PMC8950868 OTO - NOTNLM OT - aldose reductase OT - insulin-mimetic drugs OT - marine natural products OT - marine-inspired chemical libraries OT - protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/03/27 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/27 06:01 PMCR- 2022/03/08 CRDT- 2022/03/26 01:08 PHST- 2022/01/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/03/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/03/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/03/26 01:08 [entrez] PHST- 2022/03/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/27 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/03/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ph15030325 [pii] AID - pharmaceuticals-15-00325 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ph15030325 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2022 Mar 8;15(3):325. doi: 10.3390/ph15030325.