Pure enantiomers of benzoylamino-tranylcypromine: LSD1 inhibition, gene modulation in human leukemia cells and effects on clonogenic potential of murine promyelocytic blasts.

The pure enantiomers of the N-(2-, 3-, and 4-(2-aminocyclopropyl)phenyl)benzamides hydrochlorides 11a-j were prepared and tested against LSD1 and MAO enzymes. The evaluation of the regioisomers 11a-j highlighted a net increase of the anti-LSD1 potency by shifting the benzamide moiety from ortho to meta and mainly to para position of tranylcypromine phenyl ring, independently from their trans or cis stereochemistry. In particular, the para-substituted 11a,b (trans) and 11g,h (cis) compounds displayed LSD1 and MAO-A inhibition at low nanomolar levels, while were less potent against MAO-B.

Pure Diastereomers of a Tranylcypromine-Based LSD1 Inhibitor: Enzyme Selectivity and In-Cell Studies.

The pure four diastereomers (11a-d) of trans-benzyl (1-((4-(2-aminocyclopropyl)phenyl)amino)-1-oxo-3-phenylpropan-2-yl)carbamate hydrochloride 11, previously described by us as LSD1 inhibitor, were obtained by enantiospecific synthesis/chiral HPLC separation method. Tested in LSD1 and MAO assays, 11b (S,1S,2R) and 11d (R,1S,2R) were the most potent isomers against LSD1 and were less active against MAO-A and practically inactive against MAO-B. In cells, all the four diastereomers induced Gfi-1b and ITGAM gene expression in NB4 cells, accordingly with their LSD1 inhibition, and 11b and 11d inhibited the colony forming potential in murine promyelocytic blasts.