The design, synthesis and potential utility of fluorescence probes that target DFG-out conformation of p38alpha for high throughput screening binding assay.

abstract：:Non-secosteroidal ligands are well-known vitamin D receptor (VDR) agonists. In this study, we described a combined QM/MM to define the protein-ligand interaction energy a strong positive correlation in both QM-MM interaction energy and binding free energy against the biological activity. The molecular dynamics simulat...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Selvaraman N,Selvam SK,Muthusamy K

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing atypical wake-promoting agent modafinil (inactive in both rH(3) and hH(3) binding assays) as a launching pad, a series of sulfinyl- and sulfone-derived H(3) receptor inverse agonists were developed. Brain-permeable compound 27, a potent member of the series displayed excellent selectivity against related fam...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Dunn D,Raddatz R,Ator MA,Bacon ER,Chatterjee S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput screening is utilized by pharmaceutical researchers and, increasingly, academic investigators to identify agents that act upon enzymes, receptors, and cellular processes. Screening hits include molecules that specifically bind the target and a greater number of non-specific compounds. It is necessary t...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Miller JR,Thanabal V,Melnick MM,Lall M,Donovan C,Sarver RW,Lee DY,Ohren J,Emerson D

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alyteserin-2a (ILGKLLSTAAGLLSNL.NH2 ) stimulated the rate of insulin release from BRIN-BD11 clonalβ cells at a concentration of 30 nm (p < 0.05) with a response of 296 ± 26% of basal release at 3 μm (p < 0.001). The insulinotropic actions of analogs containing substitutions by l-lysine, d-lysine, or l-tryptophan at si...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Ojo OO,Abdel-Wahab YH,Flatt PR,Conlon JM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant activation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway because of genetic mutations of essential signalling proteins has been associated with human diseases including cancer and diabetes. The pivotal role of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 in the PI3K signalling cascade has made it an attractive target for...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Stockman BJ,Kothe M,Kohls D,Weibley L,Connolly BJ,Sheils AL,Cao Q,Cheng AC,Yang L,Kamath AV,Ding YH,Charlton ME

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCSK9, a member of the proprotein convertase family, is a key negative regulator of hepatic low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) concentrations in the blood plasma and is associated with the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). Peptide inhibitors designed to block PCSK9-LDLR interactions could reduce the risk of ...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Pasam B,Medicherla KM,Rathore RS,Upadhyayula RS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding to the extracellular matrix, one of the most abundant human protein complexes, significantly affects drug disposition. Specifically, the interactions with extracellular matrix determine the free concentrations of small molecules acting in tissues, including signaling peptides, inhibitors of tissue remodeling e...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Zhang Y,Lukacova V,Bartus V,Nie X,Sun G,Manivannan E,Ghorpade SR,Jin X,Manyem S,Sibi MP,Cook GR,Balaz S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubulin inhibition represents an established target in the field of anticancer research, and over the last 20 years, an intensive search for new antimicrotubule agents has occurred. Indeed, in silico models have been presented that might aid the discovery of novel agents. Among these, a 7-point pharmacophore model has...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Massarotti A,Theeramunkong S,Mesenzani O,Caldarelli A,Genazzani AA,Tron GC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro-organism resistance is an important challenge in modern medicine due to the global uncontrolled use of antibiotics. Natural and synthetic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) symbolize a new family of antibiotics, which have stimulated research and clinical interest as new therapeutic options for infections. They repre...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Piotrowska U,Sobczak M,Oledzka E

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships between ligand binding and the shapes of the binding sites in families of homologous enzymes are investigated by comparing matrices of distances between key binding site atoms. Multiple linear regression is used to help identify key distances that influence ligand binding affinity. In order to illustrate...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Tanramluk D,Schreyer A,Pitt WR,Blundell TL

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CCR3, a G protein-coupled receptor, plays a central role in allergic inflammation and is an important drug target for inflammatory diseases. To understand the structure-function relationship of CCR3 receptor, different computational techniques were employed, which mainly include: (i) homology modeling of CCR3 receptor...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Jain V,Saravanan P,Arvind A,Mohan CG

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We synthesized 2-substituted 2H-chromene derivatives from salicylaldehyde using potassium vinylic borates in the presence of secondary amines. Our goal was to generate novel compounds that might modulate transforming growth factor-beta signaling, based on limited rational design. Potassium vinyl trifluoroborates react...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Torregroza I,Evans T,Das BC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicle-stimulating hormone is important for mammalian reproduction. It acts through specific receptors located on the plasma membrane of granulosa cells in ovaries and Sertoli cells in testes. The binding of follicle-stimulating hormone to its receptor activates intracytoplasmic signaling pathways leading to steroid...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Navalakhe RM,Jagtap DD,Nayak SU,Nandedkar TD,Mahale SD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mono- and bis-indolomorphinans were synthesized through a multi-step synthetic approach from the alkaloid, thebaine, to further explore the C-ring SAR (structure-activity relationship) of morphinan scaffold. Both mono-indoles displayed good binding affinity and selectivity for the delta receptor, with compound 6b poss...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Li F,Yin C,Chen J,Liu J,Xie X,Zhang A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation has been accepted as a common event in the pathophysiology of vascular diseases, including atherogenesis and intimal hyperplasia. Delivery of the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) substrate l-arginine, pharmacological nitric oxide (NO) donors, NO gas or overexpression of NOS proteins c...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Yu H,Payne TJ,Mohanty DK

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One pharmacophore model and three quantitative structure-activity relationship models were developed on a series of benzimidazole and imidazole inhibitors of histone deacetylase 2. The goodness of hit score value of the best pharmacophore model was 0.756, which indicated that it is reliable to be used for virtual scre...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Xiang Y,Hou Z,Zhang Z

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major obstacle in drug delivery is the inability to effectively deliver drugs to their intended biological target without deleterious side-effects. Delivery vehicles such as liposomes can minimize toxic side-effects by shielding the drug from reaction with unintended targets while in systemic circulation. Liposomes ...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Khan DR,Rezler EM,Lauer-Fields J,Fields GB

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poria cocos is an edible and medicinal fungus that is widely used in Traditional Chinese Medicines as well as in modern applications. Retinoid X receptor (RXR) occupies a central place in nuclear receptor signaling, and a pharmacological RXR-dependent pathway is involved in myeloid cell function. Here, structural info...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Xu H,Wang Y,Zhao J,Jurutka PW,Huang D,Liu L,Zhang L,Wang S,Chen Y,Cheng S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease affecting humankind with a death toll of approximately 1.7 million people in 2016. The increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant strains of the causative pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) which results in reduced effectiveness of the current therapies, under...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Cilliers P,Seldon R,Smit FJ,Aucamp J,Jordaan A,Warner DF,N'Da DD

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of new pyrimidine-pyrazole hybrid molecules were designed as inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase 2. Designed compounds were docked using Glide and the compounds showing good score values and encouraging interactions with the residues were selected for synthesis. They were then evaluated using CDK2-CyclinA2 ...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Vekariya MK,Vekariya RH,Brahmkshatriya PS,Shah NK

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase located at the extracellular matrix cell adhesion site. This kinase mediates downstream signalling cascades on the cell-extracellular matrix of integrins, cytokine receptors, growth factor receptors and G-protein-coupled receptors. Several studies have sugg...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Chauhan A,Khan T

更新日期：2020-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Archaea to adapt their membrane lipid compositions to extreme environments has brought in archaeosomes into consideration for the development of drug delivery systems overcoming the physical, biological blockades that the body exhibits against drug therapies. In this study, we prepared unilamellar archa...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Attar A,Bakir C,Yuce-Dursun B,Demir S,Cakmakci E,Danis O,Birbir M,Ogan A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current emphasis on structure-based design and other computational methods have encouraged medicinal chemists to learn traditionally 'expert' techniques of molecular modeling, computer-aided drug design, and cheminformatics. Molecular Conceptor (Synergix Ltd) is a multimedia software for teaching three-dimensional dru...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Cohen C,Fischel O,Cohen E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human brain FABP (FABP7) has been shown to be an intracellular carrier protein that can significantly potentiate the uptake of the endocannabinoid anandamide. For this reason, there is a great interest in the discovery and development of FABP7 inhibitors for treating stress, pain, inflammation, and drug abuse. We ...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Tyukhtenko S,Chan K,Jiang R,Zhou H,Mercier RW,Yang DP,Makriyannis A,Guo JJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecdysteroids initiate the molting process in insects by binding to the ecdysone receptor (EcR), which is a promising target for identifying insect growth regulators. This paper presents an in silico/in vitro screening procedure for identifying new EcR ligands. The three-step virtual screening procedure uses a three-di...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Hu X,Ma X,Cui J,Liu H,Zhu B,Xie J,Liang P,Zhang L

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel series of thiophene-containing biaryl amide glucagon receptor (GCGR) antagonists were designed and synthesized. Two compounds of this series, 14f and 14h, exhibited good GCGR binding (IC50  = 6.1 and 4.4 μm, respectively) and cAMP functional activities (IC50  = 4.4 and 14.4 μm, respectively). The possible bind...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Li J,Feng Y,Li H,Shu S,Dai A,Cai X,Wang J,Yang D,Ma D,Wang MW,Liu H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major metabolites of dimethylaminoantipyrine have been synthesized using iron ortho-nitrophenylporphyrin chloride as biomimetic catalyst. Reactivity of iron tetrakis-ortho-nitrophenylporphyrin chloride [Fe(TNO2PP)Cl] has been compared with iron tetrakis-pentafluorophenylporphyrin chloride and iron tetrakis-2,6-dichlor...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Bazin MJ,Shi H,Delaney J,Kline B,Zhu Z,Kuhn C,Berlioz F,Farley KA,Fate G,Lam W,Walker GS,Yu L,Pollastri MP

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron transport and respiratory pathways are active in both latent and rapidly growing mycobacteria and remain conserved in all mycobacterial species. In mycobacteria, menaquinone is the sole electron carrier responsible for electron transport. Menaquinone biosynthesis pathway is found to be essential for the growt...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Mathew R,Kruthiventi AK,Prasad JV,Kumar SP,Srinu G,Chatterji D

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of isozyme-selective carbonic anhydrase inhibitors is currently still a great challenge. In the present study, protein-ligand complex structures were obtained by AutoDock Vina with SBR ((R)-N-(3-indol-1-yl-2-methyl-propyl)-4-sulfamoyl-benzamide) as the only inhibitor docked into the binding pockets of ...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Xiang F,Xiang J,Fang Y,Zhang M,Li M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finding pharmaceutically relevant target conformations from an arbitrary set of protein conformations remains a challenge in structure-based virtual screening (SBVS). The growth in the number of available conformations, either experimentally determined or computationally derived, obscures the situation further. While ...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Akbar R,Jusoh SA,Amaro RE,Helms V

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00