Induction of cell death by a novel naphthoquinone containing a modified anthracycline ring system.

abstract：:Phenol and its congeners are known to induce caspase-mediated apoptosis activity and cytotoxicity on various cancer cell lines. Apoptosis, scavenging of radicals, antioxidant, and pro-oxidant characteristics are primarily responsible for the antitumor activities of phenolic compounds. Quantitative structure-activity r...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Nandi S,Vracko M,Bagchi MC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen novel emodin derivatives were synthesized, and the structures were confirmed by IR, H NMR, MS, and elemental analysis. The cytotoxic activity of the derivatives was evaluated against A375, BGC-823, HepG2, and HELF cells by MTT assay. Compound 9a with highest potency and low toxicity was selected to further i...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Yang X,Zhao W,Hu X,Hao X,Hong F,Wang J,Xiang L,Zhu Y,Yuan Y,Ho RJ,Wang W,Shao J

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum albumin (HSA) is the most abundant protein in plasma, which plays a central role in drug pharmacokinetics because most compounds bound to HSA in blood circulation. To understand binding characterization of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to HSA, we resolved the structure of diclofenac and HSA complex...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Zhang Y,Lee P,Liang S,Zhou Z,Wu X,Yang F,Liang H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their poor metabolic stability and limited blood-brain barrier permeability, endomorphins have a low analgesic efficacy when administered systemically. Therefore, it is of great importance to design analogues with improved peptidase resistance and better delivery to the central nervous system. Recently, nov...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Mallareddy JR,Tóth G,Fazakas C,Molnár J,Nagyőszi P,Lipkowski AW,Krizbai IA,Wilhelm I

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies have shown that geniposide plays an essential role in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from pancreatic β cells and also regulates the metabolism of Aβ and its deposition in neurons. In this study, we reported that insulin deficiency induced significant increase of tau phosphorylation. Administ...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Zhang Y,Yin F,Liu J,Liu Z

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six lycorine derivatives were prepared, characterized, and evaluated for their in vitro anti-Trichomonas vaginalis activity. Compounds bearing an acetyl (2), lauroyl (3), benzoyl (4 and 5), and p-nitrobenzoyl (6 and 7) groups were synthesized. The best activity was achieved with lycorine esterified at C-2 position wit...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Giordani RB,Junior CO,de Andrade JP,Bastida J,Zuanazzi JA,Tasca T,de Almeida MV

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioassay-guided fractionation of Terminalia bentzoe L. leaves methanol extract identified the known triterpene oleanolic acid (1) as its major breast cancer cell migration inhibitor. Further chemical optimization afforded five new (9-12 and 15) and seven known (4-8, 13, and 14) semisynthetic analogues. All compounds w...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Elsayed HE,Akl MR,Ebrahim HY,Sallam AA,Haggag EG,Kamal AM,El Sayed KA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a minimalist approach, an 11-residue peptide (Peptide 1) tagged with rhodamine fluorophore was designed and synthesized for selective detection of cancer cells. Peptide 1 contains RGD and NGR motifs to bind, respectively, integrins and aminopeptidase CD13, which are over expressed in cancer cells. Surface tensio...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Rajavenkatesh K,Padmaja M,Janani I,Aishwarya S,Purna Sai K,Thennarasu S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes a hybrid approach of screening substrate analogue inhibitors of histidinol dehydrogenase. Imidazole derivative library of approximately 400 compounds classified using Hierarchical cluster analysis, representative compounds of each class were tested in enzymatic assay and used for the development o...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Pahwa S,Chavan AG,Jain R,Roy N

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening combinatorial libraries of conformationally constrained peptides against macromolecular targets is utilized in identifying novel drug leads and in developing new reagents for chemical biology. In methods such as phage-display selections, biotinylated macromolecular targets are often immobilized on avidin- an...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Meyer SC,Gaj T,Ghosh I

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Specific assembly of ribonucleoprotein complexes is essential in controlling various cellular functions including gene regulation. Diverse scaffolds containing proteins or nucleic acids could play key roles in stabilizing specific ribonucleoprotein complexes by enhancing protein-protein or RNA-protein interactions. On...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Chiu YL,Cao H,Rana TM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptors are a class of nuclear receptors with three subtypes: α, γ and δ. Their main function is regulating gene transcription related to lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Currently, there are no peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptors δ drugs being marketed. In this work, we s...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Maltarollo VG,Honório KM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An effective one-pot synthesis of bis(dihydropyrimidinonoe)benzenes using chlorotrimethylsilane (TMSCl) through Biginelli condensation reaction of terephthalic aldehyde, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and (thio)urea or guanidine under microwave irradiation conditions is described. Excellent yields of the products and simple...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Azizian J,Mohammadi MK,Firuzi O,Mirza B,Miri R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial resistance to most of the available antibiotics has stimulated the discovery of novel efficacious antibacterial agents. Bedaquiline is first of its type that has been specifically introduced for the management of MDR-TB in combination with other drugs. In this study, a series of isoniazid/ethambutol/pyrazina...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Li L,Jin Y,Wang B,Yang Z,Liu M,Guo H,Zhang J,Lu Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this self-docking study, we address the so-called scoring problem. The 'scoring problem' is the inability to unambiguously identify biologically the most relevant pose, when the docking score is the main selection criterion. We use the Molecular Mechanics/Generalized Born Surface Area and ChemPLP scoring functions ...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Greenidge PA,Lewis RA,Ertl P

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two diazabicyclic analogues of ranolazine, (S,S,S)-5 and (S,S,R)-5, and their epimeric mixture were synthesized. Furthermore, their vasomotor effects on rat aorta rings precontracted with phenylephrine were analyzed. These compounds showed vasodilating effects significantly greater than ranolazine. The vasodilating ac...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： López-Ortiz M,Monsalvo I,Demare P,Paredes C,Mascher D,Hernández C,Hernández M,Regla I

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease onset and progression are associated with the dysregulation of multiple and complex physiological processes, and a successful therapeutic approach should therefore address more than one target. In line with this modern paradigm, a series of 8-imino-2-oxo-2H,8H-pyrano[2,3-f]chromene analogs (4a-q) w...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Shaik JB,Palaka BK,Penumala M,Eadlapalli S,Darla Mark M,Ampasala DR,Vadde R,Amooru Gangaiah D

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligand- and target structure-based methods are widely used in virtual screening, but there is currently no methodology available that fully integrates these different approaches. Herein, we provide an overview of various attempts that have been made to combine ligand- and structure-based computational screening method...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Tan L,Batista J,Bajorath J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus which infects T lymphocyte of human body and causes immunodeficiency. Reverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs) can inhibit some functions of RT, preventing virus synthesis (double-stranded DNA), so that HIV virus replication can be reduced. Experimental results ind...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Cai Y,Liu H,Chen H

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new series of 3-benzoylamino-5-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)methylaminobenzo[b]furans were synthesized and screened as antitumor agents. As a general trend, tested compounds showed concentration-dependent antiproliferative activity against HeLa and MCF-7 cancer cell lines, exhibiting GI50 values in the low micromolar range. In...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Lauria A,Gentile C,Mingoia F,Palumbo Piccionello A,Bartolotta R,Delisi R,Buscemi S,Martorana A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of non-sulfonamide/non-sulfone derived potent 5-HT6 receptor inverse agonists has been disclosed. Representative compound 9 (Ki  = 14 nm) displayed selectivity against a set of family members as well as brain permeability 6 h post-oral administration. In addition, the separated enantiomers of compound 9 displ...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Hostetler G,Dunn D,McKenna BA,Kopec K,Chatterjee S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The facile synthesis of core-shell magnetic mesoporous silica nanoparticles (Fe3 O4 @mSiO2 NPs) was reported in aqueous phase using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as a template under alcohol-free conditions. Compared to the conventional synthesis method for core-shell Fe3 O4 @mSiO2 NPs, the approach in this study is r...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Shao D,Wang Z,Dong WF,Zhang X,Zheng X,Xiao XA,Wang YS,Zhao X,Zhang M,Li J,Huo QS,Chen L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of chemotherapeutic drugs, utilized in the treatment of advanced metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma, are typically prone to poor biocompatibility, lack of targeting specificity, and high toxicity, which mostly leads to unsatisfactory clinical outcomes. As a new drug delivery pathway, nanoliposom...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Lei Y,Zeng L,Xie S,Fan K,Yu Y,Chen J,Zhang S,Wang Z,Zhong L

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel series of 5-(2-alkyl/aryl-6-arylimidazo[2,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazol-5-yl)methylene-1,3-thiazolidinediones were synthesized as possible PPARγ agonists. The structures of these target molecules were established by spectral and analytical data. All the newly synthesized compounds were screened for their in vivo hypog...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Khazi MI,Belavagi NS,Kim KR,Gong YD,Khazi IA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes ligand-based pharmacophore modeling of a series of structurally diverse acyl coenzyme A cholesterol acyltransferase inhibitors. Quantitative pharmacophore models were generated using HypoGen module of Discovery Studio 2.1, whereby the best pharmacophore model possessing two hydrophobic, one...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Chhabria MT,Brahmkshatriya PS,Mahajan BM,Darji UB,Shah GB

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cholesteryl-functionalized derivative of activity dependent neurotrophic factor-9 peptide (a nine amino acid core peptide of activity-dependent neurotrophic factor, acting against Alzheimer's disease) was synthesized aiming at the improvement of its bioavailability. Therefore, its uptake was comparatively investigat...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Katsari E,Zikos C,Tziveleka LA,Paravatou-Petsotas M,Paleos CM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two series of [1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-a]phthalazine and tetrazolo[5,1-a]phthalazine derivatives bearing substituted benzylpiperazine moieties have been synthesized and evaluated for their positive inotropic activity by measuring left atrium stroke volume on isolated rabbit heart preparations. The majority of the derivativ...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Wu Y,Sun LP,Ma LX,Che J,Song MX,Cui X,Piao HR

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of novel naphthalimide derivatives with 4-[4-(3,3-diphenylallyl)piperazin-1-yl]benzoic acid as side chain were designed and synthesized. Their antitumor activities were evaluated against a variety of cancer cell lines in vitro. Preliminary results showed that most of the derivatives had cytotoxic activity com...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Wu A,Mei P,Xu Y,Qian X

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a prime target for antitumor therapies. The information obtained by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations is combined with NMR data to provide a cross-validated atomic resolution model of the complementary interactions of heat shock protein 90 with a peptidic (shepherdin) and a non-pepti...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Tomaselli S,Meli M,Plescia J,Zetta L,Altieri DC,Colombo G,Ragona L

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00