New compstatin peptides containing N-terminal extensions and non-natural amino acids exhibit potent complement inhibition and improved solubility characteristics.

abstract：:KEAP1 is the key regulator of the NRF2-mediated cytoprotective response, and increasingly recognized as a target for diseases involving oxidative stress. Pharmacological intervention has focused on molecules that decrease NRF2-ubiquitination through covalent modification of KEAP1 cysteine residues, but such electrophi...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Davies TG,Wixted WE,Coyle JE,Griffiths-Jones C,Hearn K,McMenamin R,Norton D,Rich SJ,Richardson C,Saxty G,Willems HM,Woolford AJ,Cottom JE,Kou JP,Yonchuk JG,Feldser HG,Sanchez Y,Foley JP,Bolognese BJ,Logan G,Podoli

更新日期：2016-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:9-(5-O-α-D-galactopyranosyl)-D-arabinityl-1,3,7-trihydropurine-2,6,8-trione (1) was designed and synthesized as a nonionic inhibitor for the donor binding site of human blood group B galactosyltransferase (GTB). Enzymatic characterization showed 1 to be extremely specific, as the highly homologous human N-acetylgalact...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Schaefer K,Sindhuwinata N,Hackl T,Kötzler MP,Niemeyer FC,Palcic MM,Peters T,Meyer B

更新日期：2013-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The intriguing structural similarities of glutamic acid based cholecystokinin (CCK) antagonists (A-64718 and A-65186) and the benzodiazepine CCK antagonist MK-329 (L-364,718) have been reported. Efforts to include the weak CCK antagonist benzotript into this construct utilizing a similar approach have resulted in a no...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Kerwin JF Jr,Wagenaar F,Kopecka H,Lin CW,Miller T,Witte D,Stashko M,Nadzan AM

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of further chemical modification of the novel antidiabetic pioglitazone (AD-4833, U-72,107), a series of 5-[4-(2- or 4-azolylalkoxy)benzyl- or -benzylidene]-2,4-thiazolidinediones was prepared and evaluated for hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic activities in insulin-resistant, genetically obese, and diabeti...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Sohda T,Mizuno K,Momose Y,Ikeda H,Fujita T,Meguro K

更新日期：1992-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Six new analogues of 1α,25-dihydroxy-19-norvitamin D(3) (3a-4b, 5, and 6) were prepared by a convergent synthesis applying the Wittig-Horner reaction as a key step. The influence of methyl groups at C-22 on their biological activity was examined. It was established that both in vitro and in vivo activity is strongly d...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Flores A,Sicinski RR,Grzywacz P,Thoden JB,Plum LA,Clagett-Dame M,DeLuca HF

更新日期：2012-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinoid 6-[3'-(1-adamantyl)-4'-hydroxyphenyl]-2-naphthalenecarboxylic acid (AHPN) and its active analogues induce cell-cycle arrest and programmed cell death (apoptosis) in cancer cells independently of retinoic acid receptor (RAR) interaction. Its analogue, (E)-4-[3'-(1-adamantyl)-4'-hydroxyphenyl]-3-(3'-acetami...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Dawson MI,Harris DL,Liu G,Hobbs PD,Lange CW,Jong L,Bruey-Sedano N,James SY,Zhang XK,Peterson VJ,Leid M,Farhana L,Rishi AK,Fontana JA

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamides were synthesized as potent inhibitors of the parasitic nematode of sheep, Haemonchus contortus. These compounds did not show overt cytotoxicity to a range of mammalian cell lines under standard in vitro culture conditions, had high selectivity indices, and were progresse...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Preston S,Garcia-Bustos J,Hall LG,Martin SD,Le TG,Kundu A,Ghoshal A,Nguyen NH,Jiao Y,Ruan B,Xue L,Huang F,Chang BCH,McGee SL,Wells TNC,Palmer MJ,Jabbar A,Gasser RB,Baell JB

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A close analogue of the antileukemic agent 5,8-dideaza-N10 propargylfolic acid (2) was synthesized by replacing the propargyl moiety of 2 with a cyanomethyl group. This compound, N10-(cyanomethyl)-5,8-dideazafolic acid (3), was evaluated for its antifolate and antitumor activities in several biological test systems. A...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Nair MG,Salter DC,Kisliuk RL,Gaumont Y,North G,Sirotnak FM

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two analogues, 6-(2-aminopropyl)-5-methoxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran and 6-(2-aminopropyl)-5-methoxy-2-methyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran, of the hallucinogenic agent 1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylphenyl)-2-aminopropane (DOM) were synthesized and tested in the two-lever drug discrimination paradigm. In rats trained to discriminate s...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Nichols DE,Hoffman AJ,Oberlender RA,Riggs RM

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocannabinoid hydrolyzing enzyme FAAH uses a nonclassical catalytic triad (namely, Ser-Ser-Lys instead of Ser-Asp-His) to cleave its endogenous substrates. Because inhibiting FAAH has a clear therapeutic potential, we previously developed β-lactam-type inhibitors of hFAAH. Here, we report the synthesis of five n...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Feledziak M,Muccioli GG,Lambert DM,Marchand-Brynaert J

更新日期：2011-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A new series of N'-(pyridinioacetyl)alkanoic and -benzoic acid hydrazides, as chloride salts, and some cyclic analogues produced ring closure have been synthesize and tested in a search for more effective germicides. Physicochemical parameters, such as surface tension, critical micelle concentration, and thermodynamic...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Sicardi SM,Vega CM,Cimijotti EB

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight novel single amino acid (6-11) and dipeptide (12, 13) tyrosine P-O esters of cyclic cidofovir ((S)-cHPMPC, 4) and its cyclic adenine analogue ((S)-cHPMPA, 3) were synthesized and evaluated as prodrugs. In vitro IC(50) values for the prodrugs (<0.1-50 μM) vs vaccinia, cowpox, human cytomegalovirus, and herpes sim...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Zakharova VM,Serpi M,Krylov IS,Peterson LW,Breitenbach JM,Borysko KZ,Drach JC,Collins M,Hilfinger JM,Kashemirov BA,McKenna CE

更新日期：2011-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, our group identified that harmine is able to induce β-cell proliferation both in vitro and in vivo, mediated via the DYRK1A-NFAT pathway. Since, harmine suffers from a lack of selectivity, both against other kinases and CNS off-targets, we therefore sought to expand structure-activity relationships for harmi...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Kumar K,Wang P,Wilson J,Zlatanic V,Berrouet C,Khamrui S,Secor C,Swartz EA,Lazarus M,Sanchez R,Stewart AF,Garcia-Ocana A,DeVita RJ

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:MbtA (a salicyl AMP ligase) is a key target for the design of new antitubercular agents. On the basis of structure-activity relationship (SAR) data generated in our laboratory, a structure-based model is developed to predict the binding affinities of aryl acid-AMP bisubstrate inhibitors of MbtA. The approach described...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Labello NP,Bennett EM,Ferguson DM,Aldrich CC

更新日期：2008-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies indicate that MAO-B is induced in peripheral inflammatory diseases. To target peripheral tissues using MAO-B inhibitors that do not permeate the blood-brain barrier (BBB) the MAO-B-selective inhibitor deprenyl was remodeled by replacing the terminal acetylene with a CO2H function, and incorporating a para-OCH2...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Gealageas R,Devineau A,So PPL,Kim CMJ,Surendradoss J,Buchwalder C,Heller M,Goebeler V,Dullaghan EM,Grierson DS,Putnins EE

更新日期：2018-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently accepted mechanism of trioxane antimalarial action involves generation of free radicals within or near susceptible sites probably arising from the production of distonic radical anions. An alternative mechanistic proposal involving the ionic scission of the peroxide group and consequent generation of a c...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Drew MG,Metcalfe J,Dascombe MJ,Ismail FM

更新日期：2006-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the optimization of an HldE kinase inhibitor to low nanomolar potency, which resulted in the identification of the first reported compounds active on selected E. coli strains. One of the most interesting candidates, compound 86, was shown to inhibit specifically bacterial LPS heptosylation on efflux pum...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Desroy N,Denis A,Oliveira C,Atamanyuk D,Briet S,Faivre F,LeFralliec G,Bonvin Y,Oxoby M,Escaich S,Floquet S,Drocourt E,Vongsouthi V,Durant L,Moreau F,Verhey TB,Lee TW,Junop MS,Gerusz V

更新日期：2013-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaction of 6-deoxy-2,3,5-tris-O-(p-nitrobenzoyl)-L-talofuranosyl bromide (1) with the trimethylsilyl derivative of hypoxanthine, followed by removal of blocking groups, afforded 9- (6) and 7-(6'-deoxy-alpha-L-talofuranosyl)hypoxanthine (7). A study of the published optical rotations and circular dichroic (CD) spectra...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Nelson V,El Khadem HS

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting of DNA secondary structures, such as G-quadruplexes, is now considered an appealing opportunity for drug intervention in anticancer therapy. So far, efforts made in the discovery of chemotypes able to target G-quadruplexes mainly succeeded in the identification of a number of polyaromatic compounds featuring...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Cosconati S,Rizzo A,Trotta R,Pagano B,Iachettini S,De Tito S,Lauri I,Fotticchia I,Giustiniano M,Marinelli L,Giancola C,Novellino E,Biroccio A,Randazzo A

更新日期：2012-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of amide analogues of the 2,2'-dithiobis(1H-indole-3-alkaonic acid) class of tyrosine kinase inhibitors have been prepared, by reaction of 1H-indole-3-alkanamides (8) with S2Cl2, and separation of the desired disulfides from the initial mixtures of mono-, di-, and trisulfides formed. These amides were evaluat...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Thompson AM,Fry DW,Kraker AJ,Denny WA

更新日期：1994-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a high-throughput screening assay using the DENV-2 replicon showed that the 2,4-diaminoquinazoline derivative 4a has a high dengue virus inhibitory activity (EC(50) = 0.15 μM). A series of 2,4-diaminoquinazoline derivatives based on 4a as a lead compound were synthesized and subjected to structure-antid...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Chao B,Tong XK,Tang W,Li DW,He PL,Garcia JM,Zeng LM,Gao AH,Yang L,Li J,Nan FJ,Jacobs M,Altmeyer R,Zuo JP,Hu YH

更新日期：2012-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 2,2-dimethyl-3,3-diphenyl-propanamides as novel glucocorticoid receptor modulators is reported. SAR exploration led to the identification of 4-hydroxyphenyl propanamide derivatives displaying good agonist activity in GR-mediated transrepression assays and reduced agonist activity in GR-mediated transactiva...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Yang BV,Weinstein DS,Doweyko LM,Gong H,Vaccaro W,Huynh T,Xiao HY,Doweyko AM,McKay L,Holloway DA,Somerville JE,Habte S,Cunningham M,McMahon M,Townsend R,Shuster D,Dodd JH,Nadler SG,Barrish JC

更新日期：2010-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid-[2-(1H-indol-3-yl)-ethyl]-methylamide 1 (CA224) is a nonplanar analogue of fascaplysin (2) that specifically inhibits Cdk4-cyclin D1 in vitro. Compound 1 blocks the growth of cancer cells at G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle. It also blocks the cell cycle at G2/M phase, which is explained by the...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Mahale S,Bharate SB,Manda S,Joshi P,Bharate SS,Jenkins PR,Vishwakarma RA,Chaudhuri B

更新日期：2014-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenolic "A-ring" of natural and synthetic estrogen receptor (ER) ligands was effectively replaced by a planar six-member ring formed through an intramolecular hydrogen bond within a salicylaldoxime. Thus, oxime 1, a structural analogue of a triarylethylene estrogen, showed a significant binding affinity for the E...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Minutolo F,Bertini S,Papi C,Carlson KE,Katzenellenbogen JA,Macchia M

更新日期：2001-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Partially hydrogenated derivatives of the new heterocyclic ring systems benz[d]indolo[2,3-g]azecine and bisindolo[3,2-d][2, 3-g]azecine were synthesized starting from lactones and amines via the described synthetic methods. In binding assays with rat striatal receptors, 7-methyl-6,7,8,9,14,15-hexahydro-5H-benz[d]indol...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Witt T,Hock FJ,Lehmann J

更新日期：2000-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Many nonquaternary ammonium muscarinic agonists have been developed over the last few years, but most of the existing compounds (e.g., arecoline, RS-86, AF-30) behave as weak partial agonists at cholinergic receptors in tissues of limited receptor reserve. The current paper describes the synthesis and biochemical asse...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Saunders J,Showell GA,Snow RJ,Baker R,Harley EA,Freedman SB

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the results of our previous physicochemical studies of polyamine-nucleic acid interactions, we concluded that polyamine analogues in cisoidal conformation are capable of wrapping around the major groove of the double helix, of displacing natural polyamines from their nucleic acid binding sites, and of inhibiting ...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Reddy VK,Sarkar A,Valasinas A,Marton LJ,Basu HS,Frydman B

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery and synthesis of a new series of pyrimidines as potent sigma-1 receptor (σ1R) antagonists, associated with pharmacological antineuropathic pain activity, are the focus of this article. The new compounds were evaluated in vitro in σ-1 and σ-2 receptor binding assays. The nature of the pyrimidine scaffold ...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Lan Y,Chen Y,Cao X,Zhang J,Wang J,Xu X,Qiu Y,Zhang T,Liu X,Liu BF,Zhang G

更新日期：2014-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin secretion by pancreatic β-cells in response to glucose or other secretagogues is tightly coupled to membrane potential. Various studies have highlighted the prospect of enhancing insulin secretion in a glucose-dependent manner by blocking voltage-gated potassium channels (K(v)) and calcium-activated potassium ...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Nguyen TT,Folch B,Létourneau M,Truong NH,Doucet N,Fournier A,Chatenet D

更新日期：2014-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:2-(p-Nitrophenyl)-4-isopropylmorphine (V), an analog of 1-(p-nitrophenyl)-2-isopropylaminoethanol (INPEA, I) in which the OCHCHN chain of I is locked in a morpholine ring, loses the beta-receptor blocking activity of I on various isolated preparations. The same ineffectiveness is observed in the O-methyl (II), N-methy...

journal_title：Journal of medicinal chemistry

authors： Del Tacca M,Bertelli A,Mazzanti L,Stacchini B,Balsamo A,Crotti P,Macchia B,Macchia F

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00