Probing the Binding Pocket of the Broadly Tuned Human Bitter Taste Receptor TAS2R14 by Chemical Modification of Cognate Agonists.

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

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：:Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome is a chronic bladder disorder with epithelial thinning or ulceration, pain, urinary frequency and urgency, for which there is no reliably effective therapy. We previously reported that interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome bladder epithelial cells make a glycopep...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Keay S,Kaczmarek P,Zhang CO,Koch K,Szekely Z,Barchi JJ Jr,Michejda C

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:N-type voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels (CaV 2.2) are located at nerve endings in the central and peripheral nervous systems and are strongly associated with the pathological processes of cerebral ischaemia and neuropathic pain. CaV 2.2 blockers such as the ω-conotoxin MVIIA (Prialt) are analgesic and have opioid-spa...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Mollica A,Costante R,Novellino E,Stefanucci A,Pieretti S,Zador F,Samavati R,Borsodi A,Benyhe S,Vetter I,Lewis RJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucokinase (GK) is the key enzyme controlling levels of blood glucose under normal physiological range, and GK activators are emerging class of drug candidates with promising hypoglycaemic activity. The current study was planned to design, synthesize and evaluate novel N-pyridin-2-yl benzamide analogues as allosteric...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Grewal AS,Kharb R,Prasad DN,Dua JS,Lather V

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly designed benzothiazolo-quinazolone series was synthesized by an aromatic amine and potassium thiocyanate in the presence of bromine in glacial acetic acid, and the final product was obtained by subsequent reaction with 5-arylamido/imidoalkyl-2-chlorobenzoic acid in the presence of potassium carbonate and furth...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Shukla G,Tiwari AK,Singh VK,Bajpai A,Chandra H,Mishra AK

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of new series of 1,2,4-triazole with 1,2,3-triazole and piperidine ring using ZrOCl(2) ·8H(2) O as a catalyst in ethanol has been described. The yields obtained are in the range of 80-85%. All the synthesized compounds (3a-3o) are novel and were evaluated for their in vitro antifungal activities using standa...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Sangshetti JN,Lokwani DK,Sarkate AP,Shinde DB

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyazamacrocycles are currently being studied and used in a variety of applications beyond their traditional place in supramolecular and co-ordination chemistry. This study suggests additional applications of these compounds with particular emphasis on their use as antiproliferative agents that could be potentially u...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Cruz C,Cairrão E,Lourenço O,Almeida P,Verde I,Queiroz JA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During SAR development of previously reported pyrrolocarbazole 1, a potent PARP-1 inhibitor, compound 14, was discovered serendipitously to be a prodrug of compound 1. ...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Dunn D,Husten J,Aimone LD,Ator MA,Chatterjee S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GSK3β kinase is a noteworthy target for discovery of the drugs that will be used to treat several diseases. In the effort to identify a new inhibitor lead compound, we utilized thermodynamic integration (TI)-molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and kinase assay to investigate the bindings between GSK3β kinase and five c...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Hsu CJ,Hsu WC,Lee DJ,Liu AL,Chang CM,Shih HJ,Huang WH,Lee-Chen GJ,Hsieh-Li HM,Lee GC,Sun YC

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three natural products, 1,5-diphenylpentan-1-one, 1,5-diphenylpent-2-en-1-one, and 3-hydroxy-1,5-diphenylpentan-1-one, with good insecticidal activities were extracted from Stellera chamaejasme L. Based on their shared diaryl ketone moiety as 'pharmacophores', a series of diaryl ketones were synthesized and tested for...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Zhang H,Jin H,Ji LZ,Tao K,Liu W,Zhao HY,Hou TP

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A low-dimensional method, based on the use of multiple fusion-based similarity measures, is described for graphically depicting and characterizing relationships among molecules in compound databases. The measures are used to construct multi-fusion similarity maps that characterize the relationship of a set of 'test' m...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Medina-Franco JL,Maggiora GM,Giulianotti MA,Pinilla C,Houghten RA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An application of molecular dynamics and molecular mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann surface area techniques to the prediction of protein kinase inhibitor selectivity is presented. A highly active and selective ERK2 inhibitor was placed in equivalent orientations in five different protein kinases (SRC, LCK, GSK3, JNK3 and A...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Muzzioli E,Del Rio A,Rastelli G

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic albumin nanospheres that incorporate doxorubicin (M-DOX-BSA-NPs) were prepared previously by our research group to develop magnetically responsive drug carrier system. This nanocarrier was synthesized as a drug delivery system for targeted chemotherapy. In this work, cytotoxic effects of doxorubicin (DOX)-loa...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Zeybek A,Şanlı-Mohamed G,Ak G,Yılmaz H,Şanlıer ŞH

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aspartate biosynthetic pathway provides essential metabolites for many important biological functions, including the production of four essential amino acids. As this critical pathway is only present in plants and microbes, any disruptions will be fatal to these organisms. An early pathway enzyme, l-aspartate-β-se...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Pavlovsky AG,Liu X,Faehnle CR,Potente N,Viola RE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously designed and reported a novel class of drugs, namely hybrid peptides, which are chemically synthesized and composed of a targeted binding peptide and a lytic-type peptide containing cationic amino acid residues that cause cancer cell death. In the present study, we screened for peptides that bind to inte...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Kurihara R,Horibe T,Shimizu E,Torisawa A,Gaowa A,Kohno M,Kawakami K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic disease characterized by abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits. Patients with IBS comprise a significant portion of attendants at the outpatient clinics. Targeting intestinal opioid receptors was found successful in alleviating pain and diarrhea-two major symptoms of IB...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Fabisiak A,Sobocińska M,Kamysz E,Fichna J,Zielińska M

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：: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 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：: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：:Novel series of 3-O-arylalkylbenzamide and 3-O-arylalkyl-2,6-difluorobenzamide derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their on-target activity and antibacterial activity. The results indicated that the 3-O-arylalkyl-2,6-difluorobenzamide derivatives possessed much better on-target activity and antibacterial ac...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Qiang S,Wang C,Venter H,Li X,Wang Y,Guo L,Ma R,Ma S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy against human African trypanosomiasis relies on four drugs that cause frequent and occasionally severe side-effects. Because human African trypanosomiasis is a disease of poor people in Africa, the traditional market-driven pathways to drug development are not available. One potentially rapid and cost-eff...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Mackey ZB,Baca AM,Mallari JP,Apsel B,Shelat A,Hansell EJ,Chiang PK,Wolff B,Guy KR,Williams J,McKerrow JH

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, the discovery, synthesis, and evaluation for hundreds of CD38 covalent and non-covalent inhibitors has been reported sequentially by our group and partners; however, a systematic structure-based guidance is still lacking for rational design of CD38 inhibitor. Here, we carried out a comparative anal...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Zhang S,Xue X,Zhang L,Zhang L,Liu Z

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：: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：:Spiropyrans have been extensively investigated because of their thermo- and photochromic characteristics, but their biotherapeutic properties have not been explored much. We report anti-proliferative properties of a novel 3,3'-azadimethylene dinaphthospiropyran 11. Dibenzospiropyrans and dinaphthospiropyrans were synt...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Lagisetty P,Eeda V,Yadav VR,Nimmo SL,Subramaniam D,Powell DR,Awasthi V

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first account of a comparative analysis of the binding affinities of nine FDA-approved drugs against subtype B as well as the South African subtype C HIV PR (C-SA). A standardized protocol was used to generate the inhibitor/C-SA PR complexes with the relative positions of the inhibitors taken from the co...

journal_title：Chemical biology & drug design

authors： Ahmed SM,Kruger HG,Govender T,Maguire GE,Sayed Y,Ibrahim MA,Naicker P,Soliman ME

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00