Recent developments on zinc(ii) metal-organic framework nanocarriers for physiological pH-responsive drug delivery.

abstract：:A series of 18 new 5-[3-(4-aryl-1-piperazinyl)propoxy]coumarin derivatives from the corresponding bromoalkyl derivatives have been designed and synthesized by us using a microwave-assisted protocol. Radioligand binding assays of this series of compounds as well as a previously synthesized series of 17 structurally-sim...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Ostrowska K,Grzeszczuk D,Głuch-Lutwin M,Gryboś A,Siwek A,Dobrzycki Ł,Trzaskowski B

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we have focused on the recent progress in metal complexes that are able to bind to β-amyloid (Aβ) species. We have discussed various radioactive complexes of 99mTc, 68Ga, 64Cu, 89Zr, and 111In, which were designed as Aβ imaging agents for positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission co...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Chen K,Cui M

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsic and acquired resistance to conventional and targeted therapeutics is a fundamental reason for treatment failure in many cancer patients. Targeted approaches to overcome chemoresistance as well as resistance to targeted approaches require in depth understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms. The anti...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Ferreira BI,Lie MK,Engelsen AST,Machado S,Link W,Lorens JB

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrahydroisoquinoline (THIQ) is a key structural component in many biologically active molecules including natural products and synthetic pharmaceuticals. Here, we report on the use of transition-metal mediated [2 + 2 + 2] cyclotrimerisation of alkynes to generate tricyclic THIQs with potential to selectively inhibit...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Santos ARN,Sheldrake HM,Ibrahim AIM,Danta CC,Bonanni D,Daga M,Oliaro-Bosso S,Boschi D,Lolli ML,Pors K

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptomic phenotypes defined for melanoma have been reported to correlate with sensitivity to various drugs. In this study, we aimed to define a minimal signature that could be used to distinguish melanoma sub-types in vitro, and to determine suitable drugs by which these sub-types can be targeted. By using prima...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Senses KM,Ghasemi M,Akbar MW,Isbilen M,Fallacara AL,Frankenburg S,Schenone S,Lotem M,Botta M,Gure AO

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many reports have suggested that NRP-1 acts as a co-receptor for VEGF-A165 and boosts tumour growth and metastasis. This NRP-1, due to its important role in tumour progression, triggered interest in the design of new molecules able to significantly inhibit NRP-1/VEGF-A165 interaction to suppress pathological angiogene...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Puszko AK,Sosnowski P,Tymecka D,Raynaud F,Hermine O,Lepelletier Y,Misicka A

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/C7MD00637C.]. ...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Okombo J,Chibale K

更新日期：2018-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A library of 33 compounds was screened for potentiation of the antibiotic FR 900098 against the Francisella tularensis surrogate Francisella novicida. From the screen a highly potent 2-oxazoline adjuvant was discovered capable of potentiating FR 900098 with a 1000-fold reduction in MIC against the Francisella sub-spec...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Stephens MD,Yodsanit N,Melander C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type III secretion system injectisome is a syringe-like multimembrane spanning nanomachine that is essential to the pathogenicity but not viability of many clinically relevant Gram-negative bacteria, such as enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Due to the rise in antib...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Lyons BJE,Strynadka NCJ

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three monoketone derivatives of curcumin were synthesized to investigate the synergy with fluconazole against fluconazole-resistant Candida spp. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC80) and the fractional inhibitory concentration index (FICI) of the antifungal synergist fluconazole were measured against flu...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Zhao F,Dong HH,Wang YH,Wang TY,Yan ZH,Yan F,Zhang DZ,Cao YY,Jin YS

更新日期：2017-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is a serious tropical disease that kills thousands of people every year, mainly in Africa, due to Plasmodium falciparum infections. Salirasib is a promising cancer drug candidate that interferes with the post-translational modification of Ras. This S-farnesyl thiosalicylate inhibits isoprenylcysteine carboxyl ...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Porta EOJ,Bofill Verdaguer I,Perez C,Banchio C,Ferreira de Azevedo M,Katzin AM,Labadie GR

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel series of 2-pyrazoline derivatives were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for cholinesterase (ChE) inhibitory, Aβ anti-aggregating and neuroprotective activities. Among these, 3d, 3e, 3g, and 3h were established as the most potent and selective BChE inhibitors (IC50 = 0.5-3.9 μM), while 3f presented dual in...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Unsal-Tan O,Tüylü Küçükkılınç T,Ayazgök B,Balkan A,Ozadali-Sari K

更新日期：2019-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel primaquine-cell penetrating peptide conjugates were synthesised and tested in vitro against liver stage Plasmodium berghei parasites. Generally, the conjugates were more active than the parent peptides and, in some cases, than the parent drug. These are unprecedented findings that may open a new route towards an...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Aguiar L,Machado M,Sanches-Vaz M,Prudêncio M,Vale N,Gomes P

更新日期：2018-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyrins are tetrapyrrolic macrocyclic ligands known for their affinity towards neoplastic tissues and once radiolabeled with a suitable diagnostic radioisotope could potentially be used for the imaging of tumorous lesions. In the present study, an unsymmetrically substituted porphyrin derivative namely 5-(p-amino-p...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Guleria M,Das T,Vats K,Amirdhanayagam J,Mathur A,Sarma HD,Dash A

更新日期：2019-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for carbon monoxide-releasing molecules (CO-RMs) as antimicrobials represents an exciting prospective in the fight against antibiotic resistance. Trypto-CORM, a tryptophan-containing manganese(i) carbonyl, is toxic against E. coli following photo-activation. Here, we demonstrate that Trypto-CORM is toxic...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Ward JS,Morgan R,Lynam JM,Fairlamb IJS,Moir JWB

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four 14-sulfonamide-tetrandrine derivatives as potential anti-cancer agents were synthesized. The synthetic derivatives were investigated for their cytotoxic activity against human cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231, PC3, WM9, HEL and K562. Initially, the IC50 values (50% inhibitory concentrations) of all of the comp...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Song J,Lan J,Chen C,Hu S,Song J,Liu W,Zeng X,Lou H,Ben-David Y,Pan W

更新日期：2018-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 4-thiazolidinone derivatives were synthesized and evaluated as novel human dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (hDHODH) inhibitors. Compounds 26 and 31 displayed IC50 values of 1.75 and 1.12 μM, respectively. The structure-activity relationship was summarized. Further binding mode analysis revealed that compound ...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Zeng F,Qi T,Li C,Li T,Li H,Li S,Zhu L,Xu X

更新日期：2017-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are amongst the most common and prevalent infectious diseases worldwide, with uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) reported as the main causative pathogen. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics are commonly used to treat UTIs but for infections involving UPEC biofilms, which are commonly associa...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Verderosa AD,Harris J,Dhouib R,Totsika M,Fairfull-Smith KE

更新日期：2019-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of N-alkyl tethered C-5 functionalized bis-isatins were synthesized and evaluated for antimicrobial activity against pathogenic microorganisms. The preliminary evaluation studies revealed the compound 4t, with an optimal combination of bromo-substituent at the C-5 position of isatin ring along with propyl cha...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Singh A,Nisha,Bains T,Hahn HJ,Liu N,Tam C,Cheng LW,Kim J,Debnath A,Land KM,Kumar V

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on structure modification and a high-throughput Jurkat-Lat cell screening model, we found that GIBH-LRA002, ethyl-2-amino-3-cyano-9-methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)-4,9-dihydropyrano[2,3-b]indole-4-carboxylate, effectively reactivated the latent proviruses in a Jurkat-Lat cell line and primary CD4+ T cells from both c...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Yang Q,Ding Y,Feng F,Pan E,Fan X,Ma X,Chen L,Zhao J,Sun C

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is involved in hyper-proliferative diseases such as cancer and pulmonary arterial hypertension. We have synthesized inhibitors that are selective for the two isoforms of sphingosine kinase (SK1 and SK2) that catalyze the synthesis of S1P. A thiourea adduct of sphinganine (F02) is selectiv...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Byun HS,Pyne S,Macritchie N,Pyne NJ,Bittman R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of indole derivatives was designed and synthesised to improve on activity and circumvent pharmacokinetic limitations experienced with the structurally related compound, ladostigil. The compounds consisted of a propargylamine moiety (a known MAO inhibitor and neuroprotector) at the N1 position and a ChE inhibi...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Denya I,Malan SF,Enogieru AB,Omoruyi SI,Ekpo OE,Kapp E,Zindo FT,Joubert J

更新日期：2018-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/C0MD00060D.]. ...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Chen T,Mei WJ,Wong YS,Liu J,Liu Y,Xie HS,Zheng WJ

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is an ever-evolving infectious disease that urgently needs new drugs. In the search for new antituberculosis agents, a library of 3-cinnamoyl-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-ones (CHPs) (2a-2y) was synthesized and evaluated against a standard virulent laboratory strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. O...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Bhat ZS,Ul Lah H,Rather MA,Maqbool M,Ara T,Ahmad Z,Yousuf SK

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalent probes and drugs have found widespread use as research tools and clinical agents. Covalent probes are useful because of their increased intracellular potency and because covalent labeling of cellular proteins can be tracked using click chemistry. Covalent drugs, on the other hand, can overcome drug resistance...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Kathman SG,Statsyuk AV

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of proteins into dendritic cells (DCs) ex vivo is a critical step for the DC-based immunotherapy of cancer. Here, we developed a biotin-modified polymer with multiple hydrophobic membrane anchors for cells that functions as a synthetic receptor for an antigen protein, ovalbumin (OVA), to introduce it ...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Li C,Takeo M,Matsuda M,Nagai H,Xizheng S,Hatanaka W,Kishimura A,Inoue H,Tani K,Mori T,Katayama Y

更新日期：2017-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is a chronic, complex and multifactorial disease associated characteristically with hyperglycemia. One of the most recently approved antidiabetic drug classes for clinical use are sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors. SGLT-2 is a protein expressed in the kidneys, responsible for gl...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： da Silva PN,da Conceição RA,do Couto Maia R,de Castro Barbosa ML

更新日期：2018-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies point towards the possible disadvantages of using hydroxamic acid-based zinc-binding groups in HDAC inhibitors due to e.g. mutagenicity issues. In this work, we elaborated on our previously developed Tubathian series, a class of highly selective thiaheterocyclic HDAC6 inhibitors, by replacing the benzoh...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Depetter Y,Geurs S,Vanden Bussche F,De Vreese R,Franceus J,Desmet T,De Wever O,D'hooghe M

更新日期：2018-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last three decades, protein and nucleic acid structure determination and comprehension of the mechanisms, leading to their physiological and pathological functions, have become a cornerstone of biomedical sciences. A deep understanding of the principles governing the fates of cells and tissue at the molecular l...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Bernetti M,Cavalli A,Mollica L

更新日期：2017-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenol of 1-(3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)propyl)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)thiourea was selectively carbon-11 labelled to generate [11C]PBD150 in 7.3% yield from [11C]methyl triflate (non-decay corrected; radiochemical purity ≥95%, specific activity = 5.7 Ci/µmol, n=5). Evaluation of [11C]PBD150 by small animal PET ima...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Brooks AF,Jackson IM,Shao X,Kropog GW,Sherman P,Quesada CA,Scott PJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00