High affinity rigidified AT2 receptor ligands with indane scaffolds.

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：:A series of cyclic peptides were designed and prepared to investigate the physicochemical properties that affect oral bioavailabilty of this chemotype in rats. In particular, the ionization state of the peptide was examined by the incorporation of naturally occurring amino acid residues that are charged in differing r...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Rand AC,Leung SS,Eng H,Rotter CJ,Sharma R,Kalgutkar AS,Zhang Y,Varma MV,Farley KA,Khunte B,Limberakis C,Price DA,Liras S,Mathiowetz AM,Jacobson MP,Lokey RS

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) plays a critical role in B cell receptor (BCR)-mediated signaling pathways responsible for the development and function of B cells, which makes it an attractive target for the treatment of many types of B-cell malignancies. Herein, a series of N5-substituted 6,7-dioxo-6,7-dihydropteridin...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Chen H,Song P,Diao Y,Hao Y,Dou D,Wang W,Fang X,Wang Y,Zhao Z,Ding J,Li H,Xie H,Xu Y

更新日期：2018-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Two diazabicyclo analogues of maraviroc, in which the azabicyclooctane moiety is replaced by diazabicyclooctane or diazabicyclononane, were synthesized and tested, through a viral neutralization assay, on a panel of six pseudoviruses. The diazabicyclooctane derivative maintained a significant infectivity reduction pow...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Legnani L,Colombo D,Venuti A,Pastori C,Lopalco L,Toma L,Mori M,Grazioso G,Villa S

更新日期：2016-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The dopamine D3 receptor (D3R) is a proven therapeutic target for the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. In particular, D3R-selective ligands that can eliminate side effects associated with dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) therapeutics have been validated. However, the high homology in signaling pathw...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Cao Y,Sun N,Zhang J,Liu Z,Tang YZ,Wu Z,Kim KM,Cheon SH

更新日期：2018-06-14 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：:Ecto-nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (NPP1, EC 3.1.4.1) is a metalloenzyme that belongs to the NPP family, which comprises seven subtypes (NPP1-7). NPP1 hydrolyzes a wide range of phosphodiester bonds, e.g. in nucleoside triphosphates, (cyclic) dinucleotides, and nucleotide sugars yielding nucleoside 5'...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Lee SY,Müller CE

更新日期：2017-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Myristoyltransferase (NMT) represents an attractive drug target in parasitic infections such as malaria due to its genetic essentiality and amenability to inhibition by drug-like small molecules. Scaffold simplification from previously reported inhibitors containing bicyclic cores identified phenyl derivative 3, pro...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Yu Z,Brannigan JA,Rangachari K,Heal WP,Wilkinson AJ,Holder AA,Leatherbarrow RJ,Tate EW

更新日期：2015-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytotoxic drug gemcitabine (GEM) has been conjugated to receptor-binding peptides to target melanoma tumors. A hexapeptide having a Lys-Gly-His-Lys sequence (pep-1), an octapeptide with an Arg-Gly-Asp-Lys-Gly-His-Lys sequence (pep-2), a GEM-conjugated Lys-Gly-His-Lys peptide (GEM-pep-3) and a GEM-conjugated Asp-Gl...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Gaonkar RH,Baishya R,Paul B,Dewanjee S,Ganguly S,Debnath MC,Ganguly S

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal infections directly affect millions of people each year. In addition to the invasive fungal infections of humans, the plants and animals that comprise our primary food source are also susceptible to diseases caused by these eukaryotic microbes. The need for antifungals, not only for our medical needs, but also ...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Ngo HX,Garneau-Tsodikova S,Green KD

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we continued our previous work on the development of CB2 ligands, reporting the design and synthesis of a series of benzimidazole-containing derivatives that were explored as selective CB2 ligands with binding affinity towards both CB1 and CB2 receptors. Seven out of eighteen compounds exhibited preferential bi...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Tonelli M,Cichero E,Mahmoud AM,Rabbito A,Tasso B,Fossa P,Ligresti A

更新日期：2018-10-10 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：:Bile acids have emerged as strong signaling molecules capable of influencing various biological processes like inflammation, apoptosis, cancer progression and atherosclerosis depending on their chemistry. In the present study, we investigated the effect of major hydrophobic bile acids lithocholic acid (LCA) and deoxyc...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Kundu S,Bansal S,Muthukumarasamy KM,Sachidanandan C,Motiani RK,Bajaj A

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, coumarin based pyrazolines (7a-g) have been synthesized and investigated for their in vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory potential. Amongst the synthesized compounds, compounds 7a, 7d and 7f exhibited significant in vitro anti-inflammatory activity as compared to the standard etoricoxib. Keeping ...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Chandel P,Kumar A,Singla N,Kumar A,Singh G,Gill RK

更新日期：2019-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodontal disease is an oral chronic immune-inflammatory disease highly prevalent worldwide that is initiated by specific oral bacterial species leading to local and systemic effects. The development of new preventive/therapeutic strategies to specifically target oral periodontopathogens without perturbing oral micr...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Thamban Chandrika N,Fosso MY,Alimova Y,May A,Gonzalez OA,Garneau-Tsodikova S

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Zampanolide and dactylolide are microtubule-stabilizing polyketides possessing potent cytotoxicity towards a variety of cancer cell lines. Using our understanding of the conformational preferences of the macrolide core in both natural products, we hypothesized that analogues lacking the C17-methyl group would maintain...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Henry JL,Wilson MR,Mulligan MP,Quinn TR,Sackett DL,Taylor RE

更新日期：2019-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as African sleeping sickness, is caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma. As the disease progresses, the parasites cross the blood brain barrier and are lethal for the patients if the disease is left untreated. Current therapies suffer from several drawback...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Berninger M,Schmidt I,Ponte-Sucre A,Holzgrabe U

更新日期：2017-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We used quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations to test if antimalarial primaquine (PQ) and its derivatives aid the conversion of hemoglobin to methemoglobin by binding to hemoglobin and merely lowering hemoglobin's ionization potential (IP). Our results showed that PQ and its derivatives do not significant...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Liu H,Ding Y,Walker LA,Doerksen RJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Recently, there has been an emergence of significant interest in silver-based antimicrobials. Our goal was to develop a radioactive tracer for investigating the biological fate of such compounds. Purified 111Ag was incorporated into the methylated caffeine analogue, IC1 to yield the silver carbene complex designated a...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Aweda TA,Ikotun O,Mastren T,Cannon CL,Wright B,Youngs WJ,Cutler C,Guthrie J,Lapi SE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that natural steroid compounds containing a peroxide bridge exhibited potential anti-hepatitis B virus activity. To continue our research, a simple and regioselective methodology, using Eosin Y as a clean photosensitized oxidation catalyst, was developed for the synthesis of a peroxi...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Jia M,Zhao R,Xu B,Yan W,Chu F,Gu H,Xie T,Xiang H,Ren J,Chen D,Wang P,Lei H

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:It was previously reported that 6β-aminomorphinan derivatives show high affinity for opiate receptors. Novel 6β-heteroarylamidomorphinanes were designed based on the MOR selective antagonist NAP. The 6β-aminomorphinanes were prepared with stereoselective Mitsunobu reaction and subsequently acylated with nicotinic acid...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Urai Á,Váradi A,Szőcs L,Komjáti B,Le Rouzic V,Hunkele A,Pasternak GW,Majumdar S,Hosztafi S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New derivatives of aminoglycosides containing 6'-carboxylic acid or 6'-amide on their ring I were designed, synthesized and their ability to readthrough nonsense mutations was examined in vitro, along with the protein translation inhibition in prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. The observed structure-activity relatio...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Sabbavarapu NM,Pieńko T,Zalman BH,Trylska J,Baasov T

更新日期：2018-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical aminoglycoside antibiotics are obsolete or hampered by the emergence of drug resistant bacteria. Recent discoveries of antifungal amphiphilic kanamycins offer new strategies for reviving and repurposing these old drugs. A simple structural modification turns the clinically obsolete antibacterial kanamycin in...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Subedi YP,AlFindee MN,Takemoto JY,Chang CT

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the scaffold of astemizole, three novel turn-on fluorescent probes (N1-N3) for human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) potassium channel were developed herein. These probes have reasonable fluorescence properties, acceptable cell toxicity, and potent inhibitory activity, all of which contribute to cell imagin...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Zhang X,Liu T,Wang B,Gao Y,Liu P,Li M,Du L

更新日期：2019-02-26 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：:The natural products colchicine and combretastatin A-4 (CA4) have provided inspiration for the discovery and development of a wide array of derivatives and analogues that inhibit tubulin polymerization through a binding interaction at the colchicine site on β-tubulin. A water-soluble phosphate prodrug salt of CA4 (ref...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Maguire CJ,Chen Z,Mocharla VP,Sriram M,Strecker TE,Hamel E,Zhou H,Lopez R,Wang Y,Mason RP,Chaplin DJ,Trawick ML,Pinney KG

更新日期：2018-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Three series of compounds were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro anticancer activity against a procaspase-3 over-expression cancer cell line (U937) and a procaspase-3 no-expression cancer cell line (MCF-7) to rule out off-target effects. Biological evaluation led to the identification of a series ...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Ma J,Ni X,Gao Y,Huang K,Liu J,Wang Y,Chen R,Wang C

更新日期：2019-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Arylethynyl derivatives of (N)-methanocarba adenosine 5'-uronamides are selective A3AR (adenosine receptor) agonists. Here we substitute a 1,2,3-triazol-1-yl linker in place of the rigid, linear ethynyl group to eliminate its potential metabolic liability. Docking of nucleosides containing possible short linker moie...

journal_title：MedChemComm

authors： Tosh DK,Paoletta S,Chen Z,Crane S,Lloyd J,Gao ZG,Gizewski ET,Auchampach JA,Salvemini D,Jacobson KA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00