Identification of potent and novel small-molecule inhibitors of caspase-3.

abstract：:Based on the structures of aminopyridine thrombin inhibitors (1), a series of aminoalkyl- and guanidinoalkyl-substituted diarylsulfonamides were prepared. The most potent derivative, N-[3-(4-guanidinobutoxy)-5-methyl-phenyl]-benzenesulfonamide (6c) had Ki = 0.18 microM for thrombin and did not inhibit trypsin, plasmin...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Weber IR,Neidlein R,von der Saal W,Grams F,Leinert H,Strein K,Engh RA,Kucznierz R

更新日期：1998-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The first non-substrate like inhibitors of human cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) competitive with GTP are reported. An effort to discover orally active compounds that improve glucose homeostasis in Type 2 diabetics by reversibly inhibiting PEPCK led to the discovery of 1-allyl-3-butyl-8-methylxanth...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Foley LH,Wang P,Dunten P,Ramsey G,Gubler ML,Wertheimer SJ

更新日期：2003-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A virtual screening system based on one-class classification with molecular fingerprints as descriptors is developed and tested on a series of 1226 inhibitors and 209 noninhibitors of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β). The suggested system outperforms the ones based on pharmacophore hypothesis and molecular docking...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Karpov PV,Osolodkin DI,Baskin II,Palyulin VA,Zefirov NS

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the discovery of piperazine urea based compound 1, a potent, selective, orally bioavailable melanocortin subtype-4 receptor partial agonist. Compound 1 shows anti-obesity efficacy without potentiating erectile activity in the rodent models. ...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Hong Q,Bakshi RK,Palucki BL,Park MK,Ye Z,He S,Pollard PG,Sebhat IK,Liu J,Guo L,Cashen DE,Martin WJ,Weinberg DH,MacNeil T,Tang R,Tamvakopoulos C,Peng Q,Miller RR,Stearns RA,Chen HY,Chen AS,Strack AM,Fong TM,M

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel class of arylthiourea HCV inhibitors bearing various functionalities, such as cyclic urea, cyclic thiourea, urea, and thiourea, on the alkyl linker were designed and synthesized. Herein we report the synthesis and structure-activity relationships (SARs) of this novel class of arylthiourea derivatives that show...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kang IJ,Wang LW,Hsu SJ,Lee CC,Lee YC,Wu YS,Yueh A,Wang JC,Hsu TA,Chao YS,Chern JH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the best-characterized ubiquitin-like protein (UBL), small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) was found to conjugate with a number of proteins to regulate cellular functions including transcription, signal transduction, and cell cycle. While E1, E2 and E3 ligases are responsible for the forward SUMOylation reaction,...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Qiao Z,Wang W,Wang L,Wen D,Zhao Y,Wang Q,Meng Q,Chen G,Wu Y,Zhou H

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The compound 1-(1-(2-(2-(2-fluoroethoxy)-4-(piperidin-4-yloxy)phenyl)acetyl)piperidin-4-yl)-3,4-dihydroquinolin-2(1H)-one (1) was synthesized and positively evaluated in vitro for high potency and selectivity with human oxytocin receptors. The positron emitting analogue, [F-18]1, was synthesized and investigated in vi...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Smith AL,Freeman SM,Voll RJ,Young LJ,Goodman MM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new series of 2-(benzyloxy)benzamides are presented that are potent functional antagonists of TRPM8 and possess improved LipE and LE compared to the original lead. They were discovered through a series of compound libraries and we present a powerful visualization method for the chemical space explored with each libr...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Brown A,Ellis D,Favor DA,Kirkup T,Klute W,MacKenny M,McMurray G,Stennett A

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsomal prostaglandin E(2) synthase-1 (mPGES-1) is a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of inflammation and pain. In the preceding letter, we detailed the discovery of clinical candidate PF-04693627, a potent mPGES-1 inhibitor possessing a novel benzoxazole structure. While PF-04693627 was undergoing furthe...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Walker DP,Arhancet GB,Lu HF,Heasley SE,Metz S,Kablaoui NM,Franco FM,Hanau CE,Scholten JA,Springer JR,Fobian YM,Carter JS,Xing L,Yang S,Shaffer AF,Jerome GM,Baratta MT,Moore WM,Vazquez ML

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 1-(quinoliloxypropyl)-4-aryl-piperazines has been synthesized and the target compounds evaluated for atypical antipsychotic activity in apomorphine induced mesh climbing and stereotypic behaviour in mice. The 8-hydroxyquinoline ether derivative 14 has emerged as an important lead compound showing a potenti...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Bali A,Malhotra S,Dhir H,Kumar A,Sharma A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleoside transporter inhibitors have potential therapeutic applications as anticancer, antiviral, cardioprotective, and neuroprotective agents. We have synthesized and flow cytometrically evaluated the binding affinity of a series of novel halogenated nitrobenzylthioinosine analogs at the human es nucleoside transpo...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Gupte A,Buolamwini JK

更新日期：2004-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of blood clots in blood vessels causes severe ischemic diseases such as cerebral infarction and myocardial infarction. While searching for microbial products that increase fibrinolytic activity using an in vitro fibrin degradation assay, we found malformin A1, a disulfide form of cyclo(-d-Cys-d-Cys-l-Val...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Koizumi Y,Nagai K,Hasumi K,Kuba K,Sugiyama T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide therapeutics have traditionally faced many challenges including low bioavailability, poor proteolytic stability and difficult cellular uptake. Conformationally constraining the backbone of a peptide into a macrocyclic ring often ameliorates these problems and allows for the development of a variety of new drug...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Ferrie JJ,Gruskos JJ,Goldwaser AL,Decker ME,Guarracino DA

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 195 4-alkyl and 4,4-dialkyl 1,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazolidine-3,5-dione derivatives were synthesized, utilizing microwave accelerated synthesis, for evaluation as new inhibitors of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis. Many of them demonstrated good activity against MurB in vitro and low MIC values against gram-pos...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kutterer KM,Davis JM,Singh G,Yang Y,Hu W,Severin A,Rasmussen BA,Krishnamurthy G,Failli A,Katz AH

更新日期：2005-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Analogues of the naturally occurring cyclic hydroxamate dealanylalahopcin, which is an inhibitor of procollagen prolyl-4-hydroxylase, were synthesised and shown to be inhibitors of the human hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylases. ...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Schlemminger I,Mole DR,McNeill LA,Dhanda A,Hewitson KS,Tian YM,Ratcliffe PJ,Pugh CW,Schofield CJ

更新日期：2003-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-step sensing system was developed to visually detect ligands of a cleavase-like RNA aptazyme at room temperature using aptazyme-tethered gold nanoparticles, the electrosteric stability of which was adjusted by increasing their diameter. In this system, the ligand induces self-cleavage of the aptazyme on gold ...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Ogawa A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of novel curcumin bisacetamides aiming of enriching their biological activities have been synthesized. The synthesized compounds were screened for their in vitro antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activities. All the compounds exhibited potent to good anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and noteworthy cy...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Sribalan R,Kirubavathi M,Banuppriya G,Padmini V

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the use of fragment screening and fragment based drug design to develop a PI3γ kinase fragment hit into a lead. Initial fragment hits were discovered by high concentration biochemical screening, followed by a round of virtual screening to identify additional ligand efficient fragments. These were developed i...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Hughes SJ,Millan DS,Kilty IC,Lewthwaite RA,Mathias JP,O'Reilly MA,Pannifer A,Phelan A,Stühmeier F,Baldock DA,Brown DG

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrapeptides derived from glycine and beta-alanine were hooked at the C-3beta position of the modified cholic acid to realize novel linear tetrapeptide-linked cholic acid derivatives. All the synthesized compounds were tested against a wide variety of microorganisms (gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria and...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Bavikar SN,Salunke DB,Hazra BG,Pore VS,Dodd RH,Thierry J,Shirazi F,Deshpande MV,Kadreppa S,Chattopadhyay S

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The carbodiimides 2, obtained from aza-Wittig reactions of iminophosphorane 1 with aromatic isocyanates, reacted with ammonia to give ethyl 3,4-dihydro-6-methyl-4-oxo-2-arylamino-furo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-5-carboxylate 3. Further reaction of 3 with POCl(3) and various amines generated ethyl 4-alkylamino-2-arylamino-6-meth...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Hu YG,Wang Y,Du SM,Chen XB,Ding MW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a programme to identify further analogues of the dual topo I/II inhibitor XR11576, we describe here the syntheses and SAR studies of various 'minimal' and 3,4-benzofused phenazine chromophores of the phenazine template of XR11576. ...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Wang S,Miller W,Milton J,Vicker N,Stewart A,Charlton P,Mistry P,Hardick D,Denny WA

更新日期：2002-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A new pyrrolyl 4-quinolinone alkaloid with an unprecedented ring system, named penicinoline (1) was isolated from a mangrove endophytic fungus. The structure of 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic methods and comparison with its derivative, penicinotam (1a), an unexpected lactam that was obtained from 1 by intramolecula...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Shao CL,Wang CY,Gu YC,Wei MY,Pan JH,Deng DS,She ZG,Lin YC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel class of indomethacin analogs were synthesized wherein a N-difluoromethyl-1,2-dihydropyrid-2-one moiety (5-LOX pharmacophore) was attached at its C-4 or C-5 position via either a CO (14a-b) or CH(2) (19a-b) linker to the indole N(1)-position. In this regard, replacement of the 4-chlorobenzoyl group present in ...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Chowdhury MA,Huang Z,Abdellatif KR,Dong Y,Yu G,Velázquez CA,Knaus EE

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, there is an ongoing interest in the synthesis of nucleoside diphosphate analogs as important regulators in catabolism/anabolism, and their potential applications as mechanistic probes and chemical tools for bioassays. However, the pyrophosphate bond formation step remains as the bottleneck. In this Digest, ...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Xu Z

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Structure-based drug design was exploited in the synthesis of 3-(6-chloronaphth-2-ylsulfonyl)aminopyrrolidin-2-one-based factor Xa (fXa) inhibitors, incorporating an alanylamide P4 group with acyclic tertiary amide termini. Optimized hydrophobic contacts of one amide substituent in P4 were complemented by hydrophobici...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Young RJ,Campbell M,Borthwick AD,Brown D,Burns-Kurtis CL,Chan C,Convery MA,Crowe MC,Dayal S,Diallo H,Kelly HA,King NP,Kleanthous S,Mason AM,Mordaunt JE,Patel C,Pateman AJ,Senger S,Shah GP,Smith PW,Watson NS,West

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 10-hydroxy-7,8-dihydropyrazino[1',2':1,5]pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyridazine-1,9(2H,6H)-diones was synthesized and tested for their inhibition of HIV-1 replication in cell culture. Structure-activity studies indicated that high antiviral potency against wild-type virus as well as viruses containing integrase mutation...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Wiscount CM,Williams PD,Tran LO,Embrey MW,Fisher TE,Sherman V,Homnick CF,Donnette Staas D,Lyle TA,Wai JS,Vacca JP,Wang Z,Felock PJ,Stillmock KA,Witmer MV,Miller MD,Hazuda DJ,Day AM,Gabryelski LJ,Ecto LT,Schleif WA

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Exploration of the SAR around selective NK2 antagonists, SR48968 and ZD7944, led to the discovery that naphth-1-amide analogues provide potent dual NK1 and NK2 antagonists. ZD6021 inhibited binding of [3H]-NKA or [3H]-SP to human NK1 and NK2 receptors, with high-affinity (K(i)=0.12 and 0.62nM, respectively). In functi...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Bernstein PR,Aharony D,Albert JS,Andisik D,Barthlow HG,Bialecki R,Davenport T,Dedinas RF,Dembofsky BT,Koether G,Kosmider BJ,Kirkland K,Ohnmacht CJ,Potts W,Rumsey WL,Shen L,Shenvi A,Sherwood S,Stollman D,Russell K

更新日期：2001-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Antagonists of the integrin receptor alpha(v)beta(3) are expected to have utility in the treatment of osteoporosis through inhibition of bone resorption. A series of potent, chain-shortened, pyrrolidinone-containing alpha(v)beta(3) receptor antagonists is described. Two sets of diasteromeric pairs of high-affinity ant...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Perkins JJ,Duong LT,Fernandez-Metzler C,Hartman GD,Kimmel DB,Leu CT,Lynch JJ,Prueksaritanont T,Rodan GA,Rodan SB,Duggan ME,Meissner RS

更新日期：2003-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel C(3) propenylamide and propenylsulfonamide cephalosporins have been synthesized and tested for their ability to inhibit the penicillin-binding protein 2' (PBP2') from Staphylococcus epidermidis and the growth of a panel of clinically relevant bacterial species, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aure...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Pohlmann J,Vasilevich NI,Glushkov AI,Kellenberger L,Shapiro S,Caspers P,Page MG,Danel F

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new generation of propylene-spaced fluorous allyltin reagents [(Rf(CH2)3)3SnCH2CH = CH2] is described. These succeed in radical allylations where their lower homologs (ethylene-spaced) fail, and they provide improved performance in transition metal catalyzed allylations. The reagents and byproducts are readily separ...

journal_title：Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Curran DP,Luo Z,Degenkolb P

更新日期：1998-09-08 00:00:00