Design, Synthesis, and X-ray of Selenides as New Class of Agents for Prevention of Diabetic Cerebrovascular Pathology.

abstract：:Incorporation of polar functionality into a series of highly potent calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonists was explored in an effort to improve pharmacokinetics. This strategy identified piperazinone analogues that possessed improved solubility at acidic pH and increased oral bioavailability in mo...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Bell IM,Gallicchio SN,Wood MR,Quigley AG,Stump CA,Zartman CB,Fay JF,Li CC,Lynch JJ,Moore EL,Mosser SD,Prueksaritanont T,Regan CP,Roller S,Salvatore CA,Kane SA,Vacca JP,Selnick HG

更新日期：2010-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pursuing our effort for developing effective inhibitors of the cancer-related hCA IX isoform, here we describe the synthesis of novel benzofuran-based carboxylic acid derivatives, featuring the benzoic (9a-f) or hippuric (11a,b) acid moieties linked to 2-methylbenzofuran or 5-bromobenzofuran tails via an ureido linker...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Eldehna WM,Nocentini A,Elsayed ZM,Al-Warhi T,Aljaeed N,Alotaibi OJ,Al-Sanea MM,Abdel-Aziz HA,Supuran CT

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:APD334 was discovered as part of our internal effort to identify potent, centrally available, functional antagonists of the S1P1 receptor for use as next generation therapeutics for treating multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases. APD334 is a potent functional antagonist of S1P1 and has a favorable PK/P...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Buzard DJ,Kim SH,Lopez L,Kawasaki A,Zhu X,Moody J,Thoresen L,Calderon I,Ullman B,Han S,Lehmann J,Gharbaoui T,Sengupta D,Calvano L,Montalban AG,Ma YA,Sage C,Gao Y,Semple G,Edwards J,Barden J,Morgan M,Chen W,U

更新日期：2014-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:With only two new classes of antibiotics developed in the last 40 years, novel antibiotics are desperately needed to combat the growing problem of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug resistant bacteria, particularly Gram-negative bacteria. Described in this letter is the synthesis and antibiotic activity of 1,2,4...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Huggins WM,Minrovic BM,Corey BW,Jacobs AC,Melander RJ,Sommer RD,Zurawski DV,Melander C

更新日期：2016-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:CREB (cAMP response element binding protein) has been shown to play an important role in tumor initiation, progression, and metastasis. We discovered that naphthol AS-E, a cell-permeable CREB inhibitor, presented antiproliferative activity in a broad panel of cancer cell lines in vitro. However, it has limited aqueous...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Li BX,Xie F,Fan Q,Barnhart KM,Moore CE,Rheingold AL,Xiao X

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel selective benzoxazepin inhibitor of PI3Kδ has been discovered. Beginning from compound 3, an αPI3K inhibitor, we utilized structure-based drug design and computational analysis of dihedral torsion angles to optimize for PI3Kδ isoform potency and isoform selectivity. Further medicinal chemistry optimization of ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Safina BS,Elliott RL,Forrest AK,Heald RA,Murray JM,Nonomiya J,Pang J,Salphati L,Seward EM,Staben ST,Ultsch M,Wei B,Yang W,Sutherlin DP

更新日期：2017-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 1 (BMP1) inhibition is a potential method for treating fibrosis because BMP1, a member of the zinc metalloprotease family, is required to convert pro-collagen to collagen. A novel class of reverse hydroxamate BMP1 inhibitors was discovered, and cocrystal structures with BMP1 were obtained. T...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kallander LS,Washburn D,Hilfiker MA,Eidam HS,Lawhorn BG,Prendergast J,Fox R,Dowdell S,Manns S,Hoang T,Zhao S,Ye G,Hammond M,Holt DA,Roethke T,Hong X,Reid RA,Gampe R,Zhang H,Diaz E,Rendina AR,Quinn AM,Willette

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) was found in vitro to sequester the neurotoxins MPTP (N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) and MPP(+) (N-methyl-4-phenylpyridine). The CB[7]/neurotoxin host-guest complexes were studied in detail with (1)H NMR, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, UV-visible spectroscopic titrati...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Li S,Chen H,Yang X,Bardelang D,Wyman IW,Wan J,Lee SM,Wang R

更新日期：2015-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the μ opioid receptor (MOR) ligands DALDA (Tyr-d-Arg-Phe-Lys-NH2) and Dmt1-DALDA (Dmt-d-Arg-Phe-Lys-NH2, Dmt = 2',6'-dimethyltyrosine) were glycosylated at the N- or C-terminus. Subsequently, the modified peptides were subjected to in vitro and in vivo evaluation. In contrast to the N-terminally modified...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Ballet S,Betti C,Novoa A,Tömböly C,Nielsen CU,Helms HC,Lesniak A,Kleczkowska P,Chung NN,Lipkowski AW,Brodin B,Tourwé D,Schiller PW

更新日期：2014-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of novel N-acyclic uracil analogs with linear, branched, aromatic, and cyclopropyl-alkynyl as well as heteroaryl moieties at C-5 were prepared using palladium catalyzed Sonogashira and Stille cross-coupling and evaluated against malignant tumor cell lines. C-5-Furan-2-yl uracil derivative 6 was shown to be mo...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Meščić A,Harej A,Klobučar M,Glavač D,Cetina M,Pavelić SK,Raić-Malić S

更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of fluorine-substituted monomeric and dimeric cRGD peptide derivatives, such as cRGD-ADIBOT-F (ADIBOT = azadibenzocyclooctatriazole), di-cRGD-ADIBOT-F, cRGD-PEG5-ADIBOT-F, and di-cRGD-PEG5-ADIBOT-F, were prepared by strain-promoted alkyne azide cycloaddition (SPAAC) reaction of the corresponding aza-dibenzocy...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kim HL,Sachin K,Jeong HJ,Choi W,Lee HS,Kim DW

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:mPTPB is a virulent phosphatase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a promising therapeutic target for tuberculosis. To facilitate mPTPB-based drug discovery, we identified α-sulfophenylacetic amide (SPAA) from cefsulodin, a third generation β-lactam cephalosporin antibiotic, as a novel pTyr pharmacophore for mPTPB. S...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： He R,Yu ZH,Zhang RY,Wu L,Gunawan AM,Zhang ZY

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Several kalihinol natural products, members of the broader isocyanoterpene family of antimalarial agents, are potent inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum, the agent of the most severe form of human malaria. Our previous total synthesis of kalihinol B provided a blueprint to generate many analogues within this family, s...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Daub ME,Prudhomme J,Ben Mamoun C,Le Roch KG,Vanderwal CD

更新日期：2017-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the total synthesis of B-973 (five steps), a recently identified α7 nAChR ago-PAM, its enantiomeric resolution, and its electrophysiological characterization in Xenopus oocytes to identify (-)-B-973B as the bioactive enantiomer. The asymmetric synthesis of B-973B was accomplished in 99% ee, and X-ray cr...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Garai S,Raja KS,Papke RL,Deschamps JR,Damaj MI,Thakur GA

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Collaborations between the pharmaceutical industry and contract research organizations continue to represent an attractive alternative to internal drug discovery within a single organization. This Viewpoint covers many of the business models and strategies that are employed in industry-contract research organization c...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Steadman VA

更新日期：2018-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the binding kinetics of a ligand-target interaction, such as the residence time of a small molecule on its protein target, are seen as increasingly important for drug efficacy. Here, we investigate these concepts to explain binding and proton blockage of rimantadine variants bearing progressively larger alky...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Drakopoulos A,Tzitzoglaki C,McGuire K,Hoffmann A,Konstantinidi A,Kolokouris D,Ma C,Freudenberger K,Hutterer J,Gauglitz G,Wang J,Schmidtke M,Busath DD,Kolocouris A

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Compound libraries provide a starting point for multiple biological investigations, but the structural integrity of compounds is rarely assessed experimentally until a late stage in the research process. Here, we describe the discovery of a neuroprotective small molecule that was originally incorrectly annotated with ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kaplan A,Stockwell BR

更新日期：2015-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular characterization of the binding epitope of IL-23R and its cognate cytokine IL-23 is paramount to understand the role in autoimmune diseases and to support the discovery of new inhibitors of this protein-protein interaction. Our results revealed that HDX-MS was able to identify the binding epitope of IL-23R:I...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Sayago C,Gonzalez Valcarcel IC,Qian Y,Lee J,Alsina-Fernandez J,Fite NC,Carrillo JJ,Zhang FF,Chalmers MJ,Dodge JA,Broughton H,Espada A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel 3,3-spiroanellated 5-aryl, 6-arylvinyl-substituted 1,2,4-trioxanes 19-34 have been synthesized and appraised for their antimalarial activity against multidrug-resistant Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis in Swiss mice by oral route at doses ranging from 96 mg/kg × 4 days to 24 mg/kg × 4 days. The most active compound...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Maurya R,Soni A,Anand D,Ravi M,Raju KS,Taneja I,Naikade NK,Puri SK,Wahajuddin,Kanojiya S,Yadav PP

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Several chemical probes have been developed for use in fluorescence polarization screening assays to aid in drug discovery for the bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) proteins. However, few of those have been characterized in the literature. We have designed, synthesized, and thoroughly characterized a novel f...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Paulson CN,Guan X,Ayoub AM,Chan A,Karim RM,Pomerantz WCK,Schönbrunn E,Georg GI,Hawkinson JE

更新日期：2018-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This research explores the first design and synthesis of macrocyclic peptide aldehydes as potent inhibitors of the 20S proteasome. Two novel macrocyclic peptide aldehydes based on the ring-size of the macrocyclic natural product TMC-95 were prepared and evaluated as inhibitors of the 20S proteasome. Both compounds inh...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Wilson DL,Meininger I,Strater Z,Steiner S,Tomlin F,Wu J,Jamali H,Krappmann D,Götz MG

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a molecular chaperone that is responsible for the folding and maturation of client proteins that are associated with all ten hallmarks of cancer. Hsp90 N-terminal pan inhibitors have experienced unfavorable results in clinical trials due to induction of the heat shock response (HSR), a...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Pugh KW,Zhang Z,Wang J,Xu X,Munthali V,Zuo A,Blagg BSJ

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii causes a prevalent human infection for which only the acute stage has an FDA-approved therapy. To find inhibitors of both the acute stage parasites and the persistent cyst stage that causes a chronic infection, we repurposed a compound library containing known inhibitors of parasitic hexokinase, the ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Khalifa MM,Martorelli Di Genova B,McAlpine SG,Gallego-Lopez GM,Stevenson DM,Rozema SD,Monaghan NP,Morris JC,Knoll LJ,Golden JE

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of Itk potentially constitutes a novel, nonsteroidal treatment for asthma and other T-cell mediated diseases. In-house kinase cross-screening resulted in the identification of an aminopyrazole-based series of Itk inhibitors. Initial work on this series highlighted selectivity issues with several other kinas...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Alder CM,Ambler M,Campbell AJ,Champigny AC,Deakin AM,Harling JD,Harris CA,Longstaff T,Lynn S,Maxwell AC,Mooney CJ,Scullion C,Singh OM,Smith IE,Somers DO,Tame CJ,Wayne G,Wilson C,Woolven JM

更新日期：2013-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Continued optimization of the N-substituent in the piperidinone series provided potent piperidinone-pyridine inhibitors 6, 7, 14, and 15 with improved pharmacokinetic properties in rats. Reducing structure complexity of the N-alkyl substituent led to the discovery of 23, a potent and simplified inhibitor of MDM2. Comp...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Yu M,Wang Y,Zhu J,Bartberger MD,Canon J,Chen A,Chow D,Eksterowicz J,Fox B,Fu J,Gribble M,Huang X,Li Z,Liu JJ,Lo MC,McMinn D,Oliner JD,Osgood T,Rew Y,Saiki AY,Shaffer P,Yan X,Ye Q,Yu D,Zhao X,Zhou J,Ols

更新日期：2014-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:All eight of the major active metabolites of (S)-2-((1S,2S,4R)-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ylamino)-5-isopropyl-5-methylthiazol-4(5H)-one (AMG 221, compound 1), an inhibitor of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 that has entered the clinic for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, were synthetically prepared and confirmed...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Li A,Yuan CC,Chow D,Chen M,Emery MG,Hale C,Zhang X,Subramanian R,St Jean DJ Jr,Komorowski R,Véniant M,Wang M,Fotsch C

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) relies heavily on structural analysis of the hits bound to their targets. Herein, we present a complementary approach based on diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS). A DOS-based fragment collection was able to produce initial hit compounds against the target GSK3β, allow t...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Wang Y,Wach JY,Sheehan P,Zhong C,Zhan C,Harris R,Almo SC,Bishop J,Haggarty SJ,Ramek A,Berry KN,O'Herin C,Koehler AN,Hung AW,Young DW

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the discovery of benzoxaborole antitrypanosomal agents and their structure-activity relationships on central linkage groups and different substitution patterns in the sulfur-linked series. The compounds showed in vitro growth inhibition IC50 values as low as 0.02 μg/mL and in vivo efficacy in acute murine in...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Ding D,Zhao Y,Meng Q,Xie D,Nare B,Chen D,Bacchi CJ,Yarlett N,Zhang YK,Hernandez V,Xia Y,Freund Y,Abdulla M,Ang KH,Ratnam J,McKerrow JH,Jacobs RT,Zhou H,Plattner JJ

更新日期：2010-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:GPR40, one of the G protein-coupled receptors predominantly expressed in pancreatic β-cells, mediates enhancement of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion by free fatty acids. A potent and selective GPR40 agonist is theorized to be a safe and effective antidiabetic drug with little or no risk of hypoglycemia. Cyclizati...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Negoro N,Sasaki S,Mikami S,Ito M,Suzuki M,Tsujihata Y,Ito R,Harada A,Takeuchi K,Suzuki N,Miyazaki J,Santou T,Odani T,Kanzaki N,Funami M,Tanaka T,Kogame A,Matsunaga S,Yasuma T,Momose Y

更新日期：2010-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of TRPA1 antagonists is described which has as its core structure an indazole moiety. The physical properties and in vitro DMPK profiles are discussed. Good in vivo exposure was obtained with several analogs, allowing efficacy to be assessed in rodent models of inflammatory pain. Two compounds showed signific...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Pryde DC,Marron BE,West CW,Reister S,Amato G,Yoger K,Antonio B,Padilla K,Cox PJ,Turner J,Warmus JS,Swain NA,Omoto K,Mahoney JH,Gerlach AC

更新日期：2017-05-18 00:00:00