Mitragyna speciosa: Balancing Potential Medical Benefits and Abuse.

abstract：:Small molecule inhibitors of the HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein (NC) are considered as promising agents in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. In an effort to exploit the privileged 2-amino-4-phenylthiazole moiety in NC inhibition, here we conceived, synthesized, and tested in vitro 18 NC inhibitors (NCIs) bearing a double functio...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Mori M,Dasso Lang MC,Saladini F,Palombi N,Kovalenko L,De Forni D,Poddesu B,Friggeri L,Giannini A,Malancona S,Summa V,Zazzi M,Mely Y,Botta M

更新日期：2018-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:(+)- and (-)-Lesinurad were isolated as atropisomers from racemic lesinurad for the first time. No interconversion was observed between the two atropisomers under various conditions tested. The two atropisomers showed significant differences in hURAT1 highly expressed HEK293 cell-based inhibition assays, monkey pharma...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Wang J,Zeng W,Li S,Shen L,Gu Z,Zhang Y,Li J,Chen S,Jia X

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to its therapeutic value as a chemotherapy drug, gemcitabine is of ongoing interest to the scientific community for its broad-spectrum antiviral activity. Herein the synthesis of 4'-methoxy- and 4'-fluoro-substituted gemcitabine analogues along with their phosphoramidate prodrugs is described. Among these ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Zheng Z,Groaz E,Snoeck R,De Jonghe S,Herdewijn P,Andrei G

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are emerging at an alarming rate in both hospital and community settings. Motivated by this issue, we have prepared desmethyl (i.e., replacing methyl groups with hydrogens) analogues of third-generation macrolide drugs telithromycin (TEL, 2) and cethromycin (CET, 6), both of which are sem...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Wagh B,Paul T,Debrosse C,Klepacki D,Small MC,Mackerell AD Jr,Andrade RB

更新日期：2013-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel series of quinazolinone T-type calcium channel antagonists have been prepared and evaluated using in vitro and in vivo assays. Optimization of the screening hit 3 by modifications of the 3- and 4-positions of the quinazolinone ring afforded potent and selective antagonists that displayed in vivo central nervou...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Barrow JC,Rittle KE,Reger TS,Yang ZQ,Bondiskey P,McGaughey GB,Bock MG,Hartman GD,Tang C,Ballard J,Kuo Y,Prueksaritanont T,Nuss CE,Doran SM,Fox SV,Garson SL,Kraus RL,Li Y,Marino MJ,Kuzmick Graufelds V,Uebele VN,R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An original design and synthesis of fluorescent ligands for melatonin receptor studies is presented and consists in the fusion of the endogenous ligand with the fluorescent BODIPY core. Probes I-IV show high affinities for MT1 and MT2 melatonin receptors and exhibit fluorescence properties compatible with cell observa...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Thireau J,Marteaux J,Delagrange P,Lefoulon F,Dufourny L,Guillaumet G,Suzenet F

更新日期：2013-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A new class of potent matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitors designed by structure-based optimization of the well-known arylsulfonamide scaffold is presented. Molecules show an ethylene linker connecting the sulfonamide group with the P1' aromatic portion and a d-proline residue bearing the zinc-binding group. The ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Mori M,Massaro A,Calderone V,Fragai M,Luchinat C,Mordini A

更新日期：2013-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A new subseries of ROMK inhibitors exemplified by 28 has been developed from the initial screening hit 1. The excellent selectivity for ROMK inhibition over related ion channels and pharmacokinetic properties across preclinical species support further preclinical evaluation of 28 as a new mechanism diuretic. Robust ph...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Walsh SP,Shahripour A,Tang H,Teumelsan N,Frie J,Zhu Y,Priest BT,Swensen AM,Liu J,Margulis M,Visconti R,Weinglass A,Felix JP,Brochu RM,Bailey T,Thomas-Fowlkes B,Alonso-Galicia M,Zhou X,Pai LY,Corona A,Hampton C,H

更新日期：2015-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel series of tricyclic tetrahydroquinolines were identified as potent and selective CRTh2 receptor antagonists. The agonism and antagonism switch was achieved through structure-based drug design (SBDD) using a CRTh2 receptor homologue model. The challenge of very low exposures in pharmacokinetic studies was overc...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Huang X,Brubaker J,Zhou W,Biju PJ,Xiao L,Shao N,Huang Y,Dong L,Liu Z,Bitar R,Buevich A,Jung J,Peterson SL,Butcher JW,Close J,Martinez M,MacCoss RN,Zhang H,Crawford S,McCormick KD,Aslanian R,Nargund R,Correll C

更新日期：2018-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetaminophen (ApAP) is an electron donor capable of reducing radicals generated by redox cycling of hemeproteins. It acts on the prostaglandin H synthases (cyclooxygenases; COXs) to reduce the protoporphyrin radical cation in the peroxidase site of the enzyme, thus preventing the intra-molecular electron transfer tha...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Shchepin RV,Liu W,Yin H,Zagol-Ikapitte I,Amin T,Jeong BS,Roberts LJ 2nd,Oates JA,Porter NA,Boutaud O

更新日期：2013-08-08 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：: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：:A series of oxyguanidine analogues of the cysteine protease inhibitor WRR-483 were synthesized and evaluated against cruzain, the major cysteine protease of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Kinetic analyses of these analogues indicated that they have comparable potency to previously prepared vinyl sulfone cru...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Jones BD,Tochowicz A,Tang Y,Cameron MD,McCall LI,Hirata K,Siqueira-Neto JL,Reed SL,McKerrow JH,Roush WR

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A de novo hit-to-lead effort involving the redesign of benzimidazole-containing antagonists of the CXCR4 receptor resulted in the discovery of a novel series of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (TIQ) analogues. In general, this series of compounds show good potencies (3-650 nM) in assays involving CXCR4 function, includ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Truax VM,Zhao H,Katzman BM,Prosser AR,Alcaraz AA,Saindane MT,Howard RB,Culver D,Arrendale RF,Gruddanti PR,Evers TJ,Natchus MG,Snyder JP,Liotta DC,Wilson LJ

更新日期：2013-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The self-assembly of amyloid proteins into β-sheet rich assemblies is associated with human amyloidoses including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and type 2 diabetes. An attractive therapeutic strategy therefore is to develop small molecules that would inhibit protein self-assembly. Natural polyphenols are p...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Liu G,Gaines JC,Robbins KJ,Lazo ND

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel series of alkoxyimino derivatives as S1P1 agonists were discovered through de novo design using FTY720 as the chemical starting point. Extensive structure-activity relationship studies led to the discovery of (E)-1-(4-(1-(((4-cyclohexyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)oxy)imino)ethyl)-2-ethylbenzyl)azetidine-3-carbo...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Pan S,Gray NS,Gao W,Mi Y,Fan Y,Wang X,Tuntland T,Che J,Lefebvre S,Chen Y,Chu A,Hinterding K,Gardin A,End P,Heining P,Bruns C,Cooke NG,Nuesslein-Hildesheim B

更新日期：2013-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:General control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) is a master regulator kinase of amino acid homeostasis and important for cancer survival in the tumor microenvironment under amino acid depletion. We initiated studies aiming at the discovery of novel GCN2 inhibitors as first-in-class antitumor agents and conducted modificatio...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Fujimoto J,Kurasawa O,Takagi T,Liu X,Banno H,Kojima T,Asano Y,Nakamura A,Nambu T,Hata A,Ishii T,Sameshima T,Debori Y,Miyamoto M,Klein MG,Tjhen R,Sang BC,Levin I,Lane SW,Snell GP,Li K,Kefala G,Hoffman ID,Ding

更新日期：2019-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of the lipid kinase PI3Kδ is a promising principle to treat B and T cell driven inflammatory diseases. Using a scaffold deconstruction-reconstruction strategy, we identified 4-aryl quinazolines that were optimized into potent PI3Kδ isoform selective analogues with good pharmacokinetic properties. With compo...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Hoegenauer K,Soldermann N,Stauffer F,Furet P,Graveleau N,Smith AB,Hebach C,Hollingworth GJ,Lewis I,Gutmann S,Rummel G,Knapp M,Wolf RM,Blanz J,Feifel R,Burkhart C,Zécri F

更新日期：2016-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoid X receptor-alpha (RXRα) is implicated in the regulation of many biological processes and also represents a unique intracellular target for pharmacologic interventions. Efforts on discovery of small molecules targeting RXRα have been primarily focused on the molecules that bind to its classical ligand-binding ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Chen F,Liu J,Huang M,Hu M,Su Y,Zhang XK

更新日期：2014-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyxinol, the main metabolite of 20S-protopanaxadiol in human liver, was chosen as a novel skeleton for the development of anti-inflammatory agents. Pyxinol derivatives modified at C-3, C-12, or C-25 and selected stereoisomers were designed, prepared, and investigated for in vitro anti-inflammatory activities. Structur...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Sun Y,Fang X,Gao M,Wang C,Gao H,Bi W,Tang H,Cui Y,Zhang L,Fan H,Yu H,Yang G

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein structure-guided drug design approach was employed to develop small molecule inhibitors of the BET family of bromodomains that were distinct from the known (+)-JQ1 scaffold class. These efforts led to the identification of a series of substituted benzopiperazines with structural features that enable interact...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Millan DS,Kayser-Bricker KJ,Martin MW,Talbot AC,Schiller SER,Herbertz T,Williams GL,Luke GP,Hubbs S,Alvarez Morales MA,Cardillo D,Troccolo P,Mendes RL,McKinnon C

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery and characterization of two classes of kappa opioid receptor agonists that are biased for G protein over βarrestin signaling are described. ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Bohn LM,Aubé J

更新日期：2017-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors of the protein methyltransferase Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) may have significant therapeutic potential for the treatment of B cell lymphomas and other cancer indications. The ability of the scientific community to explore fully the spectrum of EZH2-associated pathobiology has been hampered by the la...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Campbell JE,Kuntz KW,Knutson SK,Warholic NM,Keilhack H,Wigle TJ,Raimondi A,Klaus CR,Rioux N,Yokoi A,Kawano S,Minoshima Y,Choi HW,Porter Scott M,Waters NJ,Smith JJ,Chesworth R,Moyer MP,Copeland RA

更新日期：2015-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel modulator of sodium ion currents was synthesized in 6 steps from a protected dihydroxypyrrolidine nitrone, via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with acrylamide. Sodium ion currents in B50 cells were evaluated in comparison to saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin, and revealed an IC(50) of 15.7 muM. The new compound sh...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Mao H,Fieber LA,Gawley RE

更新日期：2010-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A new category of cationic meso-thiophenium porphyrins are introduced as possible alternatives to the popular meso-pyridinium porphyrins. Combinations of cationic porphyrins bearing meso-2-methylthiophenium and meso-4-hydroxyphenyl moieties T2(OH)2M (A2B2 type) and T(OH)3M (AB3 type) along with their zinc(II) complexe...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Mazumdar ZH,Sharma D,Mukherjee A,Basu S,Shukla PK,Jha T,Sengupta D

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Tak-242 (resatorvid), a Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR4) inhibitor, has been identified as a potent suppressor of innate inflammation. As a strategy to target Tak-242 to select tissue, four TLR4-inactive prodrugs were synthesized for activation via two different release mechanisms. Two nitrobenzyl Tak-242 prodrugs released...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Plunk MA,Alaniz A,Olademehin OP,Ellington TL,Shuford KL,Kane RR

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the discovery of three structurally differentiated potent and selective MTH1 inhibitors and their subsequent use to investigate MTH1 as an oncology target, culminating in target (in)validation. Tetrahydronaphthyridine 5 was rapidly identified as a highly potent MTH1 inhibitor (IC50 = 0.043 nM). Cocrystalli...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Farand J,Kropf JE,Blomgren P,Xu J,Schmitt AC,Newby ZE,Wang T,Murakami E,Barauskas O,Sudhamsu J,Feng JY,Niedziela-Majka A,Schultz BE,Schwartz K,Viatchenko-Karpinski S,Kornyeyev D,Kashishian A,Fan P,Chen X,Lansdon EB

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel sources of antibiotics are needed to address the serious threat of bacterial resistance. Accordingly, we have launched a structure-based drug design program featuring a desmethylation strategy wherein methyl groups have been replaced with hydrogens. Herein we report the total synthesis, molecular modeling, and b...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Glassford I,Lee M,Wagh B,Velvadapu V,Paul T,Sandelin G,DeBrosse C,Klepacki D,Small MC,MacKerell AD Jr,Andrade RB

更新日期：2014-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Two novel benzofuran derivatives coupled with (99m)Tc complexes were tested as probes for imaging cerebral β-amyloid plaques using single photon emission tomography. Although both derivatives bound to Aβ(1-42) aggregates, (99m)Tc-BAT-BF showed higher affinity than (99m)Tc-MAMA-BF. In sections of brain tissue from an a...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Ono M,Fuchi Y,Fuchigami T,Kobashi N,Kimura H,Haratake M,Saji H,Nakayama M

更新日期：2010-08-02 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