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abstract：:Activating mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) have been identified in a subset of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which is one of the leading cancer types worldwide. Application of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors leads to acquired resistance by secondary EGFR mutations or by amplification of ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Szokol B,Gyulavári P,Kurkó I,Baska F,Szántai-Kis C,Greff Z,Orfi Z,Peták I,Pénzes K,Torka R,Ullrich A,Orfi L,Vántus T,Kéri G

更新日期：2014-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A new series of 1,4-naphthoquinones, bearing various cyclic and aliphatic amines on C2, was designed and synthesized to identify antiproliferative agents for triple-negative breast cancer, which represents a clinical challenge without targeted therapies. Among naphthoquinones, 2a and 3a inhibited the proliferation of ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Badolato M,Carullo G,Caroleo MC,Cione E,Aiello F,Manetti F

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is considered to be an attractive therapeutic target for oncology drug development. We identified a N-[2-(1,3,4-oxadiazolyl)]-4-quinolinecarboxamide derivative, STX-0119, as a novel STAT3 dimerization inhibitor by a virtual screen using a customized versio...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Matsuno K,Masuda Y,Uehara Y,Sato H,Muroya A,Takahashi O,Yokotagawa T,Furuya T,Okawara T,Otsuka M,Ogo N,Ashizawa T,Oshita C,Tai S,Ishii H,Akiyama Y,Asai A

更新日期：2010-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinoic acid receptor-related orphan nuclear receptor γt (RORγt), a promising therapeutic target, is a major transcription factor of genes related to psoriasis pathogenesis such as interleukin (IL)-17A, IL-22, and IL-23R. On the basis of the X-ray cocrystal structure of RORγt with 1a, an analogue of the known pip...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Nakajima R,Oono H,Sugiyama S,Matsueda Y,Ida T,Kakuda S,Hirata J,Baba A,Makino A,Matsuyama R,White RD,Wurz RΡ,Shin Y,Min X,Guzman-Perez A,Wang Z,Symons A,Singh SK,Mothe SR,Belyakov S,Chakrabarti A,Shuto S

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:PAR2 antagonists have potential for treating inflammatory, respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurological, and metabolic disorders, but few antagonists are known. Derivatives of GB88 (3) suggest that all four of its components bind at distinct PAR2 sites with the isoxazole, cyclohexylalanine, and isoleucine determining a...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Yau MK,Liu L,Suen JY,Lim J,Lohman RJ,Jiang Y,Cotterell AJ,Barry GD,Mak JY,Vesey DA,Reid RC,Fairlie DP

更新日期：2016-10-10 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：:Natural and synthetic histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors generally derive their strong binding affinity and high potency from a key functional group that binds to the Zn(2+) ion within the enzyme active site. However, this feature is also thought to carry the potential liability of undesirable off-target interactio...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Vickers CJ,Olsen CA,Leman LJ,Ghadiri MR

更新日期：2012-04-26 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：: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：: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：:Herein we describe the discovery of A-1331852, a first-in-class orally active BCL-XL inhibitor that selectively and potently induces apoptosis in BCL-XL-dependent tumor cells. This molecule was generated by re-engineering our previously reported BCL-XL inhibitor A-1155463 using structure-based drug design. Key design ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Wang L,Doherty GA,Judd AS,Tao ZF,Hansen TM,Frey RR,Song X,Bruncko M,Kunzer AR,Wang X,Wendt MD,Flygare JA,Catron ND,Judge RA,Park CH,Shekhar S,Phillips DC,Nimmer P,Smith ML,Tahir SK,Xiao Y,Xue J,Zhang H,Le PN

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite several years of research, only a handful of β-secretase (BACE) 1 inhibitors have entered clinical trials as potential therapeutics against Alzheimer's disease. The intrinsic basic nature of low molecular weight, amidine-containing BACE 1 inhibitors makes them far from optimal as central nervous system drugs. ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Oehlrich D,Peschiulli A,Tresadern G,Van Gool M,Vega JA,De Lucas AI,Alonso de Diego SA,Prokopcova H,Austin N,Van Brandt S,Surkyn M,De Cleyn M,Vos A,Rombouts FJR,Macdonald G,Moechars D,Gijsen HJM,Trabanco AA

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly toxic bacterial ionophores are commonly used in veterinary medicine, but their therapeutic index is too narrow for human usage. With the goal of developing ionophores with a broader therapeutic index, we constructed highly derivatized synthetic ionophores. The toxicities of crown ether host-rotaxanes (CEHR's) a...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Smithrud DB,Wang X,Tarapore P,Ho SM

更新日期：2013-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Translational readthrough-inducing drugs (TRIDs) rescue the functional full-length protein expression in genetic diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, caused by premature termination codons (PTCs). Small molecules have been developed as TRIDs to trick the ribosomal machinery during recognition of the PTC. Herein we repor...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Tutone M,Pibiri I,Perriera R,Campofelice A,Culletta G,Melfi R,Pace A,Almerico AM,Lentini L

更新日期：2020-02-18 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：:Glucocorticoids are one of the most utilized and effective therapies in treating T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. However, patients often develop resistance to glucocorticoids, rendering these therapies ineffective. We screened 9517 compounds, selected for their lead-like properties, chosen from among 3 372 615 co...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Cantley AM,Welsch M,Ambesi-Impiombato A,Sanchez-Martin M,Kim MY,Bauer A,Ferrando A,Stockwell BR

更新日期：2014-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Two known cleistriosides and six known cleistetrosides were synthesized and evaluated for anticancer and antibacterial activity. This study, for the first time, reports anticancer activity and comprehensively the antibacterial activity for these oligosaccharide natural products. In addition, two new unnatural cleistet...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Shi P,Silva MC,Wang HY,Wu B,Akhmedov NG,Li M,Beuning PJ,O'Doherty GA

更新日期：2012-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Structure-activity relationship translation offers an expeditious means for discovery of new active series. This approach was applied to discover tetrahydroisoquinoline (THIQ)-based steroidomimetic microtubule disruptors. The two A-ring elements of a three-point steroidal pharmacophore were incorporated into a THIQ-ba...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Leese MP,Jourdan F,Dohle W,Kimberley MR,Thomas MP,Bai R,Hamel E,Ferrandis E,Potter BV

更新日期：2012-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-repair of nuclear DNA damage is the most known reason that leads to drug resistance of cancer tissue and limited therapeutic efficacy of anticancer drugs. Inhibition of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) would block DNA damage-induced defense of cancer cells to suppress DNA repair for enhanced cancer treatment. Here, ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Cong Y,Wang L,Wang Z,He S,Zhou D,Jing X,Huang Y

更新日期：2016-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In our efforts to develop second generation DPP-4 inhibitors, we endeavored to identify distinct structures with long-acting (once weekly) potential. Taking advantage of X-ray cocrystal structures of sitagliptin and other DPP-4 inhibitors, such as alogliptin and linagliptin bound to DPP-4, and aided by molecular model...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Wu WL,Hao J,Domalski M,Burnett DA,Pissarnitski D,Zhao Z,Stamford A,Scapin G,Gao YD,Soriano A,Kelly TM,Yao Z,Powles MA,Chen S,Mei H,Hwa J

更新日期：2016-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of ionization states of hydroxamates and retrohydroxamates and the presence of zinc ions in the active site were investigated using the wild-type and E402Q mutant of MMP-9. The deprotonated hydroxamates showed a significantly enhanced enrichment factor in the presence of zinc ions. A pharmacophore model ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Zhong H,Wees MA,Faure TD,Carrillo C,Arbiser J,Bowen JP

更新日期：2011-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein thermal shift assays (TSAs) provide a means for characterizing target engagement through ligand-induced thermal stabilization. Although these assays are widely utilized for screening libraries and validating hits in drug discovery programs, they can impose encumbering operational requirements, such as the avai...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Dart ML,Machleidt T,Jost E,Schwinn MK,Robers MB,Shi C,Kirkland TA,Killoran MP,Wilkinson JM,Hartnett JR,Zimmerman K,Wood KV

更新日期：2018-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataluren was reported to suppress nonsense mutations by promoting the readthrough of premature stop codons, although its mechanism of action (MOA) is still debated. The likely interaction of Ataluren with CFTR-mRNA has been previously studied by molecular dynamics. In this work we extended the modeling of Ataluren's M...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Tutone M,Pibiri I,Lentini L,Pace A,Almerico AM

更新日期：2019-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) is essential for transcription and is an antibacterial target for small molecule inhibitors. The binding region of myxopyronin B (MyxB), a bacterial RNAP inhibitor, offers the possibility of new inhibitor design. The molecular design program SPROUT has been used in conjunction with the ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： McPhillie MJ,Trowbridge R,Mariner KR,O'Neill AJ,Johnson AP,Chopra I,Fishwick CW

更新日期：2011-07-29 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：:Hsp90 C-terminal inhibitors represent a novel and alternative chemotherapeutic approach for the treatment of cancer. Novobiocin was the first natural product identified as an Hsp90 C-terminal inhibitor; however, it manifests poor antiproliferative activity. In contrast to N-terminal inhibitors, novobiocin does not ind...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Garg G,Zhao H,Blagg BS

更新日期：2014-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Institutes of Health (NIH) closure of the agency's Center for Regenerative Medicine (CRM), which focused on therapeutic development of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), was caused by the lack of progress in practical development of the iPSs for use in human therapies. As the NIH evaluates priorities i...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Maguire G

更新日期：2014-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5-HT(2C) receptor is an attractive drug target in the quest for new therapeutics to treat a variety of human disorders. We have previously undertaken a structural optimization campaign that has led to some potent and moderately selective 5-HT(2C) receptor agonists. After expanding our structure-function library, w...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Chen G,Cho SJ,Huang XP,Jensen NH,Svennebring A,Sassano MF,Roth BL,Kozikowski AP

更新日期：2011-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP) is a transmembrane zinc metallopeptidase with many important biological functions and an emerging pharmacological target. Although previous structural studies have given insight on how IRAP recognizes linear peptides, how it recognizes its physiological cyclic ligands remains el...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Mpakali A,Saridakis E,Giastas P,Maben Z,Stern LJ,Larhed M,Hallberg M,Stratikos E

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR) in the non-mevalonate isoprene biosynthesis pathway is a target for developing antimalarial drugs. Fosmidomycin, a potent DXR inhibitor, showed safety as well as efficacy against P. falciparum malaria in clinical trials. Based on our previous quantitative structure...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Xue J,Diao J,Cai G,Deng L,Zheng B,Yao Y,Song Y

更新日期：2013-02-14 00:00:00