Insights into the Importance of DFD-Motif and Insertion I1 in Stabilizing the DFD-Out Conformation of Mnk2 Kinase.

abstract：:Mitragyna speciosa, also known as kratom, has the potential meet the need for pain medications that lack the addictiveness and overdose risk of classical opioid analgesics, such as morphine. This need is urgent because opioid addiction and overdose deaths have risen throughout diverse segments of U.S. society. Some op...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Halpenny GM

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cell lymphoma 6 (BCL6) is a transcriptional repressor frequently deregulated in lymphoid malignancies. BCL6 engages with number of corepressors, and these protein-protein interactions are being explored as a strategy for drug development. Here, we report the development of an irreversible BCL6 inhibitor TMX-2164 tha...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Teng M,Ficarro SB,Yoon H,Che J,Zhou J,Fischer ES,Marto JA,Zhang T,Gray NS

更新日期：2020-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of bis(l-amino acid) ester prodrugs of tenofovir (TFV) were designed and synthesized as new anti-HBV agents in this work. Four compounds 11, 12a, 12d, and 13b displayed better anti-HBV activity (IC50: 0.71-4.22 μM) than the parent drug TFV. The most active compound 11 (IC50: 0.71 μM), a bis(l-valine) ester pr...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Wang A,Wu S,Tao Z,Li X,Lv K,Ma C,Li Y,Li L,Liu M

更新日期：2019-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have synthesized several C7-spirocyclic analogues of vorapaxar and evaluated their in vitro activities against PAR-1 receptor. Some of these analogues showed activities and rat plasma levels comparable to vorapaxar. Compound 5c from this series showed excellent PAR-1 activity (K i = 5.1 nM). We also present a model...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Chelliah MV,Eagen K,Guo Z,Chackalamannil S,Xia Y,Tsai H,Greenlee WJ,Ahn HS,Kurowski S,Boykow G,Hsieh Y,Chintala M

更新日期：2014-03-11 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：: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：: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：: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：:PROTACs-induced targeted protein degradation has emerged as a novel therapeutic strategy in drug development and attracted the favor of academic institutions, large pharmaceutical enterprises (e.g., AstraZeneca, Bayer, Novartis, Amgen, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, and Boehringer Ingelheim, etc.), and biotechnology ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Gao H,Sun X,Rao Y

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the HIV-1 protease binding mode of MK-8718 and PL-100 as inspiration, a novel aspartate binding bicyclic piperazine sulfonamide core was designed and synthesized. The resulting HIV-1 protease inhibitor containing this core showed an 60-fold increase in enzyme binding affinity and a 10-fold increase in antiviral ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Bungard CJ,Williams PD,Schulz J,Wiscount CM,Holloway MK,Loughran HM,Manikowski JJ,Su HP,Bennett DJ,Chang L,Chu XJ,Crespo A,Dwyer MP,Keertikar K,Morriello GJ,Stamford AW,Waddell ST,Zhong B,Hu B,Ji T,Diamond TL,Ba

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 3-deoxy-3-N-arylated-β-d-galactoside and -guloside derivatives have been synthesized by cesium fluoride/trimetylsilylaryl triflate-mediated benzyne generation and N-arylation of 3-deoxy-3-amino-β-d-galactosides and -gulosides, respectively. Evaluation as ligands to galectin-1, 2, 3, 4N (N-terminal domain),...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Mahanti M,Pal KB,Sundin AP,Leffler H,Nilsson UJ

更新日期：2019-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:GPBAR1 agonists have been identified as potential leads for the treatment of diseases related to colon inflammation such as Crohn's and ulcerative colitis. In this paper, we report the discovery of a small library of hyodeoxycholane analogues, decorated at C-6 with different substituents, as potent and selective GPBAR...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Marino S,Finamore C,Biagioli M,Carino A,Marchianò S,Roselli R,Giorgio CD,Bordoni M,Di Leva FS,Novellino E,Cassiano C,Limongelli V,Zampella A,Festa C,Fiorucci S

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase is a critical enzyme that regulates neurotransmission by degrading the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in synapses of the nervous system. It is an important target for both therapeutic drugs that treat Alzheimer's disease and chemical warfare agents that cripple the nervous system and cause death t...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Cheung J,Gary EN,Shiomi K,Rosenberry TL

更新日期：2013-09-23 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：: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：:An active site mapping of human cathepsin B with dipeptide nitrile inhibitors was performed for a combinatorial approach by introducing several points of diversity and stepwise optimizing the inhibitor structure. To address the occluding loop of cathepsin B by a carboxylate moiety, click chemistry to generate linker-c...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Schmitz J,Li T,Bartz U,Gütschow M

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel sources of antibiotics are required to keep pace with the inevitable onset of bacterial resistance. Continuing with our macrolide desmethylation strategy as a source of new antibiotics, we report the total synthesis, molecular modeling and biological evaluation of 4,10-didesmethyl telithromycin (4), a novel desm...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Velvadapu V,Glassford I,Lee M,Paul T,Debrosse C,Klepacki D,Small MC,Mackerell AD Jr,Andrade RB

更新日期：2012-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Minibodies show rapider blood clearance than IgGs due to smaller size that improves target-to-background ratio (TBR) in in vivo imaging. Additionally, the ability to activate an optical probe after binding to the target greatly improves the TBR. An optical imaging probe based on a minibody against prostate-specific me...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Watanabe R,Sato K,Hanaoka H,Harada T,Nakajima T,Kim I,Paik CH,Wu AM,Choyke PL,Kobayashi H

更新日期：2014-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the discovery and optimization of a novel series of inhibitors of bacterial UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase (called 2-epimerase in this paper). Starting from virtual screening hits, the activity of various inhibitory molecules was optimized using a combination of structure-based and rational design appr...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Xu Y,Brenning B,Clifford A,Vollmer D,Bearss J,Jones C,McCarthy V,Shi C,Wolfe B,Aavula B,Warner S,Bearss DJ,McCullar MV,Schuch R,Pelzek A,Bhaskaran SS,Stebbins CE,Goldberg AR,Fischetti VA,Vankayalapati H

更新日期：2013-12-12 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：: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：: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：:Inhibitors of the renal outer medullary potassium channel (ROMK) show promise as novel mechanism diuretics, with potentially lower risk of diuretic-induced hypokalemia relative to current thiazide and loop diuretics. Here, we report the identification of a novel series of 3-sulfamoylbenzamide ROMK inhibitors. Starting...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Sammons MF,Kharade SV,Filipski KJ,Boehm M,Smith AC,Shavnya A,Fernando DP,Dowling MS,Carpino PA,Castle NA,Zellmer SG,Antonio BM,Gosset JR,Carlo A,Denton JS

更新日期：2018-01-19 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：: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：:Somatic point mutations at a key arginine residue (R132) within the active site of the metabolic enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) confer a novel gain of function in cancer cells, resulting in the production of d-2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG), an oncometabolite. Elevated 2-HG levels are implicated in epigenetic alt...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Popovici-Muller J,Lemieux RM,Artin E,Saunders JO,Salituro FG,Travins J,Cianchetta G,Cai Z,Zhou D,Cui D,Chen P,Straley K,Tobin E,Wang F,David MD,Penard-Lacronique V,Quivoron C,Saada V,de Botton S,Gross S,Dang L,Y

更新日期：2018-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Monopolar spindle 1 (Mps1) is an attractive cancer drug target due to the important role that it plays in centrosome duplication, the spindle assembly checkpoint, and the maintenance of chromosomal stability. A design based on JNK inhibitors with an aminopyridine scaffold and subsequent modifications identified diamin...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kusakabe K,Ide N,Daigo Y,Itoh T,Higashino K,Okano Y,Tadano G,Tachibana Y,Sato Y,Inoue M,Wada T,Iguchi M,Kanazawa T,Ishioka Y,Dohi K,Tagashira S,Kido Y,Sakamoto S,Yasuo K,Maeda M,Yamamoto T,Higaki M,Endoh T,U

更新日期：2012-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific abrogation of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) activity has been validated as a viable approach for the development of anticancer agents. However, no selective CDK5 inhibitor has been reported to date. Herein, a structure-based in silico screening was employed to identify novel scaffolds from a library of com...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Khair NZ,Lenjisa JL,Tadesse S,Kumarasiri M,Basnet SKC,Mekonnen LB,Li M,Diab S,Sykes MJ,Albrecht H,Milne R,Wang S

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Two series of novel LOXL2 enzyme inhibitors are described: benzylamines substituted with electron withdrawing groups at the para-position and 2-substituted pyridine-4-ylmethanamines. The most potent compound, (2-chloropyridin-4-yl)methanamine 20 (hLOXL2 IC50 = 126 nM), was shown to be selective for LOXL2 over LOX and ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Hutchinson JH,Rowbottom MW,Lonergan D,Darlington J,Prodanovich P,King CD,Evans JF,Bain G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late-stage oxidation using liver microsomes was applied to phosphodiesterase 2 inhibitor 1 to reduce its clearance by cytochrome P450 enzymes, introduce renal clearance, and minimize the risk for victim drug-drug interactions. This approach yielded PF-06815189 (2) with improved physicochemical properties and a mixed m...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Stepan AF,Tran TP,Helal CJ,Brown MS,Chang C,O'Connor RE,De Vivo M,Doran SD,Fisher EL,Jenkinson S,Karanian D,Kormos BL,Sharma R,Walker GS,Wright AS,Yang EX,Brodney MA,Wager TT,Verhoest PR,Obach RS

更新日期：2018-01-04 00:00:00