Structures of human acetylcholinesterase bound to dihydrotanshinone I and territrem B show peripheral site flexibility.

abstract：:The design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and X-ray structural studies are reported for a series of highly potent HIV-1 protease inhibitors. The inhibitors incorporated stereochemically defined amide-based bicyclic and tricyclic ether derivatives as the P2 ligands with (R)-hydroxyethylaminesulfonamide transition-s...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Ghosh AK,Grillo A,Raghavaiah J,Kovela S,Johnson ME,Kneller DW,Wang YF,Hattori SI,Higashi-Kuwata N,Weber IT,Mitsuya H

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we report the structure-activity relationships within a series of mGlu7 PAMs based on a pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine core with excellent CNS penetration (Kps > 1 and Kp,uus > 1). Analogues in this series proved to display a range of Group III mGlu receptor selectivity, but VU6005649 emerged as the first dual mGlu...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Abe M,Seto M,Gogliotti RG,Loch MT,Bollinger KA,Chang S,Engelberg EM,Luscombe VB,Harp JM,Bubser M,Engers DW,Jones CK,Rodriguez AL,Blobaum AL,Conn PJ,Niswender CM,Lindsley CW

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicinal chemists have increasing opportunities to transition from the pharmaceutical industry to academic medical centers interested in translational research. This Viewpoint highlights some of the differences between these two cultures and strategies to succeed in academic drug discovery. ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Barrow JC

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The renal outer medullary potassium channel (ROMK or Kir1.1) is a putative drug target for a novel class of diuretics that could be used for the treatment of hypertension and edematous states such as heart failure. An internal high-throughput screening campaign identified 1,4-bis(4-nitrophenethyl)piperazine (5) as a p...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Tang H,Walsh SP,Yan Y,de Jesus RK,Shahripour A,Teumelsan N,Zhu Y,Ha S,Owens KA,Thomas-Fowlkes BS,Felix JP,Liu J,Kohler M,Priest BT,Bailey T,Brochu R,Alonso-Galicia M,Kaczorowski GJ,Roy S,Yang L,Mills SG,Garcia M

更新日期：2012-03-28 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：:A novel series of RORγ inhibitors was identified starting with the HTS hit 1. After SAR investigation based on a prospective consideration of two drug-likeness metrics, ligand efficiency (LE) and fraction of sp(3) carbon atoms (Fsp(3)), significant improvement of metabolic stability as well as reduction of CYP inhibit...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Hirata K,Kotoku M,Seki N,Maeba T,Maeda K,Hirashima S,Sakai T,Obika S,Hori A,Hase Y,Yamaguchi T,Katsuda Y,Hata T,Miyagawa N,Arita K,Nomura Y,Asahina K,Aratsu Y,Kamada M,Adachi T,Noguchi M,Doi S,Crowe P,Bradle

更新日期：2015-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation is known as the prima donna epigenetic mark for its critical role in regulating local gene transcription. Changes in the landscape of DNA methylation across the genome occur during cellular transition, such as differentiation and altered neuronal plasticity, and become dysregulated in disease states su...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Chua GNL,Wassarman KL,Sun H,Alp JA,Jarczyk EI,Kuzio NJ,Bennett MJ,Malachowsky BG,Kruse M,Kennedy AJ

更新日期：2019-01-31 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：:Starting from clinical candidates Firategrast, Valategrast, and AJM-300, a series of novel macrocyclic platelet collagen receptor α2β1 antagonists were developed. The amino acid derived low molecular weight 14-18-membered macrocycles turned out to be highly active toward integrin α2β1 with IC50s in the low nanomolar r...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Halland N,Blum H,Buning C,Kohlmann M,Lindenschmidt A

更新日期：2014-01-10 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：: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：:Modifications at the basic nitrogen of the benzomorphan scaffold allowed the development of compounds able to segregate physiological responses downstream of the receptor signaling, opening new possibilities in opioid drug development. Alkylation of the phenyl ring in the N-substituent of the MOR-agonist/DOR-antagonis...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Pasquinucci L,Parenti C,Ruiz-Cantero MC,Georgoussi Z,Pallaki P,Cobos EJ,Amata E,Marrazzo A,Prezzavento O,Arena E,Dichiara M,Salerno L,Turnaturi R

更新日期：2020-01-28 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：: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：:Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is an integral membrane serine hydrolase that degrades the fatty acid amide family of signaling lipids, including the endocannabinoid anandamide. Genetic or pharmacological inactivation of FAAH leads to analgesic and anti-inflammatory phenotypes in rodents without showing the undesira...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Johnson DS,Stiff C,Lazerwith SE,Kesten SR,Fay LK,Morris M,Beidler D,Liimatta MB,Smith SE,Dudley DT,Sadagopan N,Bhattachar SN,Kesten SJ,Nomanbhoy TK,Cravatt BF,Ahn K

更新日期：2011-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00612.]. ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kaiser TM,Dentmon ZW,Dalloul CE,Sharma SK,Liotta DC

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a key antimicrobial enzyme, playing a normal role in host defense, but also contributing to inflammatory conditions including neuroinflammatory diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. We synthesized and characterized more than 50 quinazolin-4(1H)-one derivatives and showed that this clas...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Li Y,Ganesh T,Diebold BA,Zhu Y,McCoy JW,Smith SM,Sun A,Lambeth JD

更新日期：2015-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Visible light-mediated photocatalysis, which relies on the ability of photocatalysts to absorb low-energy visible light and engage in single-electron transfer (SET) or energy transfer (ET) processes with organic substrates, has emerged as one of the fastest growing fields in organic synthesis. This catalytic platform ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Li P,Terrett JA,Zbieg JR

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported a series of 2,6-dipeptidyl-anthraquinone conjugates (AQs) as Trans-Activation Response element (TAR) RNA-binding agents able to inhibit in vitro the HIV-1 nucleocapsid (NC) protein-mediated processes. Because NC is a highly adaptable nucleic acid chaperone assisting several crucial steps along rev...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Gamba E,Sosic A,Saccone I,Magli E,Frecentese F,Gatto B

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The ring closing metathesis/transannular etherification approach to the englerin nucleus was adapted to provide two key intermediates for analogue synthesis: the 4-desmethyl Δ5,6 tricycle and the 4-oxo Δ5,6 tricycle. The former was elaborated to 4-desmethyl englerin A and the latter served as a common precursor for en...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Elliott DC,Beutler JA,Parker KA

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane-bound pyrophosphatases (mPPases) regulate energy homeostasis in pathogenic protozoan parasites and lack human homologues, which makes them promising targets in e.g. malaria. Yet only few nonphosphorus inhibitors have been reported so far. Here, we explore an isoxazole fragment hit, leading to the discovery of...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Johansson NG,Turku A,Vidilaseris K,Dreano L,Khattab A,Ayuso Pérez D,Wilkinson A,Zhang Y,Tamminen M,Grazhdankin E,Kiriazis A,Fishwick CWG,Meri S,Yli-Kauhaluoma J,Goldman A,Boije Af Gennäs G,Xhaard H

更新日期：2020-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification and optimization of the first activators of fast skeletal muscle are reported. Compound 1 was identified from high-throughput screening (HTS) and subsequently found to improve muscle function via interaction with the troponin complex. Optimization of 1 for potency, metabolic stability, and physical ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Collibee SE,Bergnes G,Muci A,Browne WF 4th,Garard M,Hinken AC,Russell AJ,Suehiro I,Hartman J,Kawas R,Lu PP,Lee KH,Marquez D,Tomlinson M,Xu D,Kennedy A,Hwee D,Schaletzky J,Leung K,Malik FI,Morgans DJ Jr,Morgan BP

更新日期：2018-02-13 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：:A new series of potent TG2 inhibitors are reported that employ a 4-aminopiperidine core bearing an acrylamide warhead. We establish the structure-activity relationship of this new series and report on the transglutaminase selectivity and in vitro ADME properties of selected compounds. We demonstrate that the compounds...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Prime ME,Brookfield FA,Courtney SM,Gaines S,Marston RW,Ichihara O,Li M,Vaidya D,Williams H,Pedret-Dunn A,Reed L,Schaertl S,Toledo-Sherman L,Beconi M,Macdonald D,Muñoz-Sanjuan I,Dominguez C,Wityak J

更新日期：2012-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A new pseudopeptide epoxide inhibitor, designed for irreversible binding to HIV protease (HIV-PR), has been synthesized and characterized in solution and in the solid state. However, the crystal structure of the complex obtained by inhibitor-enzyme cocrystallization revealed that a minor isomer, with inverted configur...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Benedetti F,Berti F,Campaner P,Fanfoni L,Demitri N,Olajuyigbe FM,De March M,Geremia S

更新日期：2014-07-14 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：:A novel peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) α/δ dual agonist 5c was developed with an EC50 of 8 nM for PPARα, 5 nM for PPARδ, and >300-fold selectivity against PPARγ (EC50 = 2939 nM), respectively. Further ADME and pharmacokinetic studies indicated 5c possessed distinguished in vitro and in vivo profiles...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Jiang Z,Liu X,Yuan Z,He H,Wang J,Zhang X,Gong Z,Hou L,Shen L,Guo F,Zhang J,Wang J,Xu D,Liu Z,Li H,Chen X,Long C,Li J,Chen S

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:GPR40 is a G-protein-coupled receptor which mediates fatty acid-induced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells and incretion release from enteroendocrine cells of the small intestine. GPR40 full agonists exhibit superior glucose lowering compared to partial agonists in preclinical species due ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Huang H,Meegalla SK,Lanter JC,Winters MP,Zhao S,Littrell J,Qi J,Rady B,Lee PS,Liu J,Martin T,Lam WW,Xu F,Lim HK,Wilde T,Silva J,Otieno M,Pocai A,Player MR

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A focused multiply N-methylated library of a cyclic hexapeptidic somatostatin analogue: MK678 cyclo(-MeAYwKVF-) was generated, which resulted in the unexpected observation of an efficacious tetra-N-methylated analogue, cyclo(-MeAYMewMeKVMeF-) with a potent inhibitory action on sensory neuropeptide release in vitro and...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Chatterjee J,Laufer B,Beck JG,Helyes Z,Pintér E,Szolcsányi J,Horvath A,Mandl J,Reubi JC,Kéri G,Kessler H

更新日期：2011-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels are membrane proteins encoded by four genes (HCN1-4) and widely distributed in the central and peripheral nervous system and in the heart. HCN channels are involved in several physiological functions, including the generation of rhythmic activity, and ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Romanelli MN,Del Lungo M,Guandalini L,Zobeiri M,Gyökeres A,Árpádffy-Lovas T,Koncz I,Sartiani L,Bartolucci G,Dei S,Manetti D,Teodori E,Budde T,Cerbai E

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00