Tuning the activity of a short arg-trp antimicrobial Peptide by lipidation of a C- or N-terminal lysine side-chain.

abstract：:Thirty-two diverse compounds were evaluated for their ability to inhibit both Pgp-mediated efflux in mouse T-lymphoma L5178 MDR1 and NorA-mediated efflux in S. aureus SA-1199B. Only four compounds were strong inhibitors of both efflux pumps. Three compounds were found to inhibit Pgp exclusively and strongly, while sev...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Brincat JP,Broccatelli F,Sabatini S,Frosini M,Neri A,Kaatz GW,Cruciani G,Carosati E

更新日期：2012-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid detection and precise evaluation of myocardial viability is necessary to aid in clinical decision making whether to recommend revascularization for patients with myocardial infarction (MI). Three novel 18F-labeled 1-hydroxyanthraquinone derivatives were synthesized, characterized, and evaluated as potential necr...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Ji AY,Jin QM,Zhang DJ,Zhu H,Su C,Duan XH,Bian L,Sun ZP,Ni YC,Zhang J,Yang Z,Yin ZQ

更新日期：2016-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of novel selenides bearing benzenesulfonamide moieties was synthesized and investigated for their inhibition on six human (h) carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) isoforms such as the physiologically relevant hCA I, II, VA, VB, VII, and IX and the X-ray complex in adduct with hCA II for some of them investigat...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Angeli A,di Cesare Mannelli L,Trallori E,Peat TS,Ghelardini C,Carta F,Supuran CT

更新日期：2018-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of potent and selective β1-adrenoreceptor ligands were identified (IC50 range, 0.04-0.25 nM; β1/β2 selectivity range, 65-450-fold), labeled with the PET radioisotope fluorine-18 and evaluated in normal Sprague-Dawley rats. Tissue distribution studies demonstrated uptake of each radiotracers from the blood poo...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Radeke HS,Purohit A,Harris TD,Hanson K,Jones R,Hu C,Yalamanchili P,Hayes M,Yu M,Guaraldi M,Kagan M,Azure M,Cdebaca M,Robinson S,Casebier D

更新日期：2011-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:ROMK, the renal outer medullary potassium channel, is involved in potassium recycling at the thick ascending loop of Henle and potassium secretion at the cortical collecting duct in the kidney nephron. Because of this dual site of action, selective inhibitors of ROMK are expected to represent a new class of diuretics/...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Tang H,Zhu Y,Teumelsan N,Walsh SP,Shahripour A,Priest BT,Swensen AM,Felix JP,Brochu RM,Bailey T,Thomas-Fowlkes B,Pai LY,Hampton C,Corona A,Hernandez M,Metzger J,Forrest M,Zhou X,Owens K,Tong V,Parmee E,Roy S,K

更新日期：2016-05-12 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：: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：: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：:Re(I) tricarbonyl polypyridine-based complexes are particularly attractive metal complexes in the field of inorganic chemical biology due to their luminescent properties, ease of conjugation to targeting biomolecules, and the possibility to prepare their "hot" (99m)Tc analogues for radioimaging. In this study, we prep...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Leonidova A,Pierroz V,Adams LA,Barlow N,Ferrari S,Graham B,Gasser G

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a multiplexed, reporter gene-based, high-throughput screen, we identified 9-fluoro-7-hydroxy-3-methyl-5-oxo-N-(pyridin-3-ylmethyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H,5H-pyrido[3,2,1-ij]quinoline-6-carboxamide as a TLR2 agonist. Preliminary structure-activity relationship studies on the carboxamide moiety led to the identification o...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Hu Z,Banothu J,Beesu M,Gustafson CJ,Brush MJH,Trautman KL,Salyer ACD,Pathakumari B,David SA

更新日期：2018-12-20 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:To identify G protein-biased and highly subtype-selective EP2 receptor agonists, a series of bicyclic prostaglandin analogues were designed and synthesized. Structural hybridization of EP2/4 dual agonist 5 and prostacyclin analogue 6, followed by simplification of the ω chain enabled us to discover novel EP2 agonists ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Ogawa S,Watanabe T,Sugimoto I,Moriyuki K,Goto Y,Yamane S,Watanabe A,Tsuboi K,Kinoshita A,Kigoshi H,Tani K,Maruyama T

更新日期：2016-01-04 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：:We have employed novel fragment-based screening methodology to discover bivalent kinase inhibitors with improved selectivity. Starting from a low molecular weight promiscuous kinase inhibitor, we appended a thiol for subsequent reaction with a library of acrylamide electrophiles. Enzyme-templated screening was perform...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kwarcinski FE,Steffey ME,Fox CC,Soellner MB

更新日期：2015-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal pain and abnormal bowel habits represent major symptoms for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients that are not adequately managed. Although the etiology of IBS is not completely understood, many of the functions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are regulated by the enteric nervous system (ENS). Inflammat...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Schenck Eidam H,Russell J,Raha K,DeMartino M,Qin D,Guan HA,Zhang Z,Zhen G,Yu H,Wu C,Pan Y,Joberty G,Zinn N,Laquerre S,Robinson S,White A,Giddings A,Mohammadi E,Greenwood-Van Meerveld B,Oliff A,Kumar S,Cheung M

更新日期：2018-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:WaterMap and MM-GB/SA scoring methods were applied to an extensive congeneric series of small-molecule SRC inhibitors with high-quality enzyme data and well characterized binding modes to compare the performance of these scoring methods in this data set and to provide insight into the relative strengths of each method...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kohlmann A,Zhu X,Dalgarno D

更新日期：2012-01-06 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：:The racemic product of the Betti reaction of 5-chloro-8-hydroxyquinoline, benzaldehyde and 2-aminopyridine was separated by chiral HPLC to determine which enantiomer inhibited botulinum neurotoxin serotype A. When the enantiomers unexpectedly proved to have comparable activity, the absolute structures of (+)-(R)-1 and...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Cardellina JH 2nd,Vieira RC,Eccard V,Skerry J,Montgomery V,Campbell Y,Roxas-Duncan V,Leister W,Leclair CA,Maloney DJ,Padula D,Pescitelli G,Khavrutskii I,Hu X,Wallqvist A,Smith LA

更新日期：2011-03-10 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：:IκB kinase β (IKKβ or IKK2) is a key regulator of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and has received attention as a therapeutic target. Herein we report on the optimization of a series of 3,5-disubstituted-indole-7-carboxamides for oral activity. In doing so, we focused attention on potency, ligand efficiency (LE), and p...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kerns JK,Busch-Petersen J,Fu W,Boehm JC,Nie H,Muratore M,Bullion A,Lin G,Li H,Davis R,Lin X,Lakdawala AS,Cousins R,Field R,Payne J,Miller DD,Bamborough P,Christopher JA,Baldwin I,Osborn RR,Yonchuk J,Webb E,Rum

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the discovery of RAD140, a potent, orally bioavailable, nonsteroidal selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM). The characterization of RAD140 in several preclinical models of anabolic androgen action is also described. ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Miller CP,Shomali M,Lyttle CR,O'Dea LS,Herendeen H,Gallacher K,Paquin D,Compton DR,Sahoo B,Kerrigan SA,Burge MS,Nickels M,Green JL,Katzenellenbogen JA,Tchesnokov A,Hattersley G

更新日期：2010-12-02 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：: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：:Design and synthesis of prodrugs of promising drug candidates represents a valid strategy to overcome the lack of favorable ADME properties, in particular aqueous solubility and bioavailability. We report herein the successful application of this strategy with two representative pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives (...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Vignaroli G,Zamperini C,Dreassi E,Radi M,Angelucci A,Sanità P,Crespan E,Kissova M,Maga G,Schenone S,Musumeci F,Botta M

更新日期：2013-05-20 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 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