Identification of a New Series of STAT3 Inhibitors by Virtual Screening.

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：:A new prosthetic group referred to as the triazole appending agent (TAAG) was developed as a means to prepare targeted radioiodine-based molecular imaging and therapy agents. Tributyltin-TAAG and the fluorous analogue were synthesized in high yield using simple click chemistry and the products labeled in greater than ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Darwish A,Blacker M,Janzen N,Rathmann SM,Czorny S,Hillier SM,Joyal JL,Babich JW,Valliant JF

更新日期：2012-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel two-step in situ method for targeted antitumor drug release by supramolecular assembly (Fc-CPT@HACD) was constructed using camptothecin prodrug (Fc-CPT) and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD)-modified hyaluronic acid (HACD). Benefiting from the overexpressed H2O2 and glutathione (GSH) in tumor cells, Fc-CPT@HACD can be dis...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Fu HG,Chen Y,Yu Q,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-05-18 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 12N-substituted sophoridinamine derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their cytotoxic activities in human HepG2 hepatoma cells. Structure-activity relationship revealed that introduction of a suitable arylidene or arylethyl at the N'-end could greatly enhance antiproliferation potency. Among them,...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Bi C,Zhang N,Yang P,Ye C,Wang Y,Fan T,Shao R,Deng H,Song D

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporation of polar functionality into a series of highly potent calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonists was explored in an effort to improve pharmacokinetics. This strategy identified piperazinone analogues that possessed improved solubility at acidic pH and increased oral bioavailability in mo...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Bell IM,Gallicchio SN,Wood MR,Quigley AG,Stump CA,Zartman CB,Fay JF,Li CC,Lynch JJ,Moore EL,Mosser SD,Prueksaritanont T,Regan CP,Roller S,Salvatore CA,Kane SA,Vacca JP,Selnick HG

更新日期：2010-01-12 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：:Despite the perceived stability of the C-F bond, chemical instability and drug-metabolizing enzymes can lead to its cleavage. The resulting release of fluoride and formation of certain metabolites may cause safety issues and warrant the medicinal chemists' attention. ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Pan Y

更新日期：2019-06-20 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：: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：: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：: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：:The ionotropic glutamate receptor GluA2 is considered to be an attractive target for positive allosteric modulation for the development of pharmacological tools or cognitive enhancers. Here, we report a detailed structural characterization of two recently reported dimeric positive allosteric modulators, TDPAM01 and TD...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Laulumaa S,Hansen KV,Masternak M,Drapier T,Francotte P,Pirotte B,Frydenvang K,Kastrup JS

更新日期：2018-11-04 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：: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：: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：:The first allosteric, type III inhibitor of LIM-kinase 2 (LIMK2) is reported. A series of molecules that feature both an N-phenylsulfonamide and tertiary amide were not only very potent at LIMK2 but also were extremely selective against a panel of other kinases. Enzymatic kinetic studies showed these molecules to be n...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Goodwin NC,Cianchetta G,Burgoon HA,Healy J,Mabon R,Strobel ED,Allen J,Wang S,Hamman BD,Rawlins DB

更新日期：2014-08-07 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：: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：: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：: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：:Reactive oxygen species, contributing to oxidant-antioxidant imbalance, initiate damage to the airways cells, inflammatory processes, and further pathophysiological effects. Enhancing antioxidant properties is the main prophylactic and therapeutic challenge. In this work, a newly synthesized and biocompatible structur...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Wiśniewski M,Bieniek A,Roszek K,Czarnecka J,Bolibok P,Ferrer P,da Silva I,Terzyk AP

更新日期：2018-11-19 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：: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：: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：: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：:The 2-fluoroalkoxy substituted catechol-aporphines 6, 8a-f and 11-monohydroxyaporphines 11a-e were synthesized and found to have high in vitro affinity and selectivity for the dopamine D(2) receptors. The catechol aporphines, 8b and 8d, and the monohydroxy aporphines, 11a-d, were identified as candidates for developme...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Sromek AW,Si YG,Zhang T,George SR,Seeman P,Neumeyer JL

更新日期：2011-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of urea/thiourea substituted benzoxaboroles was investigated for the inhibition of the three carbonic anhydrases encoded by Vibrio cholerae (VchCAα, VchCAβ, and VchCAγ). In particular, benzoxaborole derivatives were here first assayed for the inhibition of a γ-class CA, extending the panel of CA classes that ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Bonardi A,Nocentini A,Cadoni R,Del Prete S,Dumy P,Capasso C,Gratteri P,Supuran CT,Winum JY

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel 3,3-spiroanellated 5-aryl, 6-arylvinyl-substituted 1,2,4-trioxanes 19-34 have been synthesized and appraised for their antimalarial activity against multidrug-resistant Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis in Swiss mice by oral route at doses ranging from 96 mg/kg × 4 days to 24 mg/kg × 4 days. The most active compound...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Maurya R,Soni A,Anand D,Ravi M,Raju KS,Taneja I,Naikade NK,Puri SK,Wahajuddin,Kanojiya S,Yadav PP

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This research explores the first design and synthesis of macrocyclic peptide aldehydes as potent inhibitors of the 20S proteasome. Two novel macrocyclic peptide aldehydes based on the ring-size of the macrocyclic natural product TMC-95 were prepared and evaluated as inhibitors of the 20S proteasome. Both compounds inh...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Wilson DL,Meininger I,Strater Z,Steiner S,Tomlin F,Wu J,Jamali H,Krappmann D,Götz MG

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00