Novel modulator of Na(V)1.1 and Na(V)1.2 Na channels in rat neuronal cells.

abstract：:The receptor for the neuropeptide relaxin 3, relaxin family peptide 3 (RXFP3) receptor, is an attractive pharmacological target for the control of eating, addictive, and psychiatric behaviors. Several structure-activity relationship studies on both human relaxin 3 (containing 3 disulfide bonds) and its analogue A2 (tw...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Praveen P,Tailhades J,Rosengren KJ,Liu M,Wade JD,Bathgate RAD,Hossain MA

更新日期：2020-10-22 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：: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：:The natural product L-783277 is a resorcylic lactone type covalent kinase inhibitor. We have prepared the 5'-deoxy analogue of L-783277 (1) in a stereoselective fashion. Remarkably, this analogue retains almost the full kinase inhibitory potential of natural L-783277, with low nanomolar IC50 values against the most se...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Liniger M,Neuhaus C,Hofmann T,Fransioli-Ignazio L,Jordi M,Drueckes P,Trappe J,Fabbro D,Altmann KH

更新日期：2010-10-20 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：:Use of DNA-encoded libraries (DELs) in the pharmaceutical industry has rapidly increased. We discuss what to expect when you run a DEL screen and contemplate guidelines for library design. Additionally, we consider some visionary work and extrapolate to the future. ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Satz AL

更新日期：2018-04-17 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:An electrostatic interaction related to a favorable position of the distal phenyl ring and a phenylalanine residue in the binding pocket would explain the higher 5-HT1A affinity of a 4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (THP) analogue compared to the corresponding 4-phenylpiperazine analogue. To explore a possible rein...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Liégeois JF,Lespagnard M,Meneses Salas E,Mangin F,Scuvée-Moreau J,Dilly S

更新日期：2014-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed at investigating the antitumor activity of novel 2-oxindole derivatives against a well-characterized human nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell line. Test compounds produced an antiproliferative activity in the low micromolar/submicromolar range of concentrations and significantly induced typica...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Nesi G,Sestito S,Mey V,Ricciardi S,Falasca M,Danesi R,Lapucci A,Breschi MC,Fogli S,Rapposelli S

更新日期：2013-10-18 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：:Stable isotope-mass spectrometry (MS)-based metabolomic profiling is a powerful technique for following changes in specific metabolite pool sizes and metabolic flux under various experimental conditions in a test organism or cell type. Here, we use a metabolomics approach to interrogate the mechanism of antibiotic act...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Prosser GA,de Carvalho LP

更新日期：2013-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the synthesis of a novel heat shock protein 90 (hsp90) inhibitor conjugated to a star polymer. Using reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization, we prepared star polymers comprised of PEG attached to a predesigned functional core. The stars were cross-linked using disulfide linker...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kim SJ,Ramsey DM,Boyer C,Davis TP,McAlpine SR

更新日期：2013-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent biosensors constitute potent tools for probing biomolecules in their natural environment and for visualizing dynamic processes in complex biological samples, living cells, and organisms. They are well suited for highlighting molecular alterations associated with pathological disorders, thereby offering mea...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Morris MC

更新日期：2013-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Water-soluble cyclodextrin (CyD) complexed with porphyrin derivatives with different substituents in the meso-positions showed different photodynamic activities toward cancer cells under illumination at wavelengths over 600 nm, the most suitable wavelengths for photodynamic therapy (PDT). In particular, aniline- and p...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Ikeda A,Satake S,Mae T,Ueda M,Sugikawa K,Shigeto H,Funabashi H,Kuroda A

更新日期：2017-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Small molecule inhibitors of the HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein (NC) are considered as promising agents in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. In an effort to exploit the privileged 2-amino-4-phenylthiazole moiety in NC inhibition, here we conceived, synthesized, and tested in vitro 18 NC inhibitors (NCIs) bearing a double functio...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Mori M,Dasso Lang MC,Saladini F,Palombi N,Kovalenko L,De Forni D,Poddesu B,Friggeri L,Giannini A,Malancona S,Summa V,Zazzi M,Mely Y,Botta M

更新日期：2018-12-07 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：: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：:A number of biologically active nucleoside analogues contain the adenine isostere 4-amino-pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine connected to various sugar moieties through a C-C anomeric linkage. We employed palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling chemistry to promptly functionalize the 7-position of such a heterocyclic scaffold w...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Li Q,Groaz E,Persoons L,Daelemans D,Herdewijn P

更新日期：2020-07-09 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：:mPTPB is a virulent phosphatase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a promising therapeutic target for tuberculosis. To facilitate mPTPB-based drug discovery, we identified α-sulfophenylacetic amide (SPAA) from cefsulodin, a third generation β-lactam cephalosporin antibiotic, as a novel pTyr pharmacophore for mPTPB. S...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： He R,Yu ZH,Zhang RY,Wu L,Gunawan AM,Zhang ZY

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The attachment of lipids to C- or N-terminally positioned lysine side-chain amino groups increases the activity of a short synthetic (Arg-Trp)3 antimicrobial peptide significantly, making these peptides even active against pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria. Thus, a peptide with strong activity against S. aureus (1.1-2...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Albada HB,Prochnow P,Bobersky S,Langklotz S,Schriek P,Bandow JE,Metzler-Nolte N

更新日期：2012-09-04 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：:Acetaminophen (ApAP) is an electron donor capable of reducing radicals generated by redox cycling of hemeproteins. It acts on the prostaglandin H synthases (cyclooxygenases; COXs) to reduce the protoporphyrin radical cation in the peroxidase site of the enzyme, thus preventing the intra-molecular electron transfer tha...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Shchepin RV,Liu W,Yin H,Zagol-Ikapitte I,Amin T,Jeong BS,Roberts LJ 2nd,Oates JA,Porter NA,Boutaud O

更新日期：2013-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Compound libraries provide a starting point for multiple biological investigations, but the structural integrity of compounds is rarely assessed experimentally until a late stage in the research process. Here, we describe the discovery of a neuroprotective small molecule that was originally incorrectly annotated with ...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Kaplan A,Stockwell BR

更新日期：2015-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The atypical chemokine receptor CXCR7 has been studied in various disease settings including immunological diseases and heart disease. Efforts to elucidate the role of CXCR7 have been limited by the lack of suitable chemical tools with a range of pharmacological profiles. A high-throughput screen was conducted to disc...

journal_title：ACS medicinal chemistry letters

authors： Menhaji-Klotz E,Ward J,Brown JA,Loria PM,Tan C,Hesp KD,Riccardi KA,Litchfield J,Boehm M

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00