Structure-activity relationship studies of 3-aroylindoles as potent antimitotic agents.

abstract：:A library of new aryl-substituted naphthalene C8-linked pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine (PBD) conjugates with various linker architectures were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their anticancer activity against a panel of 11 human cancer cell lines. All 32 conjugates show anticancer potential, with some of t...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Kamal A,Reddy MK,Ramaiah MJ,Srikanth YV,Rajender,Reddy VS,Kumar GB,Pushpavalli SN,Bag I,Juvekar A,Sen S,Zingde SM,Pal-Bhadra M

更新日期：2011-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An alternative method to prepare 2-organylchalcogenopheno[2,3-b]pyridines was developed by the insertion of chalcogen species (selenium, sulfur or tellurium), generated in situ, into 2-chloro-3-(organylethynyl)pyridines by using the NaBH4 /PEG-400 reducing system, followed by an intramolecular cyclization. It was poss...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Peglow TJ,Bartz RH,Martins CC,Belladona AL,Luchese C,Wilhelm EA,Schumacher RF,Perin G

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The serotonin transporter (SERT) is one of the neurotransmitter transporters that plays a critical role in the regulation of endogenous amine concentrations and therefore is an important target for therapeutic agents affecting the central nervous system. The recently published, high resolution X-ray structure of the c...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Jørgensen AM,Tagmose L,Jørgensen AM,Topiol S,Sabio M,Gundertofte K,Bøgesø KP,Peters GH

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polo-like kinase-2 (Plk-2) has been implicated as the dominant kinase involved in the phosphorylation of α-synuclein in Lewy bodies, which are one of the hallmarks of Parkinson's disease neuropathology. Potent, selective, brain-penetrant inhibitors of Plk-2 were obtained from a structure-guided drug discovery approach...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Aubele DL,Hom RK,Adler M,Galemmo RA Jr,Bowers S,Truong AP,Pan H,Beroza P,Neitz RJ,Yao N,Lin M,Tonn G,Zhang H,Bova MP,Ren Z,Tam D,Ruslim L,Baker J,Diep L,Fitzgerald K,Hoffman J,Motter R,Fauss D,Tanaka P,Dap

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted structural modifications have led to a novel type of buprenorphine-derived opioid receptor ligand displaying an improved selectivity profile for the μ-OR subtype. On this basis, it is shown that phenylazocarboxamides may serve as useful bioisosteric replacements for the widely occurring cinnamide units, witho...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Krüll J,Fehler SK,Hofmann L,Nebel N,Maschauer S,Prante O,Gmeiner P,Lanig H,Hübner H,Heinrich MR

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Greater than the sum of its parts: Artemisinins are currently in phase I-II clinical trials against breast, colorectal and non-small-cell lung cancers. In an attempt to offer increased specificity, a series of hybrid artemisinin-polypyrrole minor groove binder conjugates are described. DNA binding/modelling studies an...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： La Pensée L,Sabbani S,Sharma R,Bhamra I,Shore E,Chadwick AE,Berry NG,Firman J,Araujo NC,Cabral L,Cristiano ML,Bateman C,Janneh O,Gavrila A,Wu YH,Hussain A,Ward SA,Stocks PA,Cosstick R,O'Neill PM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting LRH-1: Virtual screening and molecular modeling were used to identify novel antagonists of liver receptor homolog-1 (LRH-1), an emerging therapeutic target for breast cancer. Hit compounds were synthesized and biologically assayed, and the preliminary results suggest that raloxifene-based analogues, substitu...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Rey J,Hu H,Kyle F,Lai CF,Buluwela L,Coombes RC,Ortlund EA,Ali S,Snyder JP,Barrett AG

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we report the synthesis, photophysical properties, positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and photodynamic therapy (PDT) efficacy of methyl 3-(1'-m-iodobenzyloxy)ethyl-3-devinyl-verdin 4 (with or without the 124 I isotope). The PET imaging ability and ex vivo biodistribution of [124 I]4 were compared with t...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Marko AJ,Dukh M,Patel NJ,Missert JR,Ohulchanskyy T,Tabaczynski WA,Ohkubo K,Fukuzumi S,Yao R,Sajjad M,Pandey RK

更新日期：2019-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Salecan is a water-soluble bacterial polysaccharide consisting of glucopyranosyl units linked by α-1,3 and β-1,3 glycosidic bonds. salecan is suitable for the development of hydrogels for biomedical applications, given its outstanding physicochemical and biological profiles. In this study we designed a new semi-interp...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Qi X,Li J,Wei W,Su T,Zuo G,Pan X,Zhang J,Dong W

更新日期：2017-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:First reported in the late 1930s and partly explained in 1970, the antibacterial activity of pectin remained almost ignored until the late 1990s. The concomitant emergence of research on natural antibacterials and new usages of pectin polysaccharides, including those in medicine widely researched in Russia, has led to...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Ciriminna R,Fidalgo A,Meneguzzo F,Presentato A,Scurria A,Nuzzo D,Alduina R,Ilharco LM,Pagliaro M

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:ABC, it's easy as 1 2 3! Bioisosteric replacement of the anilide core by an indole moiety considerably increased stability and gave potent and selective ABCG2 (BCRP) inhibitors. Some compounds are superior to the reference substances fumitremorgin C and Ko143 in terms of potency and efficacy and are the most potent AB...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Bauer S,Ochoa-Puentes C,Sun Q,Bause M,Bernhardt G,König B,Buschauer A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1, also known as β-secretase) is a promising target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. A pKa lowering approach over the initial leads was adopted to mitigate hERG inhibition and P-gp efflux, leading to the design of 6-CF3 dihydrothiazine 8 (N-(3-((4S,6...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Anan K,Iso Y,Oguma T,Nakahara K,Suzuki S,Yamamoto T,Matsuoka E,Ito H,Sakaguchi G,Ando S,Morimoto K,Kanegawa N,Kido Y,Kawachi T,Fukushima T,Teisman A,Urmaliya V,Dhuyvetter D,Borghys H,Austin N,Van Den Bergh A,Ver

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Two series of racemic goniothalamin analogues displaying nitrogen-containing groups were designed and synthesized. A total of 19 novel analogues were evaluated against a panel of four different cancer cell lines, along with the normal prostate cell line PNT2 to determine their selectivity. Among them, goniothalamin ch...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Meirelles MA,Braga CB,Ornelas C,Pilli RA

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hENT1) is a prototypical nucleoside transporter protein ubiquitously expressed on the cell surface of almost all human tissue. Given the role of hENT1 in the transport of nucleoside drugs, an important class of therapeutics in the treatment of various cancers and viral inf...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Rayala R,Theard P,Ortiz H,Yao S,Young JD,Balzarini J,Robins MJ,Wnuk SF

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many methods have been developed to capture the biological similarity between two compounds for use in drug discovery. A variety of similarity metrics have been introduced, the Tanimoto coefficient being the most prominent. Many of the approaches assume that molecular features or descriptors that do not relate to the ...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Abdo A,Salim N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report the synthesis of a number of compounds structurally related to arginine methyltransferase inhibitor 1 (AMI-1). The structural alterations that we made included: 1) the substitution of the sulfonic groups with the bioisosteric carboxylic groups; 2) the replacement of the ureidic function with a bis-amidi...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Castellano S,Milite C,Ragno R,Simeoni S,Mai A,Limongelli V,Novellino E,Bauer I,Brosch G,Spannhoff A,Cheng D,Bedford MT,Sbardella G

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blocking the 2-C-methyl-d-erythrithol-4-phosphate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis offers new ways to inhibit the growth of Plasmodium spp. Fosmidomycin [(3-(N-hydroxyformamido)propyl)phosphonic acid, 1] and its acetyl homologue FR-900098 [(3-(N-hydroxyacetamido)propyl)phosphonic acid, 2] potently inhibit 1-deoxy-d...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Sooriyaarachchi S,Chofor R,Risseeuw MD,Bergfors T,Pouyez J,Dowd CS,Maes L,Wouters J,Jones TA,Van Calenbergh S,Mowbray SL

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of four stable synthetic bacteriochlorins was tested in vitro in HeLa cells for their potential in photodynamic therapy (PDT). The parent bacteriochlorin (BC), dicyano derivative (NC)(2)BC and corresponding zinc chelate (NC)(2)BC-Zn and palladium chelate (NC)(2)BC-Pd were studied. Direct dilution of a solutio...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Huang YY,Balasubramanian T,Yang E,Luo D,Diers JR,Bocian DF,Lindsey JS,Holten D,Hamblin MR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbal medicines (HMs) are an important source of drugs. In this study, an efficient strategy integrating ultrafiltration LC-MS, microplate bioassays, and molecular docking was proposed to screen high-potency enzyme inhibitors from HMs. Using this strategy, the structure-activity relationships (SARs) including binding...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Song HP,Wang H,Liang JX,Qian C,Wu SQ,Xu WJ,Wu B,Liu XG,Li P,Yang H

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of beta-aminovinyl ketones as synthetic intermediates has been well categorised, but recent developments have shown an interesting array of applications and new chemotherapeutic potential, both in the preparation of biologically active heterocycles and as pharmacophores in their own right.Medicinal chemists a...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Gaber HM,Bagley MC

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine (DA) D(3) receptor antagonism might play a significant role in different therapeutic areas. A high number of preclinical studies on DA D(3) receptor antagonists have shown efficacy in animal models of Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and drug dependence. This Review covers the activities of medicinal chemis...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Micheli F

更新日期：2011-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Plumbagin (5-hydroxy-2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone) is a small molecule with potent anticancer activity. Like other 1,4-naphthoquinones, it exhibits electrophilic reactivity towards biological nucleophiles. We demonstrate that plumbagin and structurally related 1,4-naphthoquinones with at least one unsubstituted quinoid...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Chrastina A,Welsh J,Rondeau G,Abedinpour P,Borgström P,Baron VT

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of cis-configured epoxides and aziridines containing hydrophobic moieties and amino acid esters were synthesized as new potential inhibitors of the secreted aspartic protease 2 (SAP2) of Candida albicans. Enzyme assays revealed the N-benzyl-3-phenyl-substituted aziridines 11 and 17 as the most potent inhibito...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Degel B,Staib P,Rohrer S,Scheiber J,Martina E,Büchold C,Baumann K,Morschhäuser J,Schirmeister T

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha,beta-Unsaturated carbonyl compounds as potential drug candidates is a controversial topic since their potential Michael acceptor activity can lead to cell damage and cytotoxicity. Nevertheless, the alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl functionality can be employed as a tool to fine tune biological activity by directl...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Amslinger S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S100B contributes to cell proliferation by binding the C terminus of p53 and inhibiting its tumor suppressor function. The use of multiple computational approaches to screen fragment libraries targeting the human S100B-p53 interaction site is reported. This in silico screening led to the identification of 280 novel pr...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Agamennone M,Cesari L,Lalli D,Turlizzi E,Del Conte R,Turano P,Mangani S,Padova A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine- and metallo-β-lactamases present a threat to the clinical use of nearly all β-lactam antibiotics, including penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems. Efforts to develop metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) inhibitors require suitable screening platforms to allow the rapid determination of β-lactamase activity and eff...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Makena A,van Berkel SS,Lejeune C,Owens RJ,Verma A,Salimraj R,Spencer J,Brem J,Schofield CJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are promising drug targets for a variety of therapeutic applications. Herein we describe the design, synthesis, biological evaluation in cellular models of cancer, and preliminary drug metabolism and pharmacokinetic studies (DMPK) of a series of secondary and tertiary N-substituted 7-amino...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Abdelkarim H,Neelarapu R,Madriaga A,Vaidya AS,Kastrati I,Karumudi B,Wang YT,Taha TY,Thatcher GRJ,Frasor J,Petukhov PA

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A strategy that combines virtual screening and structure-guided selection of fragments was used to identify three unexplored classes of human DHODH inhibitor compounds: 4-hydroxycoumarins, fenamic acids, and N-(alkylcarbonyl)anthranilic acids. Structure-guided selection of fragments targeting the inner subsite of the ...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Fritzson I,Svensson B,Al-Karadaghi S,Walse B,Wellmar U,Nilsson UJ,da Graça Thrige D,Jönsson S

更新日期：2010-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of acidic nucleosides were synthesized to develop a new class of ribonuclease A (RNase A) inhibitors. Our recent study on carboxymethylsulfonyl-modified nucleosides revealed some interesting results in RNase A inhibition. This positive outcome triggered an investigation of the role played by secondary sugar hy...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Datta D,Dasgupta S,Pathak T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common issue during drug design and development is the discovery of novel scaffolds for protein targets. On the one hand the chemical space of purchasable compounds is rather limited; on the other hand artificially generated molecules suffer from a grave lack of accessibility in practice. Therefore, we generated a n...

journal_title：ChemMedChem

authors： Humbeck L,Weigang S,Schäfer T,Mutzel P,Koch O

更新日期：2018-03-20 00:00:00