- Development of LM98, a Small-Molecule TEAD Inhibitor Derived from Flufenamic Acid
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The YAP-TEAD transcriptional complex is responsible for the expression of genes that regulate cancer cell growth and proliferation. Dysregulation of the Hippo pathway due to overexpression of TEAD has been reported in a wide range of cancers. Inhibition of TEAD represses the expression of associated genes, demonstrating the value of this transcription factor for the development of novel anti-cancer therapies. We report herein the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of LM98, a flufenamic acid analogue. LM98 shows strong affinity to TEAD, inhibits its autopalmitoylation and reduces the YAP-TEAD transcriptional activity. Binding of LM98 to TEAD was supported by 19F-NMR studies while co-crystallization experiments confirmed that LM98 is anchored within the palmitic acid pocket of TEAD. LM98 reduces the expression of CTGF and Cyr61, inhibits MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell migration and arrests cell cycling in the S phase during cell division.
- Mélin, Léa,Abdullayev, Shuay,Fnaiche, Ahmed,Vu, Victoria,González Suárez, Narjara,Zeng, Hong,Szewczyk, Magdalena M.,Li, Fengling,Senisterra, Guillermo,Allali-Hassani, Abdellah,Chau, Irene,Dong, Aiping,Woo, Simon,Annabi, Borhane,Halabelian, Levon,LaPlante, Steven R.,Vedadi, Masoud,Barsyte-Lovejoy, Dalia,Santhakumar, Vijayaratnam,Gagnon, Alexandre
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p. 2982 - 3002
(2021/08/03)
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- Design and synthesis of niflumic acid-based N-acylhydrazone derivatives as novel anti-inflammatory and analgesic agents
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A new series of niflumic acid-based N-acylhydrazone derivatives 5a-p were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities. Most of the compounds have shown anti-inflammatory activity with a moderate-to-excellent activity range (20-80 % reduction in inflammation). Among them, 3-chlorophenyl 5d and 3-pyridyl derivatives 5o exhibited the most potent anti-inflammatory activity relative to niflumic acid as the reference drug (77, 76, and 70 % reduction in inflammation at 1-h postdrug administration, respectively). Also, molecular simplification of niflumic acid through replacing the N-aryl group with N-methyl group produced compounds 6a-f with anti-inflammatory activity in a quite similar manner to those of their parent derivatives. In this subgroup, 4-pyridyl derivative 6f showed the most potent anti-inflammatory activity relative to niflumic acid (80 % reduction in inflammation at 1-h postdrug administration). The compounds with highest anti-inflammatory activity were subjected to analgesic assays and showed moderate-to-excellent analgesic activities. The compound 5j, 4-methoxy derivative, exhibited the highest analgesic activity relative to niflumic acid (97 and 68 % activity, respectively).
- Kheradmand, Amin,Navidpour, Latifeh,Shafaroodi, Hamed,Saeedi-Motahar, Ghazaleh,Shafiee, Abbas
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p. 2411 - 2420
(2013/07/26)
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- Stability studies of some glycolamide ester prodrugs of niflumic acid in aqueous buffers and human plasma by HPLC with UV detection
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Glycolamide esters (compounds 1-17) of 2-(3-trifluoromethyl-phenylamino) nicotinic acid (niflumic acid, CAS 4394-00-7) have been synthesized and evaluated as possible prodrugs. In-vitro hydrolysis studies were conducted at selected pH values (1.2, 3.5, 4.8, 7.4 and 7.8) and in human plasma at 37 ± 0.5 °C using HPLC with UV detection. The aqueous (pH 7.4 and 7.8) and enzymatic rates of hydrolysis were substantially affected by the nature of promoieties in this series. The compounds showed good chemical stability in the buffers of low pH values (1.2, 3.5 and 4.8) and appreciable hydrolysis under alkaline conditions and in human plasma. They exhibited long hydrolytic half-lives of 7-46 h in aqueous buffer solutions (pH 7.4 and 7.8) and 14-21 min in human plasma, respectively. It was observed that N,N-disubstituted and cyclic glycolamide derivatives showed 2 fold more hydrolysis in the alkaline pH than monosubstituted derivatives, whereas the piperidino and thiomorpholino derivatives did not undergo chemical hydrolysis. The compounds contain two possible sites for hydrolysis with an increased hydrolytic susceptibility at the terminal aliphatic carbonyl site in aqueous buffers and human plasma solutions. They were found to be cleaved at two hydrolytic carbonyls, namely the nicotinyl (2-5% in enzymatic hydrolysis) and the aliphatic site (7-55% and 70-85% in buffer and plasma hydrolysis, respectively) as revealed by HPLC analysis. The glycolamide ester prodrugs of niflumic acid underwent chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis to release mainly the metabolite 2- (3-trifluoromethyl-phenylamino) nicotinic acid carboxymethyl ester (III) and not the parent drug 2-(3-trifluoromethyl-phenylamino) nicotinic acid. The structure of the metabolite was confirmed by liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy (LCMS). ECV · Editio Cantor Verlag.
- Talath, Sirajunisa,Shirote, Pramod J.,Lough, W. John,Gadad, Andanappa K.
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p. 631 - 639
(2008/02/12)
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- Synthesis, stability studies, anti-inflammatory activity and ulcerogenicity of morpholinoalkyl ester prodrugs of niflumic acid
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In search for potential prodrugs for anti-inflammatory drug candidates in the niflumate series, novel morpholinoalkyl ester prodrugs of niflumic acid (CAS 4394-00-7) 5a-b were prepared by esterification of appropriate morpholinylalkyl alcohols 3a-b with niflumic acid 4 in the presence of dicyclohexyl carbodiimide (DCC) and catalyst dimethylamino pyridine (DMAP) at 0-5°C. The structures were confirmed by elemental and spectral data (UV, IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and EI-MS). The ester prodrugs 5a-b showed better solubility than the parent drug niflumic acid 4 in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) and phosphate buffer (pH 7.4). The in vitro hydrolysis studies were conducted at pH 1.3 (SGF), phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) and in human plasma diluted with phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) at 37 ± 0.5°C using HPLC with UV detection. The ester prodrugs 5a-b were quantitatively hydrolyzed to the parent drug niflumic acid 4 by enzymatic and/or chemical means. It is observed that an increase in the carbon chain length rendered the prodrugs 5a-b more stable in phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) than in pH 1.3 (SGF), but they were rapidly hydrolyzed in human plasma at 37 ± 0.5°C. They exhibited longer hydrolytic half-lives of 16.11-53.30 h in aqueous buffer solutions (pH 1.3 and 7.4) and 1.63-2.73 min in human plasma, respectively. The title compounds were evaluated in vivo for anti-inflammatory activity in carrageenan induced rat paw oedema model in rats at the doses 45, 90, 150 mg/kg b.w. The test compounds exhibited good anti-inflammatory activity (46.6-53.2 % at the dose of 150 mg/kg b. w.) with respect to niflumic acid (78.7 % at the dose of 90 mg/kg b.w.). The compounds were also screened for in vivo ulcerogenicity, it was observed that the prodrug 5b was significantly less irritating to gastric mucosa than compound 5a and the parent drug niflumic acid 4 following single and chronic oral administration in rats. ECV. Editio Cantor Verlag.
- Talath, Sirajunisa,Gadad, Andanappa K.
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p. 744 - 752
(2007/10/03)
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- Methods for use of GABAa receptor GABAergic compounds
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A method is disclosed for potentiating mammalian GABA A receptor responses to GABA. The receptor responses are potentiated according to the invention by contacting GABA A receptors with GABA and an effective amount of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, in particular, fenamates and structurally related compounds.
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- Substituted 1,3-Dihydro-2H-pyrrolopyridin-2-ones as Potential Antiinflammatory Agents
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A series of analogues based on the 1,3-dihydro-2H-pyrrolopyridin-2-one ring system have been synthesized and shown to possess oral antiinflammatory activity in both the reverse passive Arthus reaction (RPAR) pleural cavity assay in rats and in the adjuvant-induced arthritic rat model (AAR).Several members of this series additionally exhibit an inhibitory effect on the in vivo production of prostaglandin- and leukotriene-derived products or arachidonic acid metabolism although these compounds exhibit no significant inhibitory activity against the cyclooxygenase and 5-lipoxygenase enzymes in vitro.Structure-activity relationships in this series are discussed.
- Ting, Pauline C.,Kaminski, James J.,Sherlock, Margaret H.,Tom, Wing C.,Lee, Joe F.,et al.
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p. 2697 - 2706
(2007/10/02)
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- Esters and amides containing the 1-(4-chlorobenzoyl)-5-methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indole-3-acetyl moiety
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Compounds of the formula STR1 wherein each X, which may be identical or different from the other X, is oxygen or imino; R1 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or bromine; R2 and R3, which may be identical or different from each other, are each hydrogen; unsubstituted or mono-substituted alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, where the substituent is phenyl or dialkylamino with 1 to 3 carbon atoms in each alkyl moiety; pyridyl; or cycloalkyl of 5 to 7 carbon atoms; R2 and R3, together with each other and the nitrogen atoms to which they are attached, are pyrrolidino, piperidino, hexamethyleneimino, morpholino, N-aryl-piperazino or N-(alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms)-piperazino; A is cycloalkylene of 5 to 7 carbon atoms; unsubstituted or substituted alkylene of 2 to 10 carbon atoms, where the substituents are one to two alkyls of 1 to 3 carbon atoms each, one to two carbalkoxys of 2 to 4 carbon atoms each, one to two phenyls, one to four hydroxyls, one halomethyl, one hydroxymethyl, one alkanoyloxy of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, one alkanoyloxymethyl of 1 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkanoyl moiety or one STR2 where R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings previously defined; or alkylene of 2 to 10 carbon atoms interrupted by oxygen, sulfur, sulfoxide, sulfonyl, phenyl, cyclohexyl, pyridyl, piperazino or unsubstituted or substituted imino, where the substituent on the imino group is alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, phenyl or phenylalkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety; B is the acyl residue of an antiphlogistic carboxylic acid; and their non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts. The compounds as well as their salts are useful as anti-inflammatories.
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