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Discovery of Potent Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors as Effective Anticonvulsant Agents: Drug Design, Synthesis, and in Vitro and in Vivo Investigations
Mishra, Chandra Bhushan,Kumari, Shikha,Angeli, Andrea,Bua, Silvia,Mongre, Raj Kumar,Tiwari, Manisha,Supuran, Claudiu T.
, p. 3100 - 3114 (2021/04/12)
Two sets of benzenesulfonamide-based effective human carbonic anhydrase (hCA) inhibitors have been developed using the tail approach. The inhibitory action of these novel molecules was examined against four isoforms: HCA I, hCA II, hCA VII, and hCA XII. Most of the molecules disclosed low to medium nanomolar range inhibition against all tested isoforms. Some of the synthesized derivatives selectively inhibited the epilepsy-involved isoforms hCA II and hCA VII, showing low nanomolar affinity. The anticonvulsant activity of selected sulfonamides was assessed using the maximal electroshock seizure (MES) and subcutaneous pentylenetetrazole (sc-PTZ) in vivo models of epilepsy. These potent CA inhibitors effectively inhibited seizures in both epilepsy models. The most effective compounds showed long duration of action and abolished MES-induced seizures up to 6 h after drug administration. These sulfonamides were found to be orally active anticonvulsants, being nontoxic in neuronal cell lines and in animal models.
Synthesis and photophysical investigation of (BTHN) Schiff base as off-on Cd2+ fluorescent chemosensor and its live cell imaging
Khan, Salman A.,Ullah, Qasim,Almalki, Abdulraheem S.A.,Kumar, Sanjay,Obaid, Rami J.,Alsharif, Meshari A.,Alfaifi,Hashmi, Authar Adil
, (2021/02/05)
A Schiff base, 1-[2-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)hydrazinylidene]methyl-naphthalen-2-ol (BTHN) have been synthesized by the condensation of 2-hydrazinobenzothiazole and 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde. Structure of BTHN has been determined with the help of spectroscopic techniques and elemental analysis. Photophysical parameters of the BTHN were studied in the different solvents of varying polarity. The photophysical parameter were largely affected by the varying polarity and absorption as well as emission spectra showed strong bathochromic shift. Further, interactions of the BTHN dye with metal ions were also explored by spectrofluorimetry and BTHN found to be an excellent off-on chemosensor for Cd2+ in DMF-H2O solution. The molecular coordination complex between BTHN with Cd2+ is 1:1, confirmed by Benesi-Hildebrand and Job-plot method. In addition, the BTHN has been effectively employed for the fluorescence imaging of cadmium ions in the living cells.
Chemical Genetics Reveals a Role of Squalene Synthase in TGFβ Signaling and Cardiomyogenesis
Takemoto, Yasushi,Kadota, Shin,Minami, Itsunari,Otsuka, Shinya,Okuda, Satoshi,Abo, Masahiro,Punzalan, Louvy Lynn,Shen, Yan,Shiba, Yuji,Uesugi, Motonari
supporting information, p. 21824 - 21831 (2021/08/30)
KY02111 is a widely used small molecule that boosts cardiomyogenesis of the mesoderm cells derived from pluripotent stem cells, yet its molecular mechanism of action remains elusive. The present study resolves the initially perplexing effects of KY02111 on Wnt signaling and subsequently identifies squalene synthase (SQS) as a molecular target of KY02111 and its optimized version, KY-I. By disrupting the interaction of SQS with cardiac ER-membrane protein TMEM43, KY02111 impairs TGFβ signaling, but not Wnt signaling, and thereby recapitulates the clinical mutation of TMEM43 that causes arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), an inherited heart disease that involves a substitution of myocardium with fatty tissue. These findings reveal a heretofore undescribed role of SQS in TGFβ signaling and cardiomyogenesis. KY02111 may find its use in ARVC modeling as well as serve as a chemical tool for studying TGFβ/SMAD signaling.