2899-29-8Relevant articles and documents
Tryptophanol‐derived oxazolopyrrolidone lactams as potential anticancer agents against gastric adenocarcinoma
Espadinha, Margarida,Barcherini, Valentina,Gon?alves, Lídia M.,Molins, Elies,Antunes, Alexandra M. M.,Santos, Maria M. M.
, (2021/03/26)
Gastric cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in modern societies, so there is a high level of interest in discovering new drugs for this malignancy. Previously, we demonstrated the ability of tryptophanol‐derived polycyclic compounds to activate the tumor suppressor protein p53, a relevant therapeutic target in cancer. In this work, we developed a novel series of enantiomerically pure tryptophanol‐derived small molecules to target human gastric adenocarcinoma (AGS) cells. From an initial screening of fourteen compounds in AGS cell line, a hit compound was selected for optimization, leading to two derivatives selective for AGS gastric cells over other types of cancer cells (MDA‐MB‐231, A‐549, DU‐145, and MG‐63). More importantly, the compounds were non‐toxic in normal cells (HEK 293T). Additionally, we show that the growth inhibition of AGS cells induced by these compounds is mediated by apoptosis. Stability studies in human plasma and human liver microsomes indicate that the compounds are stable, and that the major metabolic transformations of these molecules are mono‐ and di‐hydroxylation of the indole ring.
Bisindole alkaloid compound as well as synthesis method and application thereof
-
Paragraph 0052-0053; 0071-0074, (2021/08/14)
The invention discloses a bisindole alkaloid compound as well as a synthesis method and application thereof. The compound has a structure as shown in formula I. In the formula I, R1 is independently selected from C1-C4 alkoxy or hydrogen; if R1 is alkoxy, n is 1 or 2; R2 is independently selected from C1-C4 alkyl groups or hydrogen; R3 is independently selected from a group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy carbonyl groups or hydrogen; R4 is hydrogen; R5 is independently selected from a C1-C4 alkyl group or a C1-C4 hydroxyalkyl group; and R6 is independently selected from carbonyl, hydroxyl or hydrogen. The bisindole alkaloid compound can selectively relax pulmonary artery, inhibit proliferation of pulmonary artery endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells, reduce right ventricular diastolic pressure of mice with pulmonary arterial hypertension and inhibit right ventricular hypertrophy. The bisindole alkaloid compound can resist drug addiction in a dose-dependent manner, has a chemical structure type different from that of an existing anti-addiction drug, and is expected to be developed into a novel anti-addiction drug.
An increase in side-group hydrophobicity largely improves the potency of ritonavir-like inhibitors of CYP3A4
Samuels, Eric R.,Sevrioukova, Irina F.
, (2020/02/13)
Identification of structural determinants required for potent inhibition of drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) could help develop safer drugs and more effective pharmacoenhancers. We utilize a rational inhibitor design to decipher structure-activity relationships in analogues of ritonavir, a highly potent CYP3A4 inhibitor marketed as pharmacoenhancer. Analysis of compounds with the R1 side-group as phenyl or naphthalene and R2 as indole or naphthalene in different stereo configuration showed that (i) analogues with the R2-naphthalene tend to bind tighter and inhibit CYP3A4 more potently than the R2-phenyl/indole containing counterparts; (ii) stereochemistry becomes a more important contributing factor, as the bulky side-groups limit the ability to optimize protein-ligand interactions; (iii) the relationship between the R1/R2 configuration and preferential binding to CYP3A4 is complex and depends on the side-group functionality/interplay and backbone spacing; and (iv) three inhibitors, 5a-b and 7d, were superior to ritonavir (IC50 of 0.055–0.085 μM vs. 0.130 μM, respectively).
