- Discovery of novel tubulin inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site via virtual screening, structural optimization and antitumor evaluation
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The colchicine binding site of tubulin is a promising target for discovering novel antitumor agents which exert the antiangiogenic effect and are not susceptible to multidrug resistance. For identifying novel tubulin inhibitors, structure-based virtual screening was applied to identify hit 9 which displayed moderate tubulin polymerization inhibition and broad-spectrum in vitro antitumor activity. Structural optimization was performed, and biological assay revealed analog E27 displayed the best antitumor activity with IC50 values ranging from 7.81 μM to 10.36 μM, and improved tubulin polymerization inhibitory activity (IC50 = 16.1 μM). It significantly inhibited cancer cell migration and invasion, induced cell apoptosis and arrested the cell cycle at G2/M phase. Moreover, the apoptotic effect of E27 is related to the increased ROS level, the decrease of MMP, and the abnormal expression of apoptosis-related proteins. Taken together, these results suggested E27 was a promising lead compound for discovering novel tubulin-targeted antitumor agents.
- Liu, Wei,Jia, Hairui,Guan, Minghao,Cui, Minxuan,Lan, Zhuxuan,He, Youyou,Guo, Zhongjie,Jiang, Ru,Dong, Guoqiang,Wang, Shengzheng
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- Synthesis of Novel Quinoline–Benzoxazolinone Ester Hybrids: In Vitro Anti-Inflammatory Activity and Antibacterial Activity
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Abstract: A series of novel quinoline-benzoxazolinone ester hybrids were synthesized characterized and assessed for their in vitro anti-inflammatory and antibacterial activity. The in vitro anti-inflammatory activity was executed using protein denaturation assay, proteinase inhibitory assay and human red blood cell membrane stabilization assay. Most of the compounds exhibited potential anti-inflammatory activity. Compound (2-oxobenzo[d]oxazol-3(2H)-yl)methyl-2-(thiophen-2-yl)quinoline-4-carboxylate showed a better anti-inflammatory activity than the standard drugs diclofenac sodium and indomethacin. Furthermore, antibacterial activities of the synthesized compounds were evaluated using resazurin microtiter assay (REMA) and were compared with a positive drug standard chloramphenicol. The compounds demonstrated moderate to potent antibacterial activity. (2-Oxobenzo[d]oxazol-3(2H)-yl)methyl-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)quinoline-4-carboxylate and (2-oxobenzo[d]oxazol-3(2H)-yl)methyl-2-(2-chlorophenyl)quinoline-4-carboxylate displayed excellent activity against all bacterial strains in comparison to standard chloramphenicol. Moreover, cytotoxicity was performed on MDCK cells using MTT assay and it was found that none of the synthesized derivatives possessed any cytotoxicity.
- Shaikh, Sarfaraz F.,Dhavan, Pratik P.,Singh, Pinky R.,Vaidya,Jadhav,Ramana
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(2021/05/03)
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- New quinoline/chalcone hybrids as anti-cancer agents: Design, synthesis, and evaluations of cytotoxicity and PI3K inhibitory activity
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A series of quinoline-chalcone hybrids was designed as potential anti-cancer agents, synthesized and evaluated. Different cytotoxic assays revealed that compounds experienced promising activity. Compounds 9i and 9j were the most potent against all the cell lines tested with IC50 = 1.91–5.29 μM against A549 and K-562 cells. Mechanistically, 9i and 9j induced G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in both A549 and K562 cells. Moreover, all PI3K isoforms were inhibited non selectively with IC50s of 52–473 nM when tested against the two mentioned compounds with 9i being most potent against PI3K-γ (IC50 = 52 nM). Docking of 9i and 9j showed a possible formation of H-bonding with essential valine residues in the active site of PI3K-γ isoform. Meanwhile, Western blotting analysis revealed that 9i and 9j inhibited the phosphorylation of PI3K, Akt, mTOR, as well as GSK-3β in both A549 and K562 cells, suggesting the correlation of blocking PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway with the above antitumor activities. Together, our findings support the antitumor potential of quinoline-chalcone derivatives for NSCLC and CML by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway.
- Abbas, Samar H.,Abd El-Hafeez, Amer Ali,Shoman, Mai E.,Montano, Monica M.,Hassan, Heba A.
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p. 360 - 377
(2018/11/23)
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- COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA
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The present invention relates to compounds and methods for the treatment of glioblastoma, as well as to a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds. More specifically the invention relates to substituted quinoline derivatives having the formula (I), (II) or (III), and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds for the treatment of cancer. (Formulae (I), (II), (III))
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- Phenylquinoline transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 antagonists for the treatment of pain: Discovery of 1-(2-phenylquinoline-4-carbonyl)-N-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide
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Reported herein is the design, synthesis, and pharmacologic characterization of a class of TRPV1 antagonists constructed on a phenylquinoline platform that evolved from Cinchophen lead. This design composes three sections: a phenylquinoline headgroup attached to an aliphatic carboxamides, which is tethered at a phenyl tail group. Optimization of this design led to the identification of 37, comprising a pyrrolidine linker and a trifluoromethyl–phenyl tail. In the TRPV1 functional assay, using cells expressed hTRPV1, 37 antagonized capsaicin-induced Ca2+ influx, with an IC50 value of 10.2 nM. In the complete mice analgesic model, 37 exhibited better antinociceptive activity than the positive control BCTC in diverse pain models. All of these results suggested that 37 could be considered as a lead candidate for the further development of antinociceptive drugs.
- Liao, Chen,Liu, Yan,Liu, Chunxia,Zhou, Jiaqi,Li, Huilan,Wang, Nasi,Li, Jieming,Liu, Taiyu,Ghaleb, Hesham,Huang, Wenlong,Qian, Hai
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p. 845 - 854
(2018/01/10)
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- Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 2-phenylquinoline-4-carboxamide derivatives as a new class of tubulin polymerization inhibitors
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A novel series of 2-phenylquinoline-4-carboxamide derivatives was synthesized, characterized and evaluated for its antiproliferative activity against five cancer cell lines, Hela, SK-OV-3, HCT116, A549 and MDA-MB-468, and a normal human fetal lung fibroblastic cell line, MRC-5. Among them, compound 7b displayed potent cytotoxic activity in vitro against SK-OV-3 and HCT116 cell lines with IC50 values of 0.5 and 0.2 μM, respectively. In general, the antiproliferative activity was correlated with the binding property of the colchicine binding site and inhibitory effect on tubulin polymerization. In addition, immunofluorescence and flow cytometry analysis revealed that selected compounds caused disruption of the mitotic spindle assembly and G2/M phase arrest of the cell cycle, which correlated with proliferation inhibitory activity. Molecular docking analysis demonstrated the interaction of 7b at the colchicine binding site of tubulin. These results indicate these compounds are promising inhibitors of tubulin polymerization for the potent treatment of cancer.
- Zhu, Li,Luo, Kaixiu,Li, Ke,Jin, Yi,Lin, Jun
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p. 5939 - 5951
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- Energy efficient Pfitzinger reaction: A novel strategy using a surfactant catalyst
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A novel energy efficient method for the Pfitzinger reaction is demonstrated, which is catalysed using a surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium hydroxide. The surfactant nature of the catalyst caused the substrate to be soluble in aqueous media, which enhanced the interaction of the catalyst with the substrate. An increase in the rate of reaction and more than 78% of energy saving were observed under ultrasonic irradiation.
- More, Priyanka A.,Shankarling, Ganapati S.
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p. 12380 - 12383
(2017/11/06)
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- Discovery of a Quinoline-4-carboxamide Derivative with a Novel Mechanism of Action, Multistage Antimalarial Activity, and Potent in Vivo Efficacy
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The antiplasmodial activity, DMPK properties, and efficacy of a series of quinoline-4-carboxamides are described. This series was identified from a phenotypic screen against the blood stage of Plasmodium falciparum (3D7) and displayed moderate potency but with suboptimal physicochemical properties and poor microsomal stability. The screening hit (1, EC50 = 120 nM) was optimized to lead molecules with low nanomolar in vitro potency. Improvement of the pharmacokinetic profile led to several compounds showing excellent oral efficacy in the P. berghei malaria mouse model with ED90 values below 1 mg/kg when dosed orally for 4 days. The favorable potency, selectivity, DMPK properties, and efficacy coupled with a novel mechanism of action, inhibition of translation elongation factor 2 (PfEF2), led to progression of 2 (DDD107498) to preclinical development.
- Baragana, Beatriz,Norcross, Neil R.,Wilson, Caroline,Porzelle, Achim,Hallyburton, Irene,Grimaldi, Raffaella,Osuna-Cabello, Maria,Norval, Suzanne,Riley, Jennifer,Stojanovski, Laste,Simeons, Frederick R. C.,Wyatt, Paul G.,Delves, Michael J.,Meister, Stephan,Duffy, Sandra,Avery, Vicky M.,Winzeler, Elizabeth A.,Sinden, Robert E.,Wittlin, Sergio,Frearson, Julie A.,Gray, David W.,Fairlamb, Alan H.,Waterson, David,Campbell, Simon F.,Willis, Paul,Read, Kevin D.,Gilbert, Ian H.
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(2016/11/19)
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- Design, synthesis and antitumour activity of bisquinoline derivatives connected by 4-oxy-3-fluoroaniline moiety
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A series of novel bisquinoline derivatives connected by a 4-oxy-3-fluoroaniline moiety were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro antitumour activities against a panel of five cancer cell lines (H460, HT-29, MKN-45, U87MG, and SMMC-7721). Most of compounds tested showed a potent activity and high selectivity towards the H460 and MKN-45 cell lines. Among the compounds tested, six (15d, 15e, 15m, 15n, 16a, and 16i) were further examined for their c-Met kinase activity; the compounds showed high efficacy with IC 50 values in the single-digit nM range. An analysis of structure-activity relationships indicated that an unsubstituted or a halogen-substituted phenyl ring on the 2-arylquinoline-4-carboxamide moiety was favourable for antitumour activity.
- Li, Sai,Huang, Qiang,Liu, Yajing,Zhang, Xiaolong,Liu, Shuang,He, Chao,Gong, Ping
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- NEW ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE (ACC) INHIBITORS AND USES IN TREATMENTS OF OBESITY AND DIABETES MELLITUS - 087
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The present invention relates to Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase (ACC) inhibitors according to formula (I), or an enantiomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, E, L, Z and n are as defined herein, to processes for preparing such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to the use of such inhibitors and to methods for th eir therapeutic use, particularly in the treatments of obesity and diabetes mellitus.
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- Discovery of a novel class of selective non-peptide antagonists for the human neurokinin-3 receptor. 1. Identification of the 4-quinolinecarboxamide framework
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A novel class of potent and selective non-peptide neurokinin-3 (NK-3) receptor antagonists, featuring the 4-quinolinecarboxamide framework, has been designed based upon chemically diverse NK-1 receptor antagonists. The novel compounds 33-76, prompted by chemical modifications of the prototype 4, have been characterized by binding analysis using a membrane preparation of chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing the human neurokinin-3 receptors (hNK-3-CHO), and clear structure-activity relationships (SARs) have been established. From SARs, (R)-N-[α-(methoxycarbonyl)benzyl]-2- phenylquinoline-4-carboxamide (65, SB 218795, hNK-3-CHO binding K(i) = 13 nM) emerged as one of the most potent compounds of this novel class. Selectivity studies versus the other neurokinin receptors (hNK-2-CHO and hNK-1-CHO) revealed that 65 is about 90-fold selective for hNK-3 versus hNK-2 receptors (hNK-2-CHO binding K(i) = 1221 nM) and over 7000-fold selective versus hNK-1 receptors (hNK-1-CHO binding K(i) = >100 μM). In vitro functional studies in rabbit isolated iris sphincter muscle preparation demonstrated that 65 is a competitive antagonist of the contractile response induced by the potent and selective NK-3 receptor agonist senktide with a K(b) = 43 nM. Overall, the data indicate that 65 is a potent and selective hNK-3 receptor antagonist and a useful lead for further chemical optimization.
- Giardina, Giuseppe A. M.,Sarau, Henry M.,Farina, Carlo,Medhurst, Andrew D.,Grugni, Mario,Raveglia, Luca F.,Schmidt, Dulcie B.,Rigolio, Roberto,Luttmann, Mark,Vecchietti, Vittorio,Hay, Douglas W. P.
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