- Discovery of a series of ester-substituted NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors
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The NLRP3 inflammasome is a component of the innate immune system involved in the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Aberrant activation by a wide range of exogenous and endogenous signals can lead to chronic, low-grade inflammation. It has attracted a great deal of interest as a drug target due to the association with diseases of large unmet medical need such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, arthritis, and cancer. To date, no drugs specifically targeting inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome have been approved. In this work, we used the known NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor CP-456,773 (aka CRID3 or MCC 950) as our starting point and undertook a Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) analysis and subsequent scaffold-hopping exercise. This resulted in the rational design of a series of novel ester-substituted urea compounds that are highly potent and selective NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors, as exemplified by compounds 44 and 45. It is hypothesized that the ester moiety acts as a highly permeable delivery vehicle and is subsequently hydrolyzed to the carboxylic acid active species by carboxylesterase enzymes. These molecules are greatly differentiated from the state-of-the-art and offer potential in the treatment of NLRP3-driven diseases, particularly where tissue penetration is required.
- Harrison, David,Boutard, Nicolas,Brzozka, Krzysztof,Bugaj, Marta,Chmielewski, Stefan,Cierpich, Anna,Doedens, John R.,Fabritius, Charles-Henry R.Y.,Gabel, Christopher A.,Galezowski, Michal,Kowalczyk, Piotr,Levenets, Oleksandr,Mroczkowska, Magdalena,Palica, Katarzyna,Porter, Roderick A.,Schultz, David,Sowinska, Marta,Topolnicki, Grzegorz,Urbanski, Piotr,Woyciechowski, Jakub,Watt, Alan P.
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(2020/10/02)
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- SULFONYLUREAS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AND USE OF SAME
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ABSTRACT The present invention provides for certain sulfonyl ureas and related compounds which have advantageous properties and show useful activity in the inhibition of activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders in which the inflammation process, or more specifically the NLRP3 inflammasome, have been implicated as being a key factor.
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- Structure-activity relationships and colorimetric properties of specific probes for the putative cancer biomarker human arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1
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A naphthoquinone inhibitor of human arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1 (hNAT1), a potential cancer biomarker and therapeutic target, has been reported which undergoes a distinctive concomitant color change from red to blue upon binding to the enzyme. Here we describe the use of in silico modeling alongside structure-activity relationship studies to advance the hit compound towards a potential probe to quantify hNAT1 levels in tissues. Derivatives with both a fifty-fold higher potency against hNAT1 and a two-fold greater absorption coefficient compared to the initial hit have been synthesized; these compounds retain specificity for hNAT1 and its murine homologue mNat2 over the isoenzyme hNAT2. A relationship between pKa, inhibitor potency and colorimetric properties has also been uncovered. The high potency of representative examples against hNAT1 in ZR-75-1 cell extracts also paves the way for the development of inhibitors with improved intrinsic sensitivity which could enable detection of hNAT1 in tissue samples and potentially act as tools for elucidating the unknown role hNAT1 plays in ER+ breast cancer; this could in turn lead to a therapeutic use for such inhibitors.
- Egleton, James E.,Thinnes, Cyrille C.,Seden, Peter T.,Laurieri, Nicola,Lee, Siu Po,Hadavizadeh, Kate S.,Measures, Angelina R.,Jones, Alan M.,Thompson, Sam,Varney, Amy,Wynne, Graham M.,Ryan, Ali,Sim, Edith,Russell, Angela J.
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p. 3030 - 3054
(2014/05/20)
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- N-[(2,6-Dimethoxypyrimidin-4-yl)]aminocarbonyl benzene sulfonamides and their herbicidal compositions and methods of use
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N-(heterocyclicaminocarbonyl)sulfonamides, such as N-[(2,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-4-yl)aminocarbonyl]-2-methylbenzenesulfonamide are useful for the regulation of plant growth and as preemergence and postemergence herbicides.
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- Herbicidal sulfonamides
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N-(heterocyclicaminocarbonyl)arylsulfonamides, such as N-[(4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)aminocarbonyl] benzenesulfonamide, are useful for the regulation of plant growth and as herbicides, particularly for controlling nutsedge.
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