151978-66-4Relevant articles and documents
Design of highly potent urea-based, exosite-binding inhibitors selective for glutamate carboxypeptidase II
Tykvart, Jan,Schimer, Ji?í,Jan?a?ík, Andrej,Ba?inková, Jitka,Navrátil, Václav,Starková, Jana,?rámková, Karolína,Konvalinka, Jan,Majer, Pavel,?ácha, Pavel
, p. 4357 - 4363 (2015)
We present here a structure-aided design of inhibitors targeting the active site as well as exosites of glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII), a prostate cancer marker, preparing potent and selective inhibitors that are more than 1000-fold more active tow
Multifunctional D2/D3 agonist D-520 with high in vivo efficacy: Modulator of toxicity of alpha-synuclein aggregates
Modi, Gyan,Voshavar, Chandrashekhar,Gogoi, Sanjib,Shah, Mrudang,Antonio, Tamara,Reith, Maarten E. A.,Dutta, Aloke K.
, p. 700 - 717 (2014/11/08)
We have developed a series of dihydroxy compounds and related analogues based on our hybrid D2/D3 agonist molecular template to develop multifunctional drugs for symptomatic and neuroprotective treatment for Parkinson"s disease (PD). The lead compound (-)-24b (D-520) exhibited high agonist potency at D2/D3 receptors and produced efficacious activity in the animal models for PD. The data from thioflavin T (ThT) assay and from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis demonstrate that D-520 is able to modulate aggregation of alpha-synuclein (αSN). Additionally, coincubation of D-520 with αSN is able to reduce toxicity of preformed aggregates of αSN compared to control αSN alone. Finally, in a neuroprotection study with dopaminergic MN9D cells, D-520 clearly demonstrated the effect of neuroprotection from toxicity of 6-hydroxydopamine. Thus, compound D-520 possesses properties characteristic of multifunctionality conducive to symptomatic and neuroprotective treatment of PD.
Further delineation of hydrophobic binding sites in dopamine D 2/D3 receptors for N-4 substituents on the piperazine ring of the hybrid template 5/7-{[2-(4-aryl-piperazin-1-yl)-ethyl]-propyl-amino}-5, 6,7,8-tetrahydro-naphthalen-2-ol
Ghosh, Balaram,Antonio, Tamara,Gopishetty, Bhaskar,Reith, Maarten,Dutta, Aloke
experimental part, p. 5661 - 5674 (2010/10/01)
Here we report a structure-activity relationship (SAR) study of analogues of 5/7-{[2-(4-aryl-piperazin-1-yl)-ethyl]-propyl-amino}-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro- naphthalen-2-ol. Our SAR is focused on introduction of various substitutions in the piperazine ring of the hybrid template. The goal behind this study is to delineate the nature of the binding pocket for N-aryl substitution in the piperazine ring by observing the effect of various hydrophobic and other heteroaromatic substitutions on binding affinity (Ki), as measured with tritiated spiperone and HEK-293 cells expressing either D2 or D3 receptors. Functional activity of selected compounds was assessed with the GTPγS binding assay. Compound 8d was the most selective for the D3 receptor in the spiperone binding assay. An interesting similarity in binding affinity was observed between isoquinoline derivative D-301 and the 2-substituted pyridine derivative 8d, suggesting the importance of relative spatial relationships between the N-atom of the ligand and the molecular determinants of the binding pocket in D2/D3 receptors. Functional activity assays demonstrated high potency and selectivity of (+)-8a and (-)-28b (D2/D3 (ratio of EC50): 105 and 202, respectively) for the D3 receptor and both compounds were more selective compared to the reference drug ropinirole (D2/D3 (ratio of EC50): 29.5).