15198-07-9Relevant articles and documents
Discovery of potent inhibitors of Schistosoma mansoni NAD+ catabolizing enzyme
Jacques, Sylvain A.,Kuhn, Isabelle,Koniev, Oleksandr,Schuber, Francis,Lund, Frances E.,Wagner, Alain,Muller-Steffner, Héleìne,Kellenberger, Esther
, p. 3582 - 3592 (2015)
The blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni is the causative agent of the intestinal form of schistosomiasis (or bilharzia). Emergence of Schistosoma mansoni with reduced sensitivity to praziquantel, the drug currently used to treat this neglected disease, has underlined the need for development of new strategies to control schistosomiasis. Our ability to screen drug libraries for antischistosomal compounds has been hampered by the lack of validated S. mansoni targets. In the present work, we describe a virtual screening approach to identify inhibitors of S. mansoni NAD+ catabolizing enzyme (SmNACE), a receptor enzyme suspected to be involved in immune evasion by the parasite at the adult stage. Docking of commercial libraries into a homology model of the enzyme has led to the discovery of two in vitro micromolar inhibitors. Further structure-activity relationship studies have allowed a 3-log gain in potency, accompanied by a largely enhanced selectivity for the parasitic enzyme over the human homologue CD38.
Structure-Activity Study of Nitazoxanide Derivatives as Novel STAT3 Pathway Inhibitors
Lü, Zirui,Li, Xiaona,Li, Kebin,Wang, Cong,Du, Tingting,Huang, Wei,Ji, Ming,Li, Changhong,Xu, Fengrong,Xu, Ping,Niu, Yan
supporting information, p. 696 - 703 (2021/05/04)
We identified nitazoxanide (NTZ) as a moderate STAT3 pathway inhibitor through immunoblot analysis and a cell-based IL-6/JAK/STAT3 pathway activation assay. A series of thiazolide derivatives were designed and synthesized to further validate the thiazolide scaffold as STAT3 inhibitors. Eight out of 25 derivatives displayed potencies greater than that of NTZ, and their STAT3 pathway inhibitory activities were found to be significantly correlated with their antiproliferative activities in HeLa cells. Derivatives 15 and 24 were observed to be more potent than the positive control WP1066, which is under phase I clinical trials. Compared with NTZ, 15 also exhibited much improved in vivo pharmacokinetic parameters in rats and efficacies against proliferations in multiple cancer cell lines, indicating a broad-spectrum effect of these thiazolides as antitumor agents targeted on STAT3.
SAR optimization studies on modified salicylamides as a potential treatment for acute myeloid leukemia through inhibition of the CREB pathway
Chae, Hee-Don,Cox, Nick,Capolicchio, Samanta,Lee, Jae Wook,Horikoshi,Kam, Sharon,Ng, Andrew A.,Edwards, Jeffrey,Butler, Tae-León,Chan, Justin,Lee, Yvonne,Potter, Garrett,Capece, Mark C.,Liu, Corey W.,Wakatsuki, Soichi,Smith, Mark,Sakamoto, Kathleen M.
supporting information, p. 2307 - 2315 (2019/06/27)
Disruption of cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element binding protein (CREB) provides a potential new strategy to address acute leukemia, a disease associated with poor prognosis, and for which conventional treatment options often carry a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. We describe the structure-activity relationships (SAR) for a series of XX-650-23 derived from naphthol AS-E phosphate that disrupts binding and activation of CREB by the CREB-binding protein (CBP). Through the development of this series, we identified several salicylamides that are potent inhibitors of acute leukemia cell viability through inhibition of CREB-CBP interaction. Among them, a biphenyl salicylamide, compound 71, was identified as a potent inhibitor of CREB-CBP interaction with improved physicochemical properties relative to previously described derivatives of naphthol AS-E phosphate.
