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COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING CHONDROGENESIS
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Described herein are compounds and compositions for the amelioration of arthritis or joint injuries by inducing mesenchymal stem cells into chondrocytes.
2-Arylureidobenzoic Acids: Selective Noncompetitive Antagonists for the Homomeric Kainate Receptor Subtype GluR5
Valgeirsson, Jon,Nielsen, Elsebet ?.,Peters, Dan,Varming, Thomas,Mathiesen, Claus,Kristensen, Anders S.,Madsen, Ulf
, p. 5834 - 5843 (2007/10/03)
A series of 2-arylureidobenzoic acids (AUBAs) was prepared by a short and effective synthesis, and the pharmacological activity at glutamate receptors was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. The compounds showed noncompetitive antagonistic activity at the kainate receptor subtype GluR5. The most potent compounds showed more than 50-fold selectivity for GluR5 compared to GluR6 and the AMPA receptor subtypes GluR1-4. The structure-activity relationships for the AUBAs showed distinct structural requirements for the substituents on the two aromatic ring systems. Only para-substituents were tolerated on the benzoic acid moiety (ring A), whereas ring B tolerated a variety of substituents, but with a preference for lipophilic substituents. The most potent compounds had a 4-chloro substituent on ring A and 3-chlorobenzene (6b), 2-naphthalene (8h), or 2-indole (8k) as ring B and had IC50 values of 1.3, 1.2, and 1.2 μM, respectively, in a functional GluR5 assay. Compound 6c (IC50 = 4.8 μM at GluR5) showed activity in the in vivo ATPA rigidity test, indicating that 6c has better pharmacokinetic properties than 8h, which was inactive in this test. The AUBAs are the first example of a series of noncompetitive GluR5-selective antagonists and may prove to be important pharmacological tools and leads in the search for therapeutic glutamatergic agents.
Synthesis and evaluation of inhibitors of transthyretin amyloid formation based on the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, flufenamic acid
Baures, Paul W.,Oza, Vibha B.,Peterson, Scott A.,Kelly, Jeffery W.
, p. 1339 - 1347 (2007/10/03)
A light scattering-based amyloid fibril formation assay was employed to evaluate potential inhibitors of transthyretin (TTR) amyloid fibril formation in vitro. Twenty nine aromatic small molecules, some with homology to flufenamic acid (a known non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) were tested to identify important structural features for inhibitor efficacy. The results of these experiments and earlier data suggest that likely inhibitors will have aromatic-based structures with at least two aromatic rings. The ring or fused ring system occupying the outermost TTR binding pocket needs to be substituted with an acidic functional group (e.g. a carboxylic acid) to interact with complimentary charges in the TTR binding site. The promising TTR amyloid fibril inhibitors ranked in order of efficacy are: 2>4~7>3>9>6>21 (see Structural summary of the best transthyretin amyloid fibril formation inhibitors identified in this study. The order of efficacy is: 2>4~7>3>9>6>21.). Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd.
