22427-65-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
The Influence of Substitution on Thiol-Induced Oxanorbornadiene Fragmentation
De Pascalis, Lucrezia,Yau, Mei-Kwan,Svatunek, Dennis,Tan, Zhuoting,Tekkam, Srinivas,Houk,Finn
supporting information, p. 3751 - 3754 (2021/05/10)
Oxanorbornadienes (ONDs) undergo facile Michael addition with thiols and then fragment by a retro-Diels-Alder (rDA) reaction, a unique two-step sequence among electrophilic cleavable linkages. The rDA reaction rate was explored as a function of the furan
N-(4-acetamidophenyl)-5-acetylfuran-2-carboxamide as a novel orally available diuretic that targets urea transporters with improved PD and PK properties
Ge, Zemei,He, Jinzhao,Li, Min,Li, Runtao,Li, Xiaowei,Wang, Shuyuan,Xu, Yue,Yang, Baoxue,Zhang, Shun,Zhao, Yan,Zhou, Hong
, (2021/10/04)
Urea transporters (UTs) have been identified as new targets for diuretics. Functional deletion of UTs led to urea-selective urinary concentrating defects with relative salt sparing. In our previous study, a UT inhibitor with a diarylamide scaffold, which is denoted as 11a, was demonstrated as the first orally available UT inhibitor. However, the oral bioavailability of 11a was only 4.38%, which obstructed its clinical application. In this work, by replacing the nitro group of 11a with an acetyl group, 25a was obtained. Compared with 11a, 25a showed a 10 times stronger inhibitory effect on UT-B (0.14 μM vs. 1.41 μM in rats, and 0.48 μM vs. 5.82 μM in mice) and a much higher inhibition rate on UT-A1. Moreover, the metabolic stability both in vitro and in vivo and the drug-like properties (permeability and solubility) of 25a were obviously improved compared with those of 11a. Moreover, the bioavailability of 25a was 15.18%, which was 3 times higher than that of 11a, thereby resulting in significant enhancement of the diuretic activities in rats and mice. 25a showed excellent potential for development as a promising clinical diuretic candidate for targeting UTs to treat diseases that require long-term usage of diuretics, such as hyponatremia.
Structural modulation study of inhibitory compounds for ribonuclease H activity of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase
Yanagita, Hiroshi,Fudo, Satoshi,Urano, Emiko,Ichikawa, Reiko,Ogata, Masakazu,Yokota, Mizuho,Murakami, Tsutomu,Wu, Honggui,Chiba, Joe,Komano, Jun,Hoshino, Tyuji
body text, p. 764 - 771 (2012/09/07)
Reverse transcriptase of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has two enzymatic functions. One of the functions is ribonuclease (RNase) H activity concerning the digestion of only RNA of RNA/DNA hybrid. The RNase H activity is an attractive target for a new class of anti-HIV drugs because no approved inhibitor is available now. In our previous studies, an agent bearing 5-nitro-furan-2-carboxylic acid ester core was found from chemical screening and dozens of the derivatives were synthesized to improve compound potency. In this work, some parts of the chemical structure were modulated to deepen our understanding of the structure-activity relationship of the analogous compounds. Several derivatives having nitro-furan-phenyl-ester skeleton were shown to be potent RNase H inhibitors. Attaching methoxy-carbonyl and methoxy groups to the phenyl ring increased the inhibitory potency. No significant cytotoxicity was observed for these active derivatives. In contrast, the derivatives having nitro-furan-benzyl-ester skeleton showed modest inhibitory activities regardless of attaching diverse kinds of functional groups to the benzyl ring. Both the modulation of the 5-nitro-furan-2-carboxylic moiety and the conversion of the ester linkage resulted in a drastic decrease in inhibitory potency. These findings are informative for designing potent inhibitors of RNase H enzymatic activity of HIV-1.
