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Novel, potent and selective 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 inhibitors as potential therapeutics for osteoporosis with dual human and mouse activities
Perspicace, Enrico,Cozzoli, Liliana,Gargano, Emanuele M.,Hanke, Nina,Carotti, Angelo,Hartmann, Rolf W.,Marchais-Oberwinkler, Sandrine
, p. 317 - 337 (2014/07/21)
17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (17β-HSD2) is responsible for the oxidation of the highly active estradiol (E2) and testosterone (T) into the less potent estrone (E1) and Δ4-androstene-3,17-dione (Δ4-AD), respectively. As 17β-HSD2 is present in bones and as estradiol and testosterone are able to induce bone formation and repress bone resorption, inhibition of this enzyme could be a new promising approach for the treatment of osteoporosis. Herein, we describe the design, the synthesis and the biological evaluation of 24 new 17β-HSD2 inhibitors in the 5-substituted thiophene-2-carboxamide class. Structure-activity and structure-selectivity relationships have been explored by variation of the sulfur atom position in the central core, exchange of the thiophene by a thiazole, substitution of the amide group with a larger moiety, exchange of the N-methylamide group with bioisosteres like N-methylsulfonamide, N-methylthioamide and ketone, and substitutions at positions 2 and 3 of the thiophene core with alkyl and phenyl groups leading to 2,3,5-trisubstituted thiophene derivatives. The compounds were evaluated on human and mouse enzymes. From this study, a novel highly potent and selective compound in both human and mouse 17β-HSD2 enzymes was identified, compound 21 (IC 50(h17β-HSD2) = 235 nM, selectivity factor toward h17β-HSD1 = 95, IC50 (m17β-HSD2) = 54 nM). This new compound 21 could be used for an in vivo proof of principle to demonstrate the true therapeutic efficacy of 17β-HSD2 inhibitors in osteoporosis. New structural insights into the active sites of the human and mouse enzymes were gained.
Superactivation of the botulinum neurotoxin serotype A light chain metalloprotease: A new wrinkle in botulinum neurotoxin
McAllister, Laura A.,Hixon, Mark S.,Kennedy, Jack P.,Dickerson, Tobin J.,Janda, Kim D.
, p. 4176 - 4177 (2007/10/03)
Small molecules based upon a 2-acylguanidine-5-phenyl thiophene scaffold that can activate the light chain metalloprotease of botulinum neurotoxin serotype A (BoNT LC/A) by an apparent reduction in Km are reported. On the basis of structure-act
Microwave-Assisted Aqueous Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions
Blettner, Carsten G.,Koenig, Wilfried A.,Stenzel, Wolfgang,Schotten, Theo
, p. 3885 - 3890 (2007/10/03)
The poly(ethylene glycol) ester of bromo-, iodo-, and triflate-para-substituted benzoates are smoothly cross-coupled with aryl boronic acids (Suzuki reaction) under "ligandless" palladium acetate catalysis in water. The reaction proceeds without organic cosolvent under conventional thermal conditions (70°C, 2 h) and under microwave irradiation (75 W, 2-4 min). The polymeric support remains stable under both reaction conditions. Whereas conventional thermal conditions induced ester cleavage (up to 45%), this side reaction is suppressed when microwave conditions are employed. Aryl nonaflates give fair yields under these conditions. Non-polymer-bound aryl halides form biaryls in good to excellent yields in water/poly(ethylene glycol) mixtures under microwave irradiation (4 min, 75 W).
