314263-24-6Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Identification of anthranilic acid derivatives as a novel class of allosteric inhibitors of hepatitis C NS5B polymerase
Nittoli, Thomas,Curran, Kevin,Insaf, Shabana,DiGrandi, Martin,Orlowski, Mark,Chopra, Rajiv,Agarwal, Atul,Howe, Anita Y. M.,Prashad, Amar,Floyd, M. Brawner,Johnson, Bernard,Sutherland, Alan,Wheless, Karen,Feld, Boris,O'Connell, John,Mansour, Tarek S.,Bloom, Jonathan
, p. 2108 - 2116 (2008/02/06)
A series of potent anthranilic acid-based inhibitors of the hepatitis C NS5B polymerase has been identified. The inhibitors bind to a site on NS5B between the thumb and palm regions adjacent to the active site as determined by X-ray crystallography of the enzyme-inhibitor complex. Guided by both molecular modeling and traditional SAR, the enzyme activity of the initial hit was improved by approximately 100-fold, yielding a series of potent and selective NS5B inhibitors with IC50 values as low as 10 nM. These compounds were also inhibitors of the HCV replicon in cultured HUH7 cells.
Presynaptic cholinergic modulators as potent cognition enhancers and analgesic drugs. 2. 2-Phenoxy-, 2-(phenylthio)-, and 2-(phenylamino)alkanoic acid esters
Gualtieri,Bottalico,Calandrella,Dei,Giovannoni,Mealli,Romanelli,Scapecchi,Teodori,Galeotti,Ghelardini,Giotti,Bartolini
, p. 1712 - 1719 (2007/10/02)
Further modifications of the leads ((R)-(+)-hyoscyamine and (p- chlorophenyl)propionic acid α-tropanyl ester), which show analgesic and nootropic activities as a consequence of increased central presynaptic ACh release, are reported. 2-Phenoxy- and 2-(phenylthio)alkanoic acid esters showed the best results. Several members of these classes possess analgesic properties which are comparable to that of morphine and at the same time are able to reverse dicyclomine-induced amnesia. Confirmation was found that the mechanism of action is due to an increase in ACh release at central muscarinic synapses and that both auto- and heteroreceptors controlling ACh release are very likely involved. According to the results obtained with (R)- (+)-hyoscyamine, analgesic activity is stereochemistry dependent, since the R-(+)-enantiomers are always more efficacious than the corresponding S-(-)- ones. On the basis of their potency and acute toxicity, compounds (±)-28 (SM21) and (±)-42 (SM32) were selected for further study.
Carboxylic acids and chloride conductance in skeletal muscle: Influence on the pharmacological activity induced by the chain substituents and the distance between the phenolic group and the carboxylic function in 4-chloro-phenoxy alkanoic acids
Loiodice,Ferorelli,Tangari,Bettoni,Tortorella,Pierno,De Luca,Tricarico,Conte-Camerino
, p. 45 - 63 (2007/10/02)
Some analogues of 2-(4-chloro-phenoxy)-propionic acid have been synthesized to evaluate the influence on the skeletal muscle chloride conductance of the distance between the phenolic and the carboxylic groups and/or the presence of substituents and chiral centers differently located on the carbon chain. Absolute configuration and/or chiroptical properties of the chiral compounds synthesized have been determined. These compounds, differently from fibrates, show a very low activity on chloride conductance and no remarkable correlation of this parameter with the absolute configuration.
