34805-23-7Relevant articles and documents
DIPEPTIDE MIMETICS OF NGF AND BDNF NEUROTROPHINS
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, (2019/04/16)
The invention relates to compounds having either agonist or antagonist activities for the neurotrophins NGF and BDNF and represented by monomeric or dimeric substituted dipeptides that are analogs of the exposed portions of loop 1 or loop 4 regions of these neurotrophins near or at a beta-turn of the respective loop. N-acylated substituents of these dipeptides are biostereoisomers of the amino acid residues preceding these dipeptide sequences in the neurotrophin primary structure. The dimeric structure is produced advantageously by using hexatnethylenediaanine to which dipeptides are attached via their carboxyl groups. The claimed compounds displayed neuroprotective and differentiation-inducing activities in cellular models and enhanced the amount of phosphorylated tyrosine kinase A and the heat shock proteins Hsp32 and Hsp70 in the concentration range of 10 -9 to 10 -5 M. They also displayed neuroprotective, anti-parkinsonian, anti-stroke, anti-ischemic, anti-depressant and anti-amnestic activities in animal models and were active in experimental models of Alzheimer's disease. These in vivo effects of the claimed compounds are displayed in the dose range of 0.01 to 10 mg/kg when administered intraperitoneally.
Active Site Mapping of Human CathepsinF with Dipeptide Nitrile Inhibitors
Schmitz, Janina,Furtmann, Norbert,Ponert, Moritz,Frizler, Maxim,L?ser, Reik,Bartz, Ulrike,Bajorath, Jürgen,Gütschow, Michael
, p. 1365 - 1377 (2015/08/03)
Cleavage of the invariant chain is the key event in the trafficking pathway of major histocompatibility complex classII. CathepsinS is the major processing enzyme of the invariant chain, but cathepsinF acts in macrophages as its functional synergist which is as potent as cathepsinS in invariant chain cleavage. Dedicated low-molecular-weight inhibitors for cathepsinF have not yet been developed. An active site mapping with 52 dipeptide nitriles, reacting as covalent-reversible inhibitors, was performed to draw structure-activity relationships for the non-primed binding region of human cathepsinF. In a stepwise process, new compounds with optimized fragment combinations were designed and synthesized. These dipeptide nitriles were evaluated on human cysteine cathepsinsF, B, L, K and S. Compounds 10 (N-(4-phenylbenzoyl)-leucylglycine nitrile) and 12 (N-(4-phenylbenzoyl)leucylmethionine nitrile) were found to be potent inhibitors of human cathepsinF, with Ki values 10nM. With all dipeptide nitriles from our study, a 3D activity landscape was generated to visualize structure-activity relationships for this series of cathepsinF inhibitors. Mapping with nitriles: For human cathepsinF, low-molecular-weight inhibitors have not been developed so far. Therefore, a library of 52 dipeptide nitriles, known to interact in a covalent but reversible manner with the active site cysteine, was evaluated for cathepsinF inhibition. With the kinetic data in hand, optimized candidates were designed, synthesized, and tested to improve the activity profile as cathepsinF inhibitors.
Isoselenocyanates derived from Boc/Z-amino acids: Synthesis, isolation, characterization, and application to the efficient synthesis of unsymmetrical selenoureas and selenoureidopeptidomimetics
Chennakrishnareddy, Gundala,Nagendra, Govindappa,Hemantha, Hosahalli P.,Das, Ushati,Guru Row, Tayur N.,Sureshbabu, Vommina V.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 6718 - 6724 (2010/09/30)
Isoselenocyanates derived from Boc/Z-amino acids are prepared by the reaction of the corresponding isonitriles with selenium powder in presence of triethylamine at reflux. The utility of these new classes of isoselenocyanates in the preparation of selenoureidodipeptidomimetics possessing both amino as well as carboxy termini has been accomplished. The 1H NMR analysis confirmed that the protocol involving the conversion of isonitriles to isoselenocyanates and their use as coupling agents in assembling selenoureido derivatives is free from racemization.
