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Structural understanding of 5-(4-hydroxy-phenyl)-N-(2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)-ethyl)-3-oxopentanamide as a neuroprotectant for Alzheimer's disease
Green, Jakob,Jiang, Yuqi,Kellogg, Glen E.,Saathoff, John,Xu, Yiming,Zhang, Shijun
supporting information, (2021/05/19)
In our continuing efforts to develop novel neuroprotectants for Alzheimer's disease (AD), a series of analogs based on a lead compound that was recently shown to target the mitochondrial complex I were designed, synthesized and biologically characterized to understand the structure features that are important for neuroprotective activities. The results from a cellular AD model highlighted the important roles of the 4-OH on the phenyl ring and the 5-OCH3 on the indole ring of the lead compound. The results also demonstrated that the β-keto moiety can be modified to retain or improve the neuroprotective activity. Docking studies of selected analogs to the FMN site of mitochondrial complex I also supported the observed neuroprotective activities. Collectively, the results provide further information to guide optimization and development of analogs based on this chemical scaffold as neuroprotectants with a novel mechanism of action for AD.
Enantioselective Total Synthesis and Absolute Configuration Assignment of (+)-Tronocarpine Enabled by an Asymmetric Michael/Aldol Reaction
Han, Fu-She,Liu, Chao-You,Tan, Dong-Xing,Zhou, Jie
supporting information, p. 3834 - 3839 (2020/02/11)
We present the first asymmetric total synthesis and absolute configuration determination of (+)-tronocarpine. The [6.5.7.6.6] pentacyclic core was constructed at an early stage by using a sequential cyclization strategy through a newly developed catalytic asymmetric Michael/aldol cascade to build the aza[3.3.1]-bridged cycle and a tandem reduction/hemiamidation procedure to assemble the seven-membered lactam. The side-chain functionalities were incorporated at a late stage by several appropriately orchestrated manipulations under mild conditions. The synthesis of enantiomerically pure (+)-tronocarpine was achieved through a 20-step longest linear sequence from tryptamine.
Scaffold Diversity Inspired by the Natural Product Evodiamine: Discovery of Highly Potent and Multitargeting Antitumor Agents
Wang, Shengzheng,Fang, Kun,Dong, Guoqiang,Chen, Shuqiang,Liu, Na,Miao, Zhenyuan,Yao, Jianzhong,Li, Jian,Zhang, Wannian,Sheng, Chunquan
, p. 6678 - 6696 (2015/09/07)
A critical question in natural product-based drug discovery is how to translate the product into drug-like molecules with optimal pharmacological properties. The generation of natural product-inspired scaffold diversity is an effective but challenging strategy to investigate the broader chemical space and identify promising drug leads. Extending our efforts to the natural product evodiamine, a diverse library containing 11 evodiamine-inspired novel scaffolds and their derivatives were designed and synthesized. Most of them showed good to excellent antitumor activity against various human cancer cell lines. In particular, 3-chloro-10-hydroxyl thio-evodiamine (66c) showed excellent in vitro and in vivo antitumor efficacy with good tolerability and low toxicity. Antitumor mechanism and target profiling studies indicate that compound 66c is the first-in-class triple topoisomerase I/topoisomerase II/tubulin inhibitor. Overall, this study provided an effective strategy for natural product-based drug discovery. (Figure Presented).
