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Targeting nuclear protein TDP-43 by cell division cycle kinase 7 inhibitors: A new therapeutic approach for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Rojas-Prats, Elisa,Martinez-Gonzalez, Loreto,Gonzalo-Consuegra, Claudia,Liachko, Nicole F.,Perez, Concepción,Ramírez, David,Kraemer, Brian C.,Martin-Requero, ángeles,Perez, Daniel I.,Gil, Carmen,de Lago, Eva,Martinez, Ana
supporting information, (2020/11/12)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with no known cure. Aggregates of the nuclear protein TDP-43 have been recognized as a hallmark of proteinopathy in both familial and sporadic cases of ALS. Post-translational modifications of this protein, include hyperphosphorylation, cause disruption of TDP-43 homeostasis and as a consequence, promotion of its neurotoxicity. Among the kinases involved in these changes, cell division cycle kinase 7 (CDC7) plays an important role by directly phosphorylating TDP-43. In the present manuscript the discovery, synthesis, and optimization of a new family of selective and ATP-competitive CDC7 inhibitors based on 6-mercaptopurine scaffold are described. Moreover, we demonstrate the ability of these inhibitors to reduce TDP-43 phosphorylation in both cell cultures and transgenic animal models such as C. elegans and Prp-hTDP43 (A315T) mice. Altogether, the compounds described here may be useful as versatile tools to explore the role of CDC7 in TDP-43 phosphorylation and also as new drug candidates for the future development of ALS therapies.
N6-isopentenyladenosine a new potential anti-angiogenic compound that targets human microvascular endothelial cells in vitro
Castiglioni, Sara,Romeo, Valentina,Casati, Silvana,Ottria, Roberta,Perrotta, Cristiana,Ciuffreda, Pierangela,Maier, Jeanette A. M.
, p. 533 - 545 (2018/12/04)
N6-isopentenyladenosine is an anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic atypical nucleoside for normal and tumor cells. Considering the role of angiogenesis in various diseases, we investigated the cytotoxic effect of N6-isopentenyladenosine on human microvascular endothelial cells, protagonists in angiogenesis. Our results show that N6-isopentenyladenosine induced a significant reduction of cell viability, upregulated p21 and promoted caspase-3 cleavage in a dose dependent manner leading to apoptotic cell death as detected by FACS analysis. To understand structure-function relationship of N6-isopentenyladenosine, we investigated the effect of some N6-isopentenyladenosine analogs. Our results suggest that N6-isopentenyladenosine and some of its derivatives are potentially novel angiostatic agents and might be associated with other anti-angiogenic compounds for a better outcome.
An efficient synthesis of substituted cytosines and purines under focused microwave irradiation
Huang, Ling-Kuen,Cherng, Yen-Chih,Cheng, Yann-Ru,Jang, Jing-Pei,Chao, Yi-Ling,Cherng, Yie-Jia
, p. 5323 - 5327 (2008/02/01)
A rapid nucleophilic displacement reaction of 6-chloropurine, 2-amino-6-chloropurine and 5-bromocytosine with various nucleophiles under focused microwave irradiation is described. Using this method, the desired products were obtained with the yields up to 99% in?a?short reaction time.