65027-10-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Design and synthesis of tripeptidyl furylketones as selective inhibitors against the β5 subunit of human 20S proteasome
Lü, Zirui,Li, Xiaona,Niu, Yan,Sun, Qi,Wang, Chao,Xi, Dandan,Xu, Fengrong,Xu, Ping,Zhou, Tongliang
, (2020/03/10)
A series of tripeptidic proteasome inhibitors with furylketone as C-terminus were designed and synthesized. Biochemical evaluations against β1, β2 and β5 subunits revealed that they acted selectively on β5 subunit with IC50s against chymotrypsin-like (CT-L) activity in micromolar range. LC-MS/MS analysis of the ligand-20S proteasome mixture showed that the most potent compound 11m (IC50 = 0.18 μM) made no covalent modification on 20S proteasome. However, it was identified acting in a slowly reversible manner in wash-out assay and the reversibility was much lower than that of MG132, suggesting the possibility of these tripeptidic furylketones forming reversible covalent bonds with 20S proteasome. Several compounds were selected for anti-proliferative assay towards multiple cancer cell lines, and compound 11m displayed comparable potency to positive control (MG132) in all cell lines tested. Furthermore, the pharmacokinetic (PK) data in rats indicated 11m behaved similarly (Cmax, 2007 μg/L; AUC0?t, 680 μg/L·h; Vss, 0.66 L/kg) to the clinical used agent carfilzomib. All these data suggest 11m is a good lead compound to be developed to novel anti-tumor agent.
Multi-Institution Research and Education Collaboration Identifies New Antimicrobial Compounds
Fuller, Amelia A.,Dounay, Amy B.,Schirch, Douglas,Rivera, Daniel G.,Hansford, Karl A.,Elliott, Alysha G.,Zuegg, Johannes,Cooper, Matthew A,Blaskovich, Mark A. T.,Hitchens, Jacob R.,Burris-Hiday, Sarah,Tenorio, Kristiana,Mendez, Yanira,Samaritoni, J. Geno,O'Donnell, Martin J.,Scott, William L.
, p. 3187 - 3196 (2020/12/21)
New antibiotics are urgently needed to address increasing rates of multidrug resistant infections. Seventy-six diversely functionalized compounds, comprising five structural scaffolds, were synthesized and tested for their ability to inhibit microbial growth. Twenty-six compounds showed activity in the primary phenotypic screen at the Community for Open Antimicrobial Drug Discovery (CO-ADD). Follow-up testing of active molecules confirmed that two unnatural dipeptides inhibit the growth of Cryptococcus neoformans with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ≤ 8 μg/mL. Syntheses were carried out by undergraduate students at five schools implementing Distributed Drug Discovery (D3) programs. This report showcases that a collaborative research and educational process is a powerful approach to discover new molecules inhibiting microbial growth. Educational gains for students engaged in this project are highlighted in parallel to the research advances. Aspects of D3 that contribute to its success, including an emphasis on reproducibility of procedures, are discussed to underscore the power of this approach to solve important research problems and to inform other coupled chemical biology research and teaching endeavors.
