83276-95-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Discovery of Novel Acetamide-Based Heme Oxygenase-1 Inhibitors with PotentIn VitroAntiproliferative Activity
Fallica, Antonino N.,Sorrenti, Valeria,D’Amico, Agata G.,Salerno, Loredana,Romeo, Giuseppe,Intagliata, Sebastiano,Consoli, Valeria,Floresta, Giuseppe,Rescifina, Antonio,D’Agata, Velia,Vanella, Luca,Pittalà, Valeria
, p. 13373 - 13393 (2021/09/20)
Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) promotes heme catabolism exercising cytoprotective roles in normal and cancer cells. Herein, we report the design, synthesis, molecular modeling, and biological evaluation of novel HO-1 inhibitors. Specifically, an amide linker in the central spacer and an imidazole were fixed, and the hydrophobic moiety required by the pharmacophore was largely modified. In many tumors, overexpression of HO-1 correlates with poor prognosis and chemoresistance, suggesting the inhibition of HO-1 as a possible antitumor strategy. Accordingly, compounds7iand7l-pemerged for their potency against HO-1 and were investigated for their anticancer activity against prostate (DU145), lung (A549), and glioblastoma (U87MG, A172) cancer cells. The selected compounds showed the best activity toward U87MG cells. Compound7lwas further investigated for its in-cell enzymatic HO-1 activity, expression levels, and effects on cell invasion and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) extracellular release. The obtained data suggest that7lcan reduce cell invasivity acting through modulation of HO-1 expression.
Discovery of Potent, Reversible, and Competitive Cruzain Inhibitors with Trypanocidal Activity: A Structure-Based Drug Design Approach
De Souza, Mariana L.,De Oliveira Rezende Junior, Celso,Ferreira, Rafaela S.,Espinoza Chávez, Rocio Marisol,Ferreira, Leonardo L. G.,Slafer, Brian W.,Magalh?es, Luma G.,Krogh, Renata,Oliva, Glaucius,Cruz, Fabio Cardoso,Dias, Luiz Carlos,Andricopulo, Adriano D.
, p. 1028 - 1041 (2019/12/27)
A virtual screening conducted with nearly 4?000?000 compounds from lead-like and fragment-like subsets enabled the identification of a small-molecule inhibitor (1) of the Trypanosoma cruzi cruzain enzyme, a validated drug target for Chagas disease. Subsequent comprehensive structure-based drug design and structure-activity relationship studies led to the discovery of carbamoyl imidazoles as potent, reversible, and competitive cruzain inhibitors. The most potent carbamoyl imidazole inhibitor (45) exhibited high affinity with a Ki value of 20 nM, presenting both in vitro and in vivo activity against T. cruzi. Furthermore, the most promising compounds reduced parasite burden in vivo and showed no toxicity at a dose of 100 mg/kg. These carbamoyl imidazoles are structurally attractive, nonpeptidic, and easy to prepare and synthetically modify. Finally, these results further advance our understanding of the noncovalent mode of inhibition of this pharmaceutically relevant enzyme, building strong foundations for drug discovery efforts.
Synthesis and cytotoxicity of thieno[2,3-b]quinoline-2-carboxamide and cycloalkyl[b]thieno[3,2-e]pyridine-2-carboxamide derivatives
Leung, Euphemia,Pilkington, Lisa I.,van Rensburg, Michelle,Jeon, Chae Yeon,Song, Mirae,Arabshahi, Homayon J.,De Zoysa, Gayan Heruka,Sarojini, Vijayalekshmi,Denny, William A.,Reynisson, Jóhannes,Barker, David
supporting information, p. 1142 - 1154 (2019/05/24)
Seventy nine derivatives of thieno[2,3-b]quinolines, tetrahydrothieno[2,3-b]quinoline, dihydrocyclopenta[b]thieno[3,2-e]pyridine, cyclohepta[b]thieno[3,2-e]pyridine and hexahydrocycloocta[b]thieno[3,2-e]pyridine were either synthesized or obtained commercially and tested for their antiproliferative activity against HCT116, MDA-MB-468 and MDA-MB-231 human cancer cell lines. The most potent eight compounds were active against all cell lines with IC50 values in the 80–250 nM range. In general hexahydrocycloocta[b]thieno[3,2-e]pyridines were most active with increasing activity observed as larger cycloalkyl rings were fused to the pyridine ring.
SAR and identification of 2-(quinolin-4-yloxy)acetamides as Mycobacterium tuberculosis cytochrome bc 1 inhibitors
Phummarin, Narisa,Boshoff, Helena I.,Tsang, Patricia S.,Dalton, James,Wiles, Siouxsie,Barry, Clifton E.,Copp, Brent R.
, p. 2122 - 2127 (2016/11/18)
A previous phenotypic screen by GSK identified 2-(quinolin-4-yloxy)acetamides as potent growth inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We report the results of a preliminary structure-activity relationship (SAR) study of the compound class which has yielded more potent inhibitors. An Mtb cytochrome bd oxidase deletion mutant (cydKO) was found to be hypersensitive to most members of the compound library, while strains carrying single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the qcrB gene, which encodes a subunit of the menaquinol cytochrome c oxidoreductase (bc1) complex, were resistant to the library. These results identify that the 2-(quinolin-4-yloxy)acetamide class of Mtb growth inhibitors can be added to the growing number of scaffolds that target the M. tuberculosis bc1 complex.
Synthesis and cytotoxicity of thieno[2,3-b]pyridine and furo[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives
Hung, Joy M.,Arabshahi, Homayon J.,Leung, Euphemia,Reynisson, Jóhannes,Barker, David
, p. 420 - 437 (2015/02/19)
Forty seven thieno[2,3-b]pyridines-2-carboxamides, furo[2,3-b]pyridines-2-carboxamides and tetrahydrothieno[2,3-b]quinolones-2-carboxamides derivatives were synthesized and tested for their antiproliferative activity against the NCI-60 cell lines. The 5-keto-tetrahydrothieno[2,3-b]quinolones-2-carboxamides (series 17) were found to have the greatest activity, with the compound containing a 3-methoxyphenylcarboxamide (compound 17d) being the most active, with GI50values in the low nanomolar range against a range of cell lines, in particular the melanoma cell line MDA-MD-435 (GI50- 23 nM) and the breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-468 (GI50- 46 nM). Molecular modelling of series 17 against phosphoinositide specific-phospholipase C reveals that the side chains of the amino acids His356, Glu341, Arg549 and Lys438 are involved in hydrogen bonding with the ligands as well as a lipophilic pocket is occupied by the phenyl carboxamide moiety.
