871269-10-2Relevant articles and documents
Rational Design, Optimization, and Biological Evaluation of Novel MEK4 Inhibitors against Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Kwong, Ada J.,Munshi, Hidayatullah G.,Oelschlager, Hannah E.,Pham, Thao N. D.,Scheidt, Karl A.
supporting information, p. 1559 - 1567 (2021/10/04)
Growth, division, and development of healthy cells relies on efficient response to environmental survival cues. The conserved mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family of pathways interface extracellular stimuli to intracellular processes for this purpose. Within these pathways, the MEK family has been identified as a target of interest due to its clinical relevance. Particularly, MEK4 has drawn recent attention for its indications in pancreatic and prostate cancers. Here, we report two potent MEK4 inhibitors demonstrating significant reduction of phospho-JNK and antiproliferative properties against pancreatic cancer cell lines. Furthermore, molecular inhibition of MEK4 pathway activates the MEK1/2 pathway, with the combination of MEK1/2 and MEK4 inhibitors demonstrating synergistic effects against pancreatic cancer cells. Our inhibitors provided insight into the crosstalk between MAPK pathways and new tools for elucidating the roles of MEK4 in disease states, findings which will pave the way for better understanding of the MAPK pathways and development of additional probes.
Decarboxylative sp 3 C-N coupling via dual copper and photoredox catalysis
Liang, Yufan,Zhang, Xiaheng,MacMillan, David W. C.
, p. 83 - 88 (2018/07/24)
Over the past three decades, considerable progress has been made in the development of methods to construct sp 2 carbon-nitrogen (C-N) bonds using palladium, copper or nickel catalysis 1,2 . However, the incorporation of alkyl substrates to form sp 3 C-N bonds remains one of the major challenges in the field of cross-coupling chemistry. Here we demonstrate that the synergistic combination of copper catalysis and photoredox catalysis can provide a general platform from which to address this challenge. This cross-coupling system uses naturally abundant alkyl carboxylic acids and commercially available nitrogen nucleophiles as coupling partners. It is applicable to a wide variety of primary, secondary and tertiary alkyl carboxylic acids (through iodonium activation), as well as a vast array of nitrogen nucleophiles: nitrogen heterocycles, amides, sulfonamides and anilines can undergo C-N coupling to provide N-alkyl products in good to excellent efficiency, at room temperature and on short timescales (five minutes to one hour). We demonstrate that this C-N coupling protocol proceeds with high regioselectivity using substrates that contain several amine groups, and can also be applied to complex drug molecules, enabling the rapid construction of molecular complexity and the late-stage functionalization of bioactive pharmaceuticals.
SULPHUR-LINKED COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING OPHTHALMIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS
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Provided are sulphur-linked compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating ophthalmic diseases and disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt's Disease, using said compounds and compositions.
Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of long-acting β2 adrenergic receptor agonists incorporating arylsulfonamide groups
Procopiou, Panayiotis A.,Barrett, Victoria J.,Bevan, Nicola J.,Biggadike, Keith,Butchers, Peter R.,Coe, Diane M.,Conroy, Richard,Edney, Dean D.,Field, Rita N.,Ford, Alison J.,Guntrip, Stephen B.,Looker, Brian E.,McLay, Iain M.,Monteith, Michael J.,Morrison, Valerie S.,Mutch, Peter J.,Richards, Stephen A.,Sasse, Rosemary,Smith, Claire E.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 2280 - 2288 (2010/03/25)
A series of saligenin alkoxyalkylphenylsulfonamide β2 adrenoceptor agonists were prepared by reacting a protected saligenin oxazolidinone with alkynyloxyalkyl bromides, followed by Sonogashira reaction, hydrogenation, and deprotection. The meta-substituted primary sulfonamide was more potent than the paraand the ortho-analogues. Primary sulfonamides were more potent than the secondary and tertiary analogues. The onset and duration of action in vitro of selected compounds was assessed on isolated superfused guinea pig trachea. Sulfonamide 29b had the best profile of potency, selectivity, onset, and duration of action on both guinea pig trachea and human bronchus. Furthermore, 29b was found to have low oral bioavailability in rat and dog and also to have long duration of action in an in vivo model of bronchodilation. Crystalline salts of 29b were identified that had suitable properties for inhaled administration. A proposed binding mode for 29b to the β2-receptor is presented.
2-PHENYL-INDOLES AS PROSTAGLANDIN D2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS
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The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula (XVI) wherein R, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and n are as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, or solvate thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable prodrug thereof, or a pharmac
