909415-16-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Effects of Systematic Shortening of Noncovalent C8 Side Chain on the Cytotoxicity and NF-κB Inhibitory Capacity of Pyrrolobenzodiazepines (PBDs)
Corcoran, David B.,Lewis, Thomas,Nahar, Kazi S.,Jamshidi, Shirin,Fegan, Christopher,Pepper, Chris,Thurston, David E.,Rahman, Khondaker Miraz.
, p. 2127 - 2139 (2019)
The systematic shortening of the noncovalent element of a C8-linked pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) conjugate (13) led to the synthesis of a 19-member library of C8-PBD monomers. The critical elements of 13, which were required to render the molecule cytotoxic, were elucidated by an annexin V assay. The effects of shortening the noncovalent element of the molecule on transcription factor inhibitory capacity were also explored through an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based measurement of nuclear NF-κB upon exposure of JJN-3 cells to the synthesized molecules. Although shortening the noncovalent interactive element of 13 had a less than expected effect upon compound cytotoxicity due to reduced DNA interaction, the transcription factor inhibitory capacity of the molecule was notably altered. This study suggests that a relatively short noncovalent side chain at the C8 position of PBD is sufficient to confer cytotoxicity. The shortened PBD monomers provide a new ADC payload scaffold because of their potent cytotoxicity and drug-like properties.
POLYCYCLIC AMIDES AS CYTOTOXIC AGENTS
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, (2020/03/29)
The invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, tautomers, stereoisomers or mixtures thereof; wherein the fused ring moiety is a non-alkylating moiety; and wherein the compounds are useful as medicaments, in particular for use as a drug in an antibody-drug conjugate and in the treatment of a proliferative disease, a bacterial infection, a malarial infection and inflammation.
New Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics Containing a Pyrrolobenzodiazepine Ring with Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria
Picconi, Pietro,Hind, Charlotte K.,Nahar, Kazi S.,Jamshidi, Shirin,Di Maggio, Lucia,Saeed, Naima,Evans, Bonnie,Solomons, Jessica,Wand, Matthew E.,Sutton, J. Mark,Rahman, Khondaker Miraz
, p. 6941 - 6958 (2020/08/14)
It is urgent to find new antibiotic classes with activity against multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative pathogens as the pipeline of antibiotics is essentially empty. Modified pyrrolobenzodiazepines with a C8-linked aliphatic heterocycle provide a new class of broad-spectrum antibacterial agents with activity against MDR Gram-negative bacteria, including WHO priority pathogens. The structure-activity relationship established that the third ring was particularly important for Gram-negative activity. Minimum inhibitory concentrations for the lead compounds ranged from 0.125 to 2 mg/L for MDR Gram-negative, excluding Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and between 0.03 and 1 mg/L for MDR Gram-positive species. The lead compounds were rapidly bactericidal with >5 log reduction in viable count within 4 h for Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The lead compound inhibited DNA gyrase in gel-based assays, with an IC50 of 3.16 ± 1.36 mg/L. This study provides a new chemical scaffold for developing novel broad-spectrum antibiotics which can help replenish the pipeline of antibiotics.
PYRROLOBENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF NF-KAPPA B FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE DISEASES
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, (2020/08/13)
The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or salts, solvates, stereoisomers, tautomers or combinations thereof, wherein the dotted lines indicate the optional presence of a double bond between C1 and C2 or C2 and
C8-Linked Pyrrolobenzodiazepine Monomers with Inverted Building Blocks Show Selective Activity against Multidrug Resistant Gram-Positive Bacteria
Andriollo, Paolo,Hind, Charlotte K.,Picconi, Pietro,Nahar, Kazi S.,Jamshidi, Shirin,Varsha, Amrit,Clifford, Melanie,Sutton, J. Mark,Rahman, Khondaker Miraz
, p. 158 - 174 (2018/02/14)
Antimicrobial resistance has become a major global concern. Development of novel antimicrobial agents for the treatment of infections caused by multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens is an urgent priority. Pyrrolobenzodiazepines (PBDs) are a promising class of antibacterial agents initially discovered and isolated from natural sources. Recently, C8-linked PBD biaryl conjugates have been shown to be active against some MDR Gram-positive strains. To explore the role of building block orientations on antibacterial activity and obtain structure activity relationship (SAR) information, four novel structures were synthesized in which the building blocks of previously reported compounds were inverted, and their antibacterial activity was studied. The compounds showed minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) in the range of 0.125-32 μg/mL against MDR Gram-positive strains with a bactericidal mode of action. The results showed that a single inversion of amide bonds reduces the activity while the double inversion restores the activity against MDR pathogens. All inverted compounds did not stabilize DNA and lacked eukaryotic toxicity. The compounds inhibit DNA gyrase in vitro, and the most potent compound was equally active against both wild-Type and mutant DNA gyrase in a biochemical assay. The observed activity of the compounds against methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains with equivalent gyrase mutations is consistent with gyrase inhibition being the mechanism of action in vivo, although this has not been definitively confirmed in whole cells. This conclusion is supported by a molecular modeling study showing interaction of the compounds with wild-Type and mutant gyrases. This study provides important SAR information about this new class of antibacterial agents.
PBD ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS
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, (2017/07/18)
The invention relates to pyrrolobenzodiazepines compounds (PBDs) and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful as medicaments, in particular, to treat bacterial infections. The PBDs are compounds of formula (I): and salts and solvates thereof; wherein: dotted lines indicates the optional presence of a double bond; X, X1, X2, X3 and X4 are connecting functional groups; L is C1-12 alkylene; R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from phenylene, cyclopentanylene, cyclohexanylene, 5 - to 9 -membered heteroarylene and 5 - to 6-membered hetereocyclylene groups, and these groups are optionally substituted with up to three optional substituent groups; R7 is selected from N(C1-6 alkyl)(C1-6alkyl), 5 - to 6-membered nitrogen-containing hetereocyclyl groups, a monosaccharide moiety and an amino monosaccharide moiety wherein these groups are optionally substituted; and R8 and R9 either together form a double bond, or are selected from H and OR14, or R8 is a prodrug moiety and R9 is OR14; m is 0 or 1; with the proviso that when X4 is C(O)NH then the up to three optional substituents of R7 are not selected from (CH2)k -CO2R12; with the proviso that when X4 is (CH2)tO then R4 is not phenylene, m is 1 and R6 is not a 5 - to 9 -membered heteroarylene; and with the proviso that when X4 is C(O)NH or NHC(O) that R4 and/or R6 is not 5 - to 9 -membered heteroarylene.
GC-Targeted C8-linked pyrrolobenzodiazepine-biaryl conjugates with femtomolar in vitro cytotoxicity and in vivo antitumor activity in mouse models
Rahman, Khondaker M.,Jackson, Paul J. M.,James, Colin H.,Basu, B. Piku,Hartley, John A.,De La Fuente, Maria,Schatzlein, Andreas,Robson, Mathew,Pedley, R. Barbara,Pepper, Chris,Fox, Keith R.,Howard, Philip W.,Thurston, David E.
, p. 2911 - 2935 (2013/05/23)
DNA binding 4-(1-methyl-1H-pyrrol-3-yl)benzenamine (MPB) building blocks have been developed that span two DNA base pairs with a strong preference for GC-rich DNA. They have been conjugated to a pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine (PBD) molecule to produce
ALKYL 4- [4- (5-OXO-2, 3, 5, 11A-TETRAHYD0-5H-PYRR0L0 [2, 1-C] [1, 4] BENZODIAZEPINE-8-YLOXY) -BUTYRYLAMINO]-1H-PYRROLE-2-CARBOXYLATE DERIVATIVES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF A PROLIFERATIVE DISEASE
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Page/Page column 37; 39-40, (2008/06/13)
A compound of formula (I); or a salt or solvate thereof, wherein: the dotted line indicates the optional presence of a double bond between C2 and C3; R2 is selected from -H, -OH, =0, =CH2, -CN, -R, OR, halo, =CH-R, O-SO2-R, CO2R and COR; R7 is selected from H, R, OH, OR, SH, SR, NH2, NHR, NRR', nitro, Me3Sn and halo, where R and R' are independently selected from optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl, C3-20 heterocyclyl and C5-20 aryl groups; R10 and R11 either together form a double bond, or are selected from H and YRY, where Y is selected from O, S and NH and RY is H or C1-7 alkyl or H and SOxM, where x is 2 or 3, and M is a monovalent pharmaceutically acceptable cation; each X is independently a heteroarylene group; n is from 1 to 6; and RE is C1-4 alkyl. The compound is useful for the treatment of proliferative diseases.
Design, synthesis, and biophysical and biological evaluation of a series of pyrrolobenzodiazepine-poly(N-methylpyrrole) conjugates
Wells, Geoff,Martin, Christopher R. H.,Howard, Philip W.,Sands, Zara A.,Laughton, Charles A.,Tiberghien, Arnaud,Woo, Chi Kit,Masterson, Luke A.,Stephenson, Marissa J.,Hartley, John A.,Jenkins, Terence C.,Shnyder, Steven D.,Loadman, Paul M.,Waring, Michael J.,Thurston, David E.
, p. 5442 - 5461 (2007/10/03)
A novel series of methyl ester-terminated CS-linked pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD)-poly(N-methylpyrrole) conjugates (50a-f) has been synthesized and their DNA interaction evaluated by thermal denaturation, DNA footprinting, and in vitro transcription stop assays. The synergistic effect of attaching a PBD unit to a polypyrrole fragment is illustrated by the large increase in DNA binding affinity (up to 50-fold) compared to the individual PBD and pyrrole components. 50a-f were found to bind mainly to identical DNA sequences but with apparent binding site widths increasing with molecular length and the majority of sites conforming to the consensus motif 5′-XGXWz (z = 3 ± 1; W = A or T; X = any base but preferably a purine). They also provided robust sequence-selective blockade of transcription at sites corresponding approximately to their DNA footprints. 50a-f were shown to have good cellular/nuclear penetration properties, and a degree of correlation between cytotoxicity and DNA-binding affinity was observed.
