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Soudi A, Bender O, Celik I, El-Hafeez AAA, Dogan R, Atalay A, Elkaeed EB, Alsfouk AA, Abdelhafez EMN, Aly OM, Sippl W, Ali TFS. Discovery and Anticancer Screening of Novel Oxindole-Based Derivative Bearing Pyridyl Group as Potent and Selective Dual FLT3/CDK2 Kinase Inhibitor. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2024; 17:659. [PMID: 38794229 PMCID: PMC11124822 DOI: 10.3390/ph17050659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
Abstract
Protein kinases regulate cellular activities and make up over 60% of oncoproteins and proto-oncoproteins. Among these kinases, FLT3 is a member of class III receptor tyrosine kinase family which is abundantly expressed in individuals with acute leukemia. Our previous oxindole-based hit has a particular affinity toward FLT3 (IC50 = 2.49 μM) and has demonstrated selectivity towards FLT3 ITD-mutated MV4-11 AML cells, with an IC50 of 4.3 μM. By utilizing the scaffold of the previous hit, sixteen new compounds were synthesized and screened against NCI-60 human cancer cell lines. This leads to the discovery of a potent antiproliferative compound, namely 5l, with an average GI50 value against leukemia and colon cancer subpanels equalling 3.39 and 5.97 µM, respectively. Screening against a specific set of 10 kinases that are associated with carcinogenesis indicates that compound 5l has a potent FLT3 inhibition (IC50 = 36.21 ± 1.07 nM). Remarkably, compound 5l was three times more effective as a CDK2 inhibitor (IC50 = 8.17 ± 0.32 nM) compared to sunitinib (IC50 = 27.90 ± 1.80 nM). Compound 5l was further analyzed by means of docking and molecular dynamics simulation for CDK2 and FLT3 active sites which provided a rational for the observed strong inhibition of kinases. These results suggest a novel structural scaffold candidate that simultaneously inhibits CDK2 and FLT3 and gives encouragement for further development as a potential therapeutic for leukemia and colon cancer.
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- Aya Soudi
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
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- Biotechnology Institute, Ankara University, Ankara 06135, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38280, Turkey
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Pharmacology and Experimental Oncology Unit, Department of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo 11796, Egypt
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- Biotechnology Institute, Ankara University, Ankara 06135, Turkey
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- Biotechnology Institute, Ankara University, Ankara 06135, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh 13713, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said 42511, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
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Chu H, Liu T. Comprehensive Research on Druggable Proteins: From PSSM to Pre-Trained Language Models. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4507. [PMID: 38674091 PMCID: PMC11049818 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25084507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2024] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Identification of druggable proteins can greatly reduce the cost of discovering new potential drugs. Traditional experimental approaches to exploring these proteins are often costly, slow, and labor-intensive, making them impractical for large-scale research. In response, recent decades have seen a rise in computational methods. These alternatives support drug discovery by creating advanced predictive models. In this study, we proposed a fast and precise classifier for the identification of druggable proteins using a protein language model (PLM) with fine-tuned evolutionary scale modeling 2 (ESM-2) embeddings, achieving 95.11% accuracy on the benchmark dataset. Furthermore, we made a careful comparison to examine the predictive abilities of ESM-2 embeddings and position-specific scoring matrix (PSSM) features by using the same classifiers. The results suggest that ESM-2 embeddings outperformed PSSM features in terms of accuracy and efficiency. Recognizing the potential of language models, we also developed an end-to-end model based on the generative pre-trained transformers 2 (GPT-2) with modifications. To our knowledge, this is the first time a large language model (LLM) GPT-2 has been deployed for the recognition of druggable proteins. Additionally, a more up-to-date dataset, known as Pharos, was adopted to further validate the performance of the proposed model.
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- College of Information Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China;
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Marcantonio E, Curti C. Shaping Chirality via Stereoselective, Organocatalytic [4+2] Cycloadditions involving Heterocyclic ortho-Quinodimethanes. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202304001. [PMID: 38235930 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202304001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Polycyclic compounds bearing a complex heterocyclic core such as an aromatic heterocycle "fused" with one or more functionalized rings, are widespread leading molecules in the domain of synthetic organic chemistry and pharmaceuticals. Although many synthetic methodologies have been devised to access achiral, fused heteroaromatic scaffolds, or related chiral variants adorned with out-of-cycle stereogenic elements, equally efficient strategies to afford chiral heterocycles featuring in-cycle stereocenters, exist to a lesser extent and presently represent a growing field of investigation. The mild, organocatalytic generation of elusive ortho-quinodimethane intermediates (oQDMs), derived from suitable heteroaromatic carbonyl- or carbonyl-like pronucleophiles has recently proved successful in the synthesis of such peculiar chiral architectures via stereoselective [4+2] cycloadditions. This review provides an overview of the most important advances attained in this field over the last decade.
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- Enrico Marcantonio
- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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Moussaoui M, Baassi M, Baammi S, Soufi H, Salah M, Daoud R, El Allali A, Belghiti ME, Belaaouad S. In silico design of novel CDK2 inhibitors through QSAR, ADMET, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation studies. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 41:13646-13662. [PMID: 37203327 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2212304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The present study aims to investigate about the quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) of a series of Thiazole derivatives reported as anticancer agents (hepatocellular carcinoma), using principally the electronic descriptors calculated by the DFT method and by applying the multiple linear regression method. The developed model showed good statistical parameters (R2 = 0.725, R2adj = 0.653, MSE = 0.060, R2test = 0.827, Q2cv = 0.536). The energy EHOMO orbital, electronic energy (TE), shape coefficient (I), number of rotatable bonds (NROT), and index of refraction (n) were revealed to be the main descriptors influencing the anti-cancer activity. Further, new Thiazole derivatives have been designed and their activities and pharmacokinetic properties have been predicted using the validated QSAR model. The designed molecules were then assessed to molecular docking (MD), and molecular dynamic (MDs) simulation accompanied by the calculation of the binding affinity using MMPBSA script according to 100 ns a simulation trajectory, to study both their affinity and their stability towards CDK2 as a target protein for the cancer disease treatment. This research concluded with the identification of four new CDK2 inhibitors which are A1, A3, A5, and A6 showing good pharmacokinetic properties. The MDs results revealed that the newly designed compound A5 remained stable in the active center of the discovered CDK2 protein, indicating its potential as a novel inhibitor for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. The current findings may eventually contribute to the development of robust CDK2 inhibitors in the future.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Mohamed Moussaoui
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sick, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sick, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
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- African Genome Centre (AGC), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguerir, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sick, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Team of Chemoinformatics Research and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry, Department of chemistry, Faculty of Science, University Chouaib Doukkali, El Jadida, Morocco
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- African Genome Centre (AGC), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguerir, Morocco
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- African Genome Centre (AGC), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguerir, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sick, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
- Laboratory of Nernest Technology, Sherbrook, Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sick, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
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ER-RAJY M, EL FADILI M, MRABTI NN, ZAROUGUI S, ELHALLAOUI M. QSAR, molecular docking, ADMET properties in silico studies for a series of 7-propanamide benzoxaboroles as potent anti-cancer agents. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjac.2022.100163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Kensert A, Bouwmeester R, Efthymiadis K, Van Broeck P, Desmet G, Cabooter D. Graph Convolutional Networks for Improved Prediction and Interpretability of Chromatographic Retention Data. Anal Chem 2021; 93:15633-15641. [PMID: 34780168 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Machine learning is a popular technique to predict the retention times of molecules based on descriptors. Descriptors and associated labels (e.g., retention times) of a set of molecules can be used to train a machine learning algorithm. However, descriptors are fixed molecular features which are not necessarily optimized for the given machine learning problem (e.g., to predict retention times). Recent advances in molecular machine learning make use of so-called graph convolutional networks (GCNs) to learn molecular representations from atoms and their bonds to adjacent atoms to optimize the molecular representation for the given problem. In this study, two GCNs were implemented to predict the retention times of molecules for three different chromatographic data sets and compared to seven benchmarks (including two state-of-the art machine learning models). Additionally, saliency maps were computed from trained GCNs to better interpret the importance of certain molecular sub-structures in the data sets. Based on the overall observations of this study, the GCNs performed better than all benchmarks, either significantly outperforming them (5-25% lower mean absolute error) or performing similar to them (<5% difference). Saliency maps revealed a significant difference in molecular sub-structures that are important for predictions of different chromatographic data sets (reversed-phase liquid chromatography vs hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography).
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- Alexander Kensert
- Department for Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Pharmaceutical Analysis, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.,Department of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussel 1050, Belgium
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- VIB, VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 75, Gent 9052, Belgium.,Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 75, Gent 9052, Belgium
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- Department for Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Pharmaceutical Analysis, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium.,Department of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 9, Brussel 1050, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing Sciences, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Turnhoutseweg 30, Beerse 2340, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussel 1050, Belgium
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- Department for Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Pharmaceutical Analysis, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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Sarma H, Upadhyaya M, Gogoi B, Phukan M, Kashyap P, Das B, Devi R, Sharma HK. Cardiovascular Drugs: an Insight of In Silico Drug Design Tools. J Pharm Innov 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12247-021-09587-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Luo D, Luesch H. Ahp-Cyclodepsipeptide Inhibitors of Elastase: Lyngbyastatin 7 Stability, Scalable Synthesis, and Focused Library Analysis. ACS Med Chem Lett 2020; 11:419-425. [PMID: 32292544 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Due to the potency and selectivity of lyngbyastatin 7 in inhibiting neutrophil elastase, a serine protease involved in numerous diseases, this cyclodepsipeptide was considered as a promising lead and subjected to further developmental studies. Lyngbyastatin 7 displayed a favorable serum and microsomal stability profile. The large-scale synthesis of key building blocks was performed on gram scale with improved yields and simplified purification procedures. To tailor the complex structure, define the minimal pharmacophore, and modulate the physicochemical properties of the lead scaffold, the first pilot library of analogues was designed and synthesized for structure-activity relationship studies. We uncovered the essential role of the side chain, indicating that the minimal structural requirements for elastase inhibition extended beyond the 3-amino-6-hydroxy-2-piperidone (Ahp) and 2-aminobutenoic acid (Abu) moieties conventionally known to convey antiprotease activity and elastase selectivity, respectively. Our studies will facilitate the design and development of this class of elastase inhibitors.
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- Danmeng Luo
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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Savoji H, Mohammadi MH, Rafatian N, Toroghi MK, Wang EY, Zhao Y, Korolj A, Ahadian S, Radisic M. Cardiovascular disease models: A game changing paradigm in drug discovery and screening. Biomaterials 2019; 198:3-26. [PMID: 30343824 PMCID: PMC6397087 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Although investment in drug discovery and development has been sky-rocketing, the number of approved drugs has been declining. Cardiovascular toxicity due to therapeutic drug use claims the highest incidence and severity of adverse drug reactions in late-stage clinical development. Therefore, to address this issue, new, additional, replacement and combinatorial approaches are needed to fill the gap in effective drug discovery and screening. The motivation for developing accurate, predictive models is twofold: first, to study and discover new treatments for cardiac pathologies which are leading in worldwide morbidity and mortality rates; and second, to screen for adverse drug reactions on the heart, a primary risk in drug development. In addition to in vivo animal models, in vitro and in silico models have been recently proposed to mimic the physiological conditions of heart and vasculature. Here, we describe current in vitro, in vivo, and in silico platforms for modelling healthy and pathological cardiac tissues and their advantages and disadvantages for drug screening and discovery applications. We review the pathophysiology and the underlying pathways of different cardiac diseases, as well as the new tools being developed to facilitate their study. We finally suggest a roadmap for employing these non-animal platforms in assessing drug cardiotoxicity and safety.
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- Houman Savoji
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 170 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada; Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 170 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5, Canada; Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada
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- Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 170 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 170 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 170 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 170 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada; Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E5, Canada; Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada.
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Li MD, Yan Z, Zhu R, Phillips DL, Aparici-Espert I, Lhiaubet-Vallet V, Miranda MA. Enhanced Drug Photosafety by Interchromophoric Interaction Owing to Intramolecular Charge Separation. Chemistry 2018; 24:6654-6659. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Ming-De Li
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province; Shantou University; Guangdong 515063 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road; Hong Kong S. A. R. P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road; Hong Kong S. A. R. P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province; Shantou University; Guangdong 515063 P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road; Hong Kong S. A. R. P. R. China
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC; Universitat Politècnica de València, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Avda de los Naranjos s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC; Universitat Politècnica de València, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Avda de los Naranjos s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC; Universitat Politècnica de València, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Avda de los Naranjos s/n 46022 Valencia Spain
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Schejbal J, Glatz Z. Immobilized-enzyme reactors integrated with capillary electrophoresis for pharmaceutical research. J Sep Sci 2017; 41:323-335. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201700905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Jan Schejbal
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science; Masaryk University; Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science; Masaryk University; Brno Czech Republic
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Tresadern G, Rombouts FJR, Oehlrich D, Macdonald G, Trabanco AA. Industrial medicinal chemistry insights: neuroscience hit generation at Janssen. Drug Discov Today 2017; 22:1478-1488. [PMID: 28669605 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2017.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
The role of medicinal chemistry has changed over the past 10 years. Chemistry had become one step in a process; funneling the output of high-throughput screening (HTS) on to the next stage. The goal to identify the ideal clinical compound remains, but the means to achieve this have changed. Modern medicinal chemistry is responsible for integrating innovation throughout early drug discovery, including new screening paradigms, computational approaches, novel synthetic chemistry, gene-family screening, investigating routes of delivery, and so on. In this Foundation Review, we show how a successful medicinal chemistry team has a broad impact and requires multidisciplinary expertise in these areas.
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- Gary Tresadern
- Discovery Sciences, Janssen Research & Development, C/ Jarama 75A, 45007 Toledo, Spain.
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- Neuroscience Medicinal Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development, Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium
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- Neuroscience Medicinal Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development, Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium
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- Neuroscience Medicinal Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development, Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium
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- Neuroscience Medicinal Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development, C/ Jarama 75A, 45007 Toledo, Spain.
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Ivanova MV, Bayle A, Besset T, Pannecoucke X, Poisson T. Copper-Mediated [(Diethylphosphono)difluoromethyl]thiolation of α-Bromo Ketones. European J Org Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201700182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Maria V. Ivanova
- Normandie Univ; INSA Rouen; UNIROUEN; CNRS; COBRA (UMR 6014); 76000 Rouen France
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- Normandie Univ; INSA Rouen; UNIROUEN; CNRS; COBRA (UMR 6014); 76000 Rouen France
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- Normandie Univ; INSA Rouen; UNIROUEN; CNRS; COBRA (UMR 6014); 76000 Rouen France
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- Normandie Univ; INSA Rouen; UNIROUEN; CNRS; COBRA (UMR 6014); 76000 Rouen France
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- Normandie Univ; INSA Rouen; UNIROUEN; CNRS; COBRA (UMR 6014); 76000 Rouen France
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Bansode AH, Chimala P, Patil NT. Catalytic Branching Cascades in Diversity Oriented Synthesis. ChemCatChem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201600766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Avinash H. Bansode
- Division of Organic Chemistry; CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pune - 411 008 India
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- Division of Organic Chemistry; CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pune - 411 008 India
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- Division of Organic Chemistry; CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pune - 411 008 India
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Garcia-Castro M, Zimmermann S, Sankar MG, Kumar K. Gerüstdiversitätsbasierte Synthese und ihre Anwendung bei der Sonden- und Wirkstoffsuche. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201508818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Miguel Garcia-Castro
- Abteilung Chemische Biologie; Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie; Otto-Hahn-Straße 11 44227 Dortmund Deutschland
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- Abteilung Chemische Biologie; Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie; Otto-Hahn-Straße 11 44227 Dortmund Deutschland
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- Abteilung Chemische Biologie; Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie; Otto-Hahn-Straße 11 44227 Dortmund Deutschland
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- Abteilung Chemische Biologie; Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie; Otto-Hahn-Straße 11 44227 Dortmund Deutschland
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Garcia-Castro M, Zimmermann S, Sankar MG, Kumar K. Scaffold Diversity Synthesis and Its Application in Probe and Drug Discovery. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:7586-605. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Miguel Garcia-Castro
- Department of Chemical Biology; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology; Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11 44227 Dortmund Germany
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- Department of Chemical Biology; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology; Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11 44227 Dortmund Germany
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- Department of Chemical Biology; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology; Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11 44227 Dortmund Germany
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- Department of Chemical Biology; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology; Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11 44227 Dortmund Germany
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Schejbal J, Řemínek R, Zeman L, Mádr A, Glatz Z. On-line coupling of immobilized cytochrome P450 microreactor and capillary electrophoresis: A promising tool for drug development. J Chromatogr A 2016; 1437:234-240. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.01.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2015] [Revised: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Nicolaou KC, Vourloumis D, Totokotsopoulos S, Papakyriakou A, Karsunky H, Fernando H, Gavrilyuk J, Webb D, Stepan AF. Synthesis and Biopharmaceutical Evaluation of Imatinib Analogues Featuring Unusual Structural Motifs. ChemMedChem 2015; 11:31-7. [PMID: 26585829 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201500510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
A convenient synthesis of imatinib, a potent inhibitor of ABL1 kinase and widely prescribed drug for the treatment of a variety of leukemias, was devised and applied to the construction of a series of novel imatinib analogues featuring a number of non-aromatic structural motifs in place of the parent molecule's phenyl moiety. These analogues were subsequently evaluated for their biopharmaceutical properties (e.g., ABL1 kinase inhibitory activity, cytotoxicity). The bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane- and cubane-containing analogues were found to possess higher themodynamic solubility, whereas cubane- and cyclohexyl-containing analogues exhibited the highest inhibitory activity against ABL1 kinase and the most potent cytotoxicity values against cancer cell lines K562 and SUP-B15. Molecular modeling was employed to rationalize the weak activity of the compounds against ABL1 kinase, and it is likely that the observed cytotoxicity of these agents arises through off-target effects.
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- Kyriacos C Nicolaou
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA. , .,Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products & Designed Molecules, National Centre of Scientific Research (NCSR) "Demokritos", Agia Paraskevi, Athens, 15310, Greece. ,
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products & Designed Molecules, National Centre of Scientific Research (NCSR) "Demokritos", Agia Paraskevi, Athens, 15310, Greece
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- Stemcentrx, Inc., 450 East Jamie Court, San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Stemcentrx, Inc., 450 East Jamie Court, San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Stemcentrx, Inc., 450 East Jamie Court, San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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Wasko MJ, Pellegrene KA, Madura JD, Surratt CK. A Role for Fragment-Based Drug Design in Developing Novel Lead Compounds for Central Nervous System Targets. Front Neurol 2015; 6:197. [PMID: 26441817 PMCID: PMC4566055 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars are invested in the research and development of a single drug. Lead compound development is an area ripe for new design strategies. Therapeutic lead candidates have been traditionally found using high-throughput in vitro pharmacological screening, a costly method for assaying thousands of compounds. This approach has recently been augmented by virtual screening (VS), which employs computer models of the target protein to narrow the search for possible leads. A variant of VS is fragment-based drug design (FBDD), an emerging in silico lead discovery method that introduces low-molecular weight fragments, rather than intact compounds, into the binding pocket of the receptor model. These fragments serve as starting points for “growing” the lead candidate. Current efforts in virtual FBDD within central nervous system (CNS) targets are reviewed, as is a recent rule-based optimization strategy in which new molecules are generated within a 3D receptor-binding pocket using the fragment as a scaffold. This process not only places special emphasis on creating synthesizable molecules but also exposes computational questions worth addressing. Fragment-based methods provide a viable, relatively low-cost alternative for therapeutic lead discovery and optimization that can be applied to CNS targets to augment current design strategies.
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- Michael J Wasko
- Mylan School of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University , Pittsburgh, PA , USA
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- Mylan School of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University , Pittsburgh, PA , USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Computational Sciences, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Duquesne University , Pittsburgh, PA , USA
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- Mylan School of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University , Pittsburgh, PA , USA
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Besset T, Poisson T, Pannecoucke X. Recent progress in direct introduction of fluorinated groups on alkenes and alkynes by means of C-H bond functionalization. Chemistry 2014; 20:16830-45. [PMID: 25349030 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
The direct introduction of fluorine and fluorinated building blocks has recently attracted a lot of attention and particularly the direct functionalization of alkenes and alkynes. This review will highlight the major progress recently made in that field, with a focus on photocatalyzed transformations, base-promoted processes, and transition metal-catalyzed functionalization of alkenes and alkynes. Special attention will be paid to explanations of the reaction mechanisms.
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- Tatiana Besset
- COBRA UMR CNRS 6014, Bâtiment IRCOF, 1 rue Tesnière, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex (France).
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