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Yi X, Tran E, Odiba JO, Qin CX, Ritchie RH, Baell JB. The formyl peptide receptors FPR1 and FPR2 as targets for inflammatory disorders: recent advances in the development of small-molecule agonists. Eur J Med Chem 2024; 265:115989. [PMID: 38199163 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115989] [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: 08/27/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
Abstract
Formyl peptide receptors (FPRs) comprise a class of chemoattractant pattern recognition receptors, for which several physiological functions like host-defences, as well as the regulation of inflammatory responses, have been ascribed. With accumulating evidence that agonism of FPR1/FPR2 can confer pro-resolution of inflammation, increased attention from academia and industry has led to the discovery of new and interesting small-molecule FPR1/FPR2 agonists. Focused attention on the development of appropriate physicochemical and pharmacokinetic profiles is yielding synthesis of new compounds with promising in vivo readouts. This review presents an overview of small-molecule FPR1/FPR2 agonist medicinal chemistry developed over the past 20 years, with a particular emphasis on interrogation in the increasingly sophisticated bioassays which have been developed.
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- Xiangyan Yi
- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia; Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia.
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- Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia; Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia.
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
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Computational studies in enantioselective liquid chromatography: Forty years of evolution in docking- and molecular dynamics-based simulations. Trends Analyt Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2019.115703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Gu ZG, Zhang J. Epitaxial growth and applications of oriented metal–organic framework thin films. Coord Chem Rev 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Rossi D, Tarantino M, Rossino G, Rui M, Juza M, Collina S. Approaches for multi-gram scale isolation of enantiomers for drug discovery. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2017; 12:1253-1269. [DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2017.1383981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Daniela Rossi
- Drug Sciences Department, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Drug Sciences Department, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Drug Sciences Department, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Drug Sciences Department, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Corden Pharma Switzerland LLC, Liestal, Switzerland
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- Drug Sciences Department, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology Section, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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The role of chirality in a set of key intermediates of pharmaceutical interest, 3-aryl-substituted-γ-butyrolactones, evidenced by chiral HPLC separation and by chiroptical spectroscopies. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2017; 144:41-51. [PMID: 28118957 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2017.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
The enantiomers of four chiral 3-aryl-substituted-γ-butyrolactones, key intermediates for the preparation of compounds of pharmaceutical interest, were successfully isolated by enantioselective chromatography, employing the Chiralpak AD-H chiral stationary phase. For all compounds the same elution order was observed, as monitored by a full set of chiroptical methods that we employed, namely ORD (optical rotatory dispersion), ECD (electronic circular dichroism, or CD in the UV range), and VCD (vibrational circular dichroism, or CD in the IR range). By density functional theory (DFT) calculations we were able to determine that the first eluted enantiomer has (S) absolute configuration in all four cases. We were able to justify the elution order by molecular docking calculations for all four enantiomeric pairs and suitable modeling of the stationary and mobile phases of the employed columns. The optimal performance of the chiroptical spectroscopies and of the DFT calculations allows us to formulate a lactone chirality rule out of the CO stretching region of the VCD spectra.
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Rui M, Marra A, Pace V, Juza M, Rossi D, Collina S. Novel Enantiopure Sigma Receptor Modulators: Quick (Semi-)Preparative Chiral Resolution via HPLC and Absolute Configuration Assignment. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21091210. [PMID: 27626396 PMCID: PMC6273946 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21091210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The identification of novel pan-sigma receptor (SR) modulators, potentially useful in cancer treatment, represents a new goal of our research. Here, we report on the preparation of novel chiral compounds characterized by a 3-C alkyl chain bridging an aromatic portion to a 4-benzyl-piperidine moiety. All of the studied compounds have been prepared both in racemic and enantiomerically-pure form, with the final aim to address the role of chirality in the SR interaction. To isolate and characterize enantiomeric compounds, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) procedures were set up. A systematic analytical screening, involving several combinations of chiral stationary and mobile phases, allowed us to optimize the analytical resolution and to set up the (semi-)preparative chromatographic conditions. Applying the optimized procedure, the enantiomeric resolution of the studied compounds was successfully achieved, obtaining all of the compounds with an enantiomeric excess higher than 95%. Lastly, the absolute configuration has been empirically assigned to enantiopure compounds, combining the electronic circular dichroism (ECD) technique to the elution order study.
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- Marta Rui
- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology Section, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy.
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna 1090, Austria.
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology Section, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna 1090, Austria.
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- Corden Pharma Switzerland LLC, Eichenweg 1, Liestal 4410, Switzerland.
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology Section, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy.
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology Section, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, Pavia 27100, Italy.
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This critical review presents the various synthetic approaches and chiral chemistry of metal-camphorate frameworks (MCamFs), which are homochiral metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) constructed from a camphorate ligand. The interest in this unique subset of homochiral MOFs is derived from the many interesting chiral features for both materials and life sciences, such as asymmetrical synthesis or crystallization, homochiral structural design, chiral induction, absolute helical control and ligand handedness. Additionally, we discuss the potential applications of homochiral MCamFs. This review will be of interest to researchers attempting to design other homochiral MOFs and those engaged in the extension of MOFs for applications such as chiral recognition, enantiomer separation, asymmetric catalysis, nonlinear sensors and devices.
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- Zhi-Gang Gu
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
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A chromatographic and computational study on the driving force operating in the exceptionally large enantioseparation of N-thiocarbamoyl-3-(4′-biphenyl)-5-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-(1H) pyrazole on a 4-methylbenzoate cellulose-based chiral stationary phase. J Chromatogr A 2014; 1324:71-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Revised: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rossi D, Pedrali A, Marra A, Pignataro L, Schepmann D, Wünsch B, Ye L, Leuner K, Peviani M, Curti D, Azzolina O, Collina S. Studies on the Enantiomers of as Neuroprotective Agents: Isolation, Configurational Assignment, and Preliminary Biological Profile. Chirality 2013; 25:814-22. [DOI: 10.1002/chir.22223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2013] [Revised: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Daniela Rossi
- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology section; University of Pavia; Pavia Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology section; University of Pavia; Pavia Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology section; University of Pavia; Pavia Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Università degli Studi di Milano, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari (ISTM) del CNR; Milan Italy
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry; University of Münster; Münster Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry; University of Münster; Münster Germany
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- Molecular & Clinical Pharmacy; FAU Erlangen/Nuremberg; Erlangen Germany
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- Molecular & Clinical Pharmacy; FAU Erlangen/Nuremberg; Erlangen Germany
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology “L. Spallanzani”, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuropharmacology; University of Pavia; Pavia Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology “L. Spallanzani”, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuropharmacology; University of Pavia; Pavia Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology section; University of Pavia; Pavia Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology section; University of Pavia; Pavia Italy
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Cilibrizzi A, Schepetkin IA, Bartolucci G, Crocetti L, Dal Piaz V, Giovannoni MP, Graziano A, Kirpotina LN, Quinn MT, Vergelli C. Synthesis, enantioresolution, and activity profile of chiral 6-methyl-2,4-disubstituted pyridazin-3(2H)-ones as potent N-formyl peptide receptor agonists. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:3781-92. [PMID: 22607879 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.04.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2012] [Revised: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 04/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A series of chiral pyridazin-3(2H)-ones was synthesized, separated as pure enantiomers, and evaluated for N-formyl peptide receptor (FPR) agonist activity. Characterization of the purified enantiomers using combined chiral HPLC and chiroptical studies (circular dichroism, allowed unambiguous assignment of the absolute configuration for each pair of enantiomers). Evaluation of the ability of racemic mixtures and purified enantiomers to stimulate intracellular Ca(2+) flux in FPR-transfected HL-60 cells and human neutrophils and to induce β-arrestin recruitment in FPR-transfected CHO-K1 cells showed that many enantiomers were potent agonists, inducing responses in the sub-micromolar to nanomolar range. Furthermore, FPRs exhibited enantiomer selectivity, generally preferring the R-(-)-forms over the S-(+)-enantiomers. Finally, we found that elongation of the carbon chain in the chiral center of the active compounds generally increased biological activity. Thus, these studies provide important new information regarding molecular features involved in FPR ligand preference and report the identification of a novel series of FPR agonists.
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- Agostino Cilibrizzi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via Ugo Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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Alcaro S, Bolasco A, Cirilli R, Ferretti R, Fioravanti R, Ortuso F. Computer-Aided Molecular Design of Asymmetric Pyrazole Derivatives with Exceptional Enantioselective Recognition toward the Chiralcel OJ-H Stationary Phase. J Chem Inf Model 2012; 52:649-54. [DOI: 10.1021/ci200592h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Stefano Alcaro
- Dipartimento di Scienze della
Salute, Università “Magna Græcia” di Catanzaro,
Campus Universitario “S. Venuta”, Viale Europa, 88100,
Catanzaro, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Tecnologie
del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”,
P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Superiore di Sanità,
Dipartimento del Farmaco, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Superiore di Sanità,
Dipartimento del Farmaco, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Tecnologie
del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”,
P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della
Salute, Università “Magna Græcia” di Catanzaro,
Campus Universitario “S. Venuta”, Viale Europa, 88100,
Catanzaro, Italy
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Comini M, Pozzoli C, Incerti M, Rossi D, Collina S, Azzolina O, Di Vittorio E, Morini G, Poli E. Stereospecific effects of benzo[d]isothiazolyloxypropanolamine derivatives at β-adrenoceptors: Synthesis, chiral resolution, and biological activity in vitro. Chirality 2009; 21:284-91. [DOI: 10.1002/chir.20574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kasat RB, Wang NHL, Franses EI. Effects of Backbone and Side Chain on the Molecular Environments of Chiral Cavities in Polysaccharide-Based Biopolymers. Biomacromolecules 2007; 8:1676-85. [PMID: 17439279 DOI: 10.1021/bm070006h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The effects of the backbone and side chain on the molecular environments in the chiral cavities of three commercially important polysaccharide-based chiral sorbents--cellulose tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) (CDMPC), amylose tris(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) (ADMPC), and amylose tris[(S)-alpha-methylbenzylcarbamate] (ASMBC)--are studied by attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy (ATR-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), 13C cross-polarization/magic-angle spinning (CP/MAS) and MAS solid-state NMR, and density functional theory (DFT) modeling. These sorbents are used widely in preparative-scale chiral separations. ATR-IR is used to determine how the H-bonding states of the C=O and NH groups of the polymer depend on the backbone and side chain. The changes in the polymer crystallinity are characterized with XRD. The changes in the polymer helicity and molecular mobility for polymer-coated silica beads (commercially called Chiralcel OD, Chirapak AD, and Chiralpak AS) are probed with 13C CP/MAS and MAS solid-state NMR. The IR wavenumbers and the NMR chemical shifts for the polymer backbone monomers and dimers and the side chains are predicted at the DFT/B3LYP/6-311+g(d,p) level of theory. It is concluded that the molecular environments of the C=O, NH, and phenyl groups show significant differences in intramolecular and intermolecular interactions and in the nanostructures of the chiral cavities of these biopolymers. These results have implications for understanding how the molecular environments of chiral cavities of these polymers affect their molecular recognition mechanisms.
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- Rahul B Kasat
- School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100, USA
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