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Bonakolluru Y, Nukala SK, Dasari G, Badithapuram V, Manchal R, Bandari S. Design and Synthesis of Some New N-(Thiazol-2-yl) Benzamides of Quinoxaline as DNA Topoisomerase II Targeting Anticancer Agents and ADMET. Polycycl Aromat Compd 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10406638.2022.2117208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, Chaitanya Deemed to Be University, Warangal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Chaitanya Deemed to Be University, Warangal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Chaitanya Deemed to Be University, Warangal, India
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Abinaya R, Srinath S, Soundarya S, Sridhar R, Balasubramanian KK, Baskar B. Recent Developments on Synthesis Strategies, SAR Studies and Biological Activities of β-Carboline Derivatives – An Update. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.132750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Bao X, Zeng L, Jin J, Cui S. Facile Synthesis of γ-Butenolides and Maleic Anhydrides via Annulation of α-Keto Acids and Triazenyl Alkynes. J Org Chem 2022; 87:2821-2830. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Xiaodong Bao
- Institute of Drug Discovery and Design, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery and Design, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry of Natural Substances, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery and Design, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Xu ZJ, Zhou YJ, Wang JH, Mao LF, Li W, Xu GQ. The Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of 1,8-Naphthalimide Derivatives Linked 1,2,3-Triazole. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:662432. [PMID: 33928073 PMCID: PMC8076741 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.662432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this study, acenaphthylene was used as the raw material, and a series of novel 1,8-naphthalimide-1,2,3-triazole derivatives was obtained through oxidation, acylation, alkylation, and click reactions, and subsequently, their anti-tumor activities were tested. After screening, we found that Compound 5e showed good activity against H1975 lung cancer cells, with the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) reaching 16.56 μM.
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- Zhong-Jie Xu
- College of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center of Chiral Hydroxyl Pharmaceutical, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center of Chiral Hydroxyl Pharmaceutical, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center of Chiral Hydroxyl Pharmaceutical, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center of Chiral Hydroxyl Pharmaceutical, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center of Chiral Hydroxyl Pharmaceutical, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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Redzicka A, Czyżnikowska Ż, Wiatrak B, Gębczak K, Kochel A. Design and Synthesis of N-Substituted 3,4-Pyrroledicarboximides as Potential Anti-Inflammatory Agents. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:1410. [PMID: 33573356 PMCID: PMC7866801 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In the present paper, we describe the biological activity of the newly designed and synthesized series N-substituted 3,4-pyrroledicarboximides 2a-2p. The compounds 2a-2p were obtained in good yields by one-pot, three-component condensation of pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole scaffold (1a-c) with secondary amines and an excess of formaldehyde solution in C2H5OH. The structural properties of the compounds were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR FT-IR, MS, and elemental analysis. Moreover, single crystal X-ray diffraction has been recorded for compound 2h. The colorimetric inhibitor screening assay was used to obtain their potencies to inhibit COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes. According to the results, all of the tested compounds inhibited the activity of COX-1 and COX-2. Theoretical modeling was also applied to describe the binding properties of compounds towards COX-1 and COX-2 cyclooxygenase isoform. The data were supported by QSAR study.
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- Aleksandra Redzicka
- Department of Chemistry of Drugs, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211a, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland; (B.W.); (K.G.)
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 2, 50-345 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland; (B.W.); (K.G.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 54-234 Wrocław, Poland;
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Comí M, Ocheje MU, Attar S, Mu AU, Philips BK, Kalin AJ, Kakosimos KE, Fang L, Rondeau-Gagné S, Al-Hashimi M. Synthesis and Photocyclization of Conjugated Diselenophene Pyrrole-2,5-dione Based Monomers for Optoelectronics. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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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- Marc Comí
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University at Qatar, P.O. Box 23874, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B3P4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University at Qatar, P.O. Box 23874, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar, PO Box 23874, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B3P4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University at Qatar, P.O. Box 23874, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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Alesawy MS, Al-Karmalawy AA, Elkaeed EB, Alswah M, Belal A, Taghour MS, Eissa IH. Design and discovery of new 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-c]quinazolines as potential DNA intercalators and topoisomerase II inhibitors. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2020; 354:e2000237. [PMID: 33226150 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202000237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A new series of 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-c]quinazoline derivatives was designed and synthesized as Topo II inhibitors and DNA intercalators. The cytotoxic effect of the new members was evaluated in vitro against a group of cancer cell lines including HCT-116, HepG-2, and MCF-7. Compounds 14c , 14d , 14e , 14e , 15b , 18b , 18c , and 19b exhibited the highest activities with IC50 values ranging from 5.22 to 24.24 µM. Furthermore, Topo II inhibitory activities and DNA intercalating affinities of the most promising candidates were evaluated as a possible mechanism for the antiproliferative effect. The results of the Topo II inhibition and DNA binding tests were coherent with that of in vitro cytotoxicity. Additionally, the most promising compound 18c was analyzed in HepG-2 cells for its apoptotic effect and cell cycle arrest. It was found that 18c can induce apoptosis and arrest the cell cycle at the G2-M phase. Finally, molecular docking studies were carried out for the designed compounds against the crystal structure of the DNA-Topo II complex as a potential target to explore their binding modes. On the basis of these studies, it was hypothesized that the DNA binding and/or Topo II inhibition would participate in the noted cytotoxicity of the synthesized compounds.
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- Mohamed S Alesawy
- Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Novel 3,3-disubstituted oxindole derivatives. Synthesis and evaluation of the anti-proliferative activity. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2019; 30:126845. [PMID: 31831381 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.126845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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3,3-Disubstituted oxindole derivatives bearing a nitrogen atom at the C-3 position have been synthesized starting from 3-alkyl oxindole through a metal free pathway. These derivatives have been tested in five human tumor cell lines (PC3, MCF7, SW620, MiaPaca2 and A375) and on primary cells (PBMCs) from healthy donors providing compound 6d showing a strong anticancer effect in all cancer lines on the low micromolar range.
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Design, synthesis, molecular modeling and anti-proliferative evaluation of novel quinoxaline derivatives as potential DNA intercalators and topoisomerase II inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 155:117-134. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Synthesis of carbazole derivatives containing chalcone analogs as non-intercalative topoisomerase II catalytic inhibitors and apoptosis inducers. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 145:498-510. [PMID: 29335211 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Novel topoisomerase II (Topo II) inhibitors have gained considerable interest for the development of anticancer agents. In this study, a series of carbazole derivatives containing chalcone analogs (CDCAs) were synthesized and investigated for their Topo II inhibition and cytotoxic activities. The results from Topo II mediated DNA relaxation assay showed that CDCAs could significantly inhibit the activity of Topo II, and the structure-activity relationship indicated the halogen substituent in phenyl ring play an important role in the activity. Further mechanism studies revealed that CDCAs function as non-intercalative Topo II catalytic inhibitors. Moreover, some CDCAs showed micromolar cytotoxic activities. The most potent compound 3h exhibited notable growth inhibition against four human cancer cell lines. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that compounds 3d and 3h arrested the HL-60 cells in sub G1 phase by induction of apoptosis. It was further confirmed by Annexin-V-FITC binding assay. Western blot analysis revealed that compound 3h induces apoptosis likely through the activation of caspase proteins.
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Synthesis of podophyllotoxin linked β-carboline congeners as potential anticancer agents and DNA topoisomerase II inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 144:557-571. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.12.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Samadi M, Nury T, Khalafi-Nezhad A, Lizard G. Protecting group-free radical decarboxylation of bile acids: Synthesis of novel steroidal substituted maleic anhydrides and maleimides and evaluation of their cytotoxicity on C6 rat glioma cells. Steroids 2017; 125:124-130. [PMID: 28711707 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2017.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Revised: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We report the first Barton radical decarboxylation of unprotected bile acids via in situ irradiation of their thiohydroxamic esters in the presence of citraconic anhydride and citracoimide, leading to the synthesis a series of steroidal maleic anhydrides and maleimides as novel hybrid bile acids. The cytotoxic activities were evaluated on C6 rat glioma cells.
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- Mohammad Samadi
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Approche Multi-échelle de Milieux Complexes (LCP-A2MC), ICPM, Département de Chimie, Université de Lorraine, 1, Bd Arago, Metz-Technopôle, 57078 Metz, France.
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism' EA 7270/Inserm, Faculté des Sciences Gabriel, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, Iran
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Team 'Biochemistry of the Peroxisome, Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism' EA 7270/Inserm, Faculté des Sciences Gabriel, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
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5-Ethynylarylnaphthalimides as antitumor agents: Synthesis and biological evaluation. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:1976-1983. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mazza A, Beccalli EM, Contini A, Garcia-Argaez AN, Dalla Via L, Gelmi ML. A new scaffold of topoisomerase I inhibitors: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation. Eur J Med Chem 2016; 124:326-339. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Maffucci I, Contini A. Improved Computation of Protein–Protein Relative Binding Energies with the Nwat-MMGBSA Method. J Chem Inf Model 2016; 56:1692-704. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.6b00196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Irene Maffucci
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche
− Sezione di Chimica Generale e Organica “Alessandro
Marchesini”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via
Venezian, 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche
− Sezione di Chimica Generale e Organica “Alessandro
Marchesini”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via
Venezian, 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Guan Q, Zuo D, Jiang N, Qi H, Zhai Y, Bai Z, Feng D, Yang L, Jiang M, Bao K, Li C, Wu Y, Zhang W. Microwave-assisted synthesis and biological evaluation of 3,4-diaryl maleic anhydride/N-substituted maleimide derivatives as combretastatin A-4 analogues. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 25:631-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Revised: 09/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Pellegrino S, Ronda L, Annoni C, Contini A, Erba E, Gelmi ML, Piano R, Paredi G, Mozzarelli A, Bettati S. Molecular insights into dimerization inhibition of c-Maf transcription factor. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2014; 1844:2108-15. [PMID: 25220806 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2014.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2014] [Revised: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The Maf protein family belongs to the activator protein 1 (AP-1) superfamily of transcription factors that bind specific DNA target sequences through a basic region and exploit a leucine zipper (LZ) motif for protein-protein interactions leading to homo- or hetero-dimerization. Mafs unique DNA-binding domain contains a highly conserved extended homology region (EHR) that allows to recognize longer DNA sequences than other basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors. Inspired by the fact that overexpression of Mafs is observed in about 50% of cases of multiple myeloma, a hematological malignant disorder, we undertook a peptide inhibitor approach. The LZ domain of c-Maf, one of large Mafs, was produced by solid phase peptide synthesis. We characterized its secondary structure and dimerization properties, and found that dimerization and folding events are strictly coupled. Moreover, potential peptidic c-Maf dimerization inhibitors were computationally designed and synthesized. These compounds were demonstrated by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry to bind to c-Maf LZ monomers, to drive folding of their partially disordered structure and to efficiently compete with dimerization, suggesting a way for interfering with the function of c-Maf and, more generally, of intrinsically disordered proteins, till now considered undruggable targets.
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- Sara Pellegrino
- DISFARM - Section of General and Organic Chemistry "A. Marchesini", University of Milan, Via Venezian 21, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 23/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- DISFARM - Section of General and Organic Chemistry "A. Marchesini", University of Milan, Via Venezian 21, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- DISFARM - Section of General and Organic Chemistry "A. Marchesini", University of Milan, Via Venezian 21, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- DISFARM - Section of General and Organic Chemistry "A. Marchesini", University of Milan, Via Venezian 21, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- DISFARM - Section of General and Organic Chemistry "A. Marchesini", University of Milan, Via Venezian 21, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 23/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 23/A, 43124 Parma, Italy; SITEIA.PARMA Interdepartmental Center, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 181/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 23/A, 43124 Parma, Italy; National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, Viale Medaglie d'Oro 305, 00136 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 23/A, 43124 Parma, Italy; National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, Viale Medaglie d'Oro 305, 00136 Rome, Italy.
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Ruffoni A, Ferri N, Bernini SK, Ricci C, Corsini A, Maffucci I, Clerici F, Contini A. 2-Amino-3-(phenylsulfanyl)norbornane-2-carboxylate: An Appealing Scaffold for the Design of Rac1–Tiam1 Protein–Protein Interaction Inhibitors. J Med Chem 2014; 57:2953-62. [DOI: 10.1021/jm401924s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Alessandro Ruffoni
- Dipartimento
di Scienze Farmaceutiche—Sezione di Chimica Generale e Organica
“Alessandro Marchesini”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy
- Multimedica IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Farmaceutiche—Sezione di Chimica Generale e Organica
“Alessandro Marchesini”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Farmaceutiche—Sezione di Chimica Generale e Organica
“Alessandro Marchesini”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Farmaceutiche—Sezione di Chimica Generale e Organica
“Alessandro Marchesini”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Quintana-Espinoza P, García-Luis J, Amesty A, Martín-Rodríguez P, Lorenzo-Castrillejo I, Ravelo AG, Fernández-Pérez L, Machín F, Estévez-Braun A. Synthesis and study of antiproliferative, antitopoisomerase II, DNA-intercalating and DNA-damaging activities of arylnaphthalimides. Bioorg Med Chem 2013; 21:6484-95. [PMID: 24054489 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Revised: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
A series of arylnaphthalimides were designed and synthesized to overcome the dose-limiting cytotoxicity of N-acetylated metabolites arising from amonafide, the prototypical antitumour naphthalimide whose biomedical properties have been related to its ability to intercalate the DNA and poison the enzyme Topoisomerase II. Thus, these arylnaphthalimides were first evaluated for their antiproliferative activity against two tumour cell lines and for their antitopoisomerase II in vitro activities, together with their ability to intercalate the DNA in vitro and also through docking modelization. Then, the well-known DNA damage response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was employed to critically evaluate whether these novel compounds can damage the DNA in vivo. By performing all these assays we conclude that the 5-arylsubstituted naphthalimides not only keep but also improve amonafide's biological activities.
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- Patricia Quintana-Espinoza
- Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica 'Antonio González', Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Canarias (CIBICAN), Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez 2, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain; Instituto Canario de Investigación del Cáncer (ICIC), Spain(†)
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Lv HS, Zhang JH, Xie YS, Zhao BX. Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of Novel (3E,4E)-1-aryl-3,4-bis[(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)methylidene]pyrrolidene-2,5-dione. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH 2013. [DOI: 10.3184/174751913x13686149475125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A series of novel (3E,4E)-1-aryl-3,4-bis[(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)methylidene]pyrrolidene-2,5-dione derivatives was synthesised and characterised by IR, 1H NMR and HRMS. Moreover, the molecular structure of (3E,4E)-3,4-bis [(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)methylene]-1-(4-ethoxyphenyl)pyrrolidine-2,5-dione was confirmed by the X-ray crystal structure determination.
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- Hong-Shui Lv
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Environment Engineering, Chongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing 404000, P. R. China
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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Maffucci I, Contini A. Explicit Ligand Hydration Shells Improve the Correlation between MM-PB/GBSA Binding Energies and Experimental Activities. J Chem Theory Comput 2013; 9:2706-17. [PMID: 26583864 DOI: 10.1021/ct400045d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Molecular Mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann Surface Area (MM-PBSA) and Molecular Mechanics Generalized Born Surface Area (MM-GBSA) methods are widely used for drug design/discovery purposes. However, it is not clear if the correlation between predicted and experimental binding affinities can be improved by explicitly considering selected water molecules in the calculation of binding energies, since different and sometimes diverging opinions are found in the literature. In this work, we evaluated how variably populated hydration shells explicitly considered around the ligands may affect the correlation between MM-PB/GBSA computed binding energy and biological activities (IC50 and ΔGbind, depending on the available experimental data). Four different systems-namely, the DNA-topoisomerase complex, α-thrombin, penicillopepsin, and avidin-were considered and ligand hydration shells populated by 10-70 water molecules were systematically evaluated. We found that the consideration of a hydration shell populated by a number of water residues (Nwat) between 30 and 70 provided, in all of the considered examples, a positive effect on correlation between MM-PB/GBSA calculated binding affinities and experimental activities, with a negligible increment of computational cost.
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- Irene Maffucci
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche-Sezione di Chimica Generale e Organica "Alessandro Marchesini", Università degli Studi di Milano , Via Venezian, 21 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche-Sezione di Chimica Generale e Organica "Alessandro Marchesini", Università degli Studi di Milano , Via Venezian, 21 20133 Milano, Italy
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Casoni A, Clerici F, Contini A. Molecular dynamic simulation of mGluR5 amino terminal domain: essential dynamics analysis captures the agonist or antagonist behaviour of ligands. J Mol Graph Model 2013; 41:72-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2013.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Revised: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Kamal A, Bolla NR, Srikanth PS, Srivastava AK. Naphthalimide derivatives with therapeutic characteristics: a patent review. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2013; 23:299-317. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.2013.746313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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