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Nutt MJ, Stewart SG. Strengthening Molecular Glues: Design Strategies for Improving Thalidomide Analogs as Cereblon Effectors and Anticancer Agents. Drug Discov Today 2024; 29:104010. [PMID: 38704021 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2024.104010] [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: 02/21/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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In the two decades since a novel thalidomide analog was last approved, many promising drug candidates have emerged with remarkable potency as targeted protein degraders. Likewise, the advent of PROTACs for suppressing 'undruggable' protein targets reinforces the need for new analogs with improved cereblon affinity, target selectivity and drug-like properties. However, thalidomide and its approved derivatives remain plagued by several shortcomings, such as structural instability and poor solubility. Herein, we present a review of strategies for mitigating these shortcomings and highlight contemporary drug discovery approaches that have generated novel thalidomide analogs with enhanced efficacy as cereblon effectors and/or anticancer agents.
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- Michael J Nutt
- School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Australia.
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- School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Australia.
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Sun K, Sun T, Jiang Y, Shi J, Sun W, Zheng Y, Wang Z, Li Z, Lv X, Zhang X, Luo F, Liu S. Iron-catalyzed benzylic C-H thiolation via photoinduced ligand-to-metal charge-transfer. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:5755-5758. [PMID: 38747147 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01574f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Here, we describe an iron-catalyzed benzylic C-H thiolation of alkylarenes via photoinduced ligand-to-metal charge-transfer. The protocol features operational simplicity, mild reaction conditions, and the use of FeCl3 as catalyst and thiols/disulfides as sulfur sources, which enables the transformation of diverse benzylic C-H bonds into C-S bonds with a high efficiency.
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- Kaiting Sun
- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China.
- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China.
- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China.
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- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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- College of Medicine, Jiaxing University, 118 Jiahang Road, Jiaxing, 314001, P. R. China.
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Pinto AF, Nunes JS, Severino Martins JE, Leal AC, Silva CCVC, da Silva AJFS, da Cruz Olímpio DS, da Silva ETN, Campos TA, Lima Leite AC. Thiazole, Isatin and Phthalimide Derivatives Tested in vivo against Cancer Models: A Literature Review of the Last Six Years. Curr Med Chem 2024; 31:2991-3032. [PMID: 37170994 DOI: 10.2174/0929867330666230426154055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cancer is a disease characterized by the abnormal multiplication of cells and is the second leading cause of death in the world. The search for new effective and safe anticancer compounds is ongoing due to factors such as low selectivity, high toxicity, and multidrug resistance. Thus, heterocyclic compounds derived from isatin, thiazole and phthalimide that have achieved promising in vitro anticancer activity have been tested in vivo and in clinical trials. OBJECTIVE This review focused on the compilation of promising data from thiazole, isatin, and phthalimide derivatives, reported in the literature between 2015 and 2022, with in vivo anticancer activity and clinical trials. METHODS A bibliographic search was carried out in the PUBMED, MEDLINE, ELSEVIER, and CAPES PERIODIC databases, selecting relevant works for each pharmacophoric group with in vivo antitumor activity in the last 6 years. RESULTS In our study, 68 articles that fit the scope were selected and critically analyzed. These articles were organized considering the type of antitumor activity and their year of publication. Some compounds reported here demonstrated potent antitumor activity against several tumor types. CONCLUSION This review allowed us to highlight works that reported promising structures for the treatment of various cancer types and also demonstrated that the privileged structures thiazole, isatin and phthalimide are important in the design of new syntheses and molecular optimization of compounds with antitumor activity.
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- Aline Ferreira Pinto
- Laboratory of Planning in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, 50740-520, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Planning in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, 50740-520, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Regulatory Affairs Advisory, Empresa Brasileira de Hemoderivados e Biotecnologia (HEMOBRAS), CEP 51021-410, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Planning in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, 50740-520, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Planning in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, 50740-520, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Planning in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, 50740-520, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Planning in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, 50740-520, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Planning in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, 50740-520, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Planning in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, 50740-520, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Planning in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, 50740-520, Recife, PE, Brazil
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Chen Y, Li Z, Xu Y, Huang T, Hai L, Nie R, Wu Y. Access to Amides and Lactams via Pyridotriazole as a Transformable Directing Group. J Org Chem 2023; 88:15597-15607. [PMID: 37916793 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Amide and lactam frameworks were synthesized via an efficient two-step strategy. In this protocol, pyridotriazoles were first treated with isocyanates to form the corresponding amides, which were found to be sufficiently reactive to undergo subsequent intramolecular N-H insertion in the absence of any additional reagents or catalysts.
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- Yuting Chen
- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Cui W, Guo G, Wang Y, Song X, Lv J, Yang D. Visible light/copper catalysis enabled alkylation of silyl enol ethers with arylsulfonium salts. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:6367-6370. [PMID: 37144332 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc01056b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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An efficient protocol has been developed herein for the site-selective alkylation of silyl enol ethers with arylsulfonium salts giving access to valuable aryl alkyl thioethers under visible light conditions. Enabled by copper (I) photocatalysis, the C-S bond of arylsulfonium salts can be selectively cleaved to deliver C-centered radicals under mild conditions. This developed method provides a straightforward approach to utilize arylsulfonium salts as sulfur sources for the synthesis of aryl alkyl thioethers.
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- Wenwen Cui
- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China.
- National Engineering Research Center of Low-Carbon Processing and Utilization of Forest Biomass, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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Liu H, Mi Q, Ding X, Lin C, Liu L, Ren C, Shen S, Shao Y, Chen J, Zhou Y, Ji L, Zhang H, Bai F, Yang X, Yin Q, Jiang B. Discovery and characterization of novel potent BCR-ABL degraders by conjugating allosteric inhibitor. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 244:114810. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Ram S, Mehara P, Kumar A, Sharma AK, Chauhan AS, Kumar A, Das P. Supported-Pd catalyzed carbonylative synthesis of phthalimides and isoindolinones using Oxalic acid as in situ CO surrogate with 2-iodobenzamides and 2-iodobenzylanilines in ppm-level catalyst loading. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mao S, Zhao Y, Luo Z, Wang R, Yuan B, Hu J, Hu L, Zhang SQ, Ye X, Wang M, Chen Z. Metal-free photo-induced sulfidation of aryl iodide and other chalcogenation. Front Chem 2022; 10:941016. [PMID: 35958235 PMCID: PMC9360480 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.941016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A photo-induced C-S radical cross-coupling of aryl iodides and disulfides under transition-metal and external photosensitizer free conditions for the synthesis of aryl sulfides at room temperature has been presented, which features mild reaction conditions, broad substrate scope, high efficiency, and good functional group compatibility. The developed methodology could be readily applied to forge C-S bond in the field of pharmaceutical and material science.
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- Shuai Mao
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, SN, China
- *Correspondence: Shuai Mao, ; Mingliang Wang, ; Zhengkai Chen,
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, SN, China
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- Xi’an Changqing Chemical Group Co., Ltd, Xi’an, SN, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, SN, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, SN, China
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- Qingyuan Edible Fungi Research Center, Lishui, ZJ, China
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- Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, SN, China
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- Qingyuan Edible Fungi Research Center, Lishui, ZJ, China
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- Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan, China
- *Correspondence: Shuai Mao, ; Mingliang Wang, ; Zhengkai Chen,
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- Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Shuai Mao, ; Mingliang Wang, ; Zhengkai Chen,
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Fu L, Wang J, Chen X, Shi T, Shao Z, Chen J, Tian C, Zhou Z, Zhu H, Zhang J. [4+2]-Annulation of prop-2-ynylsulfonium salts and N-substituted pyrrole-2-carboxaldehydes: access to indolizines containing a thioether group. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj04079k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
[4+2]-Annulation of prop-2-ynylsulfonium salts and N-substituted pyrrole-2-carboxaldehydes to generate indolizines containing a thioether group.
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- Liping Fu
- Department of Pharmacy, Shaoxing TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P. R. China
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- School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P. R. China
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- School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P. R. China
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- School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Yongtai Technology Co., Ltd, Taizhou, Zhejiang 317016, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shaoxing TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shaoxing TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shaoxing TCM Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P. R. China
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- School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P. R. China
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- School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310015, P. R. China
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Reddy RJ, Shankar A, Kumar JJ, Sharadha N, Krishna GR. Diethyl phosphite-mediated switchable synthesis of bis(imidazoheterocycles) derived disulfanes and sulfanes using imidazoheterocycles and octasulfur. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj05226h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A unique diethyl phosphite-mediated switchable synthesis of bis(imidazoheterocycle)-derived disulfanes and sulfanes using imidazoheterocycles with sulfur is reported. Moreover, imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-indole derived thioethers were also realized.
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- Raju Jannapu Reddy
- Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- X-ray Crystallography, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India
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Sun QX, Chen H, Liu S, Wang XQ, Duan XH, Guo LN. Iron-Catalyzed Thiolation and Selenylation of Cycloalkyl Hydroperoxides via C-C Bond Cleavage. J Org Chem 2021; 86:11987-11997. [PMID: 34374284 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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A cheap iron-catalyzed C-C bond cleavage/thiolation and selenylation of cycloalkyl hydroperoxides are presented. This redox-neutral protocol provides efficient access to diverse distal keto-functionalized thioethers and selenium compounds. Remarkably, only some amounts of disulfides are required for this transformation.
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- Qing-Xin Sun
- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, and MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, and MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, and MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, and MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, and MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.,State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry, and MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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Nutt MJ, Yee YS, Buyan A, Andrewartha N, Corry B, Yeoh GCT, Stewart SG. In pursuit of a selective hepatocellular carcinoma therapeutic agent: Novel thalidomide derivatives with antiproliferative, antimigratory and STAT3 inhibitory properties. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 217:113353. [PMID: 33773263 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Advanced stage liver cancer is predominantly treated with the multi-kinase inhibitor sorafenib; however, this therapeutic agent lacks selectivity in its cytotoxic actions and is associated with poor survival outcomes. Herein we report the design and preparation of several thalidomide derivatives, including a variety of novel thioether-containing forms that are especially rare in the literature. Importantly, two of the derivatives described are potent antiproliferative agents with dose-dependent selectivity for tumorigenic liver progenitor cells (LPC) growth inhibition (up to 36% increase in doubling time at 10 μM) over non-tumorigenic cells (no effect at 10 μM). Furthermore, these putative anti-liver cancer agents were also found to be potent inhibitors of tumorigenic LPC migration. This report also describes these derivatives' effects on several key signalling pathways in our novel liver cell lines by immunofluorescence and AlphaLISA assays. Aryl thioether derivative 7f significantly reduced STAT3 phosphorylation (23%) and its nuclear localisation (16%) at 10 μM in tumorigenic LPCs, implicating the IL-6/JAK/STAT3 axis is central in the mode of action of our derivatives.
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- Michael J Nutt
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia; The Centre for Medical Research, The Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia; The Centre for Medical Research, The Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia; The Centre for Medical Research, The Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia.
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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of thioether-containing lenalidomide and pomalidomide derivatives with anti-multiple myeloma activity. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 209:112912. [PMID: 33328101 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Revised: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Lenalidomide and its analogs are well-known for treating multiple myeloma. In this work, designed sulfide-modified lenalidomide and pomalidomide were synthesized and evaluated. The anti-proliferative activity against MM.1S cell line of 3ak (IC50 = 79 nM) was similar to lenalidomide (IC50 = 81 nM). Compared to benzylic thioether substituted lenalidomide 3a, the half-live (T1/2) of 4-F-phenyl-thioether analogs 3ak in human liver microsomes was promoted from 3 min to 416.7 min. The corresponding metabolic factor of 3ak was increased from 2.8% to 79.5%, which was slightly lower than lenalidomide (91.5%). Moreover, the IKZF1 degradation of 3y and 3ak was well related with corresponding IC50 values, which suggested the IKZF1 degradation efficiency is correlated to the responses of MM1. S cells. Furthermore, the oral administration of compounds 3y and 3ak at dosages of 60 mg/kg could delay tumor growth in female CB-17 SCID mice. This research helped to prompt the stability of thioether lenalidomide analogs, which paved the way for developing better molecules for treating multiple myeloma.
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Jannapu Reddy R, Waheed M, Rama Krishna G. Phenylboronic acid-catalyzed tandem construction of S-S and C-S bonds: a new method for the synthesis of benzyl disulfanylsulfone derivatives from S-benzyl thiosulfonates. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:3243-3248. [PMID: 32285079 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00442a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A unique phenylboronic acid-catalyzed dimerization-sulfonylation of S-benzyl thiosulfonates has been disclosed. A metal-free tandem construction of S-S and C-S bonds is an operationally simple method to access a wide range of benzyl disulfanylsulfone derivatives in high to excellent yields. Moreover, the robustness of this tandem transformation has been demonstrated by gram-scale reactions, and a plausible mechanism is also proposed.
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- Raju Jannapu Reddy
- Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India.
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- X-ray Crystallography, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India
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Xiao D, Wang YJ, Wang HL, Zhou YB, Li J, Lu W, Jin J. Design and synthesis of new lenalidomide analogs via Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2020; 353:e1900376. [PMID: 32342558 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201900376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Lenalidomide is a cereblon modulator known for its antitumor, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties in clinical applications. Recently, some reported lenalidomide analogs could exhibit a significant bioactivity through various modifications in the isoindolinone ring. In this study, we designed and synthesized a series of novel lenalidomide analogs on the basis of the installation of a methylene chain at the C-4 position of isoindolinone via the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. These new compounds were further evaluated for their in vitro antiproliferative activities against two tumor cell lines (MM.1S and Mino). Specifically, compound 4c displayed the strongest antiproliferative activity against the MM.1S (IC50 = 0.27 ± 0.03 μM) and Mino (IC50 = 5.65 ± 0.58 μM) tumor cell lines. In summary, we have developed a new synthetic strategy for C-4 derivatization of lenalidomide, providing a bioactive scaffold that could be used to discover further potential antitumor lead compounds in pharmaceutical research.
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- Donghuai Xiao
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China.,Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Open Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products, Qingdao, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Sethi A, Singh RP, Pathak R, Shukla D, Amandeep, Yadav P. One pot synthesis of novel pregnane-sulphur prodrugs, spectroscopic investigation, conformational analysis, chemical reactivity, Fukui function and their mathematical model. J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.127136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Qin Y, Han Y, Tang Y, Wei J, Yang M. A general method for site-selective Csp 3-S bond formation via cooperative catalysis. Chem Sci 2019; 11:1276-1282. [PMID: 34123252 PMCID: PMC8148391 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc04169a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Herein, we report a copper-catalysed site-selective thiolation of Csp3-H bonds of aliphatic amines. The method features a broad substrate scope and good functional group compatibility. Primary, secondary, and tertiary C-H bonds can be converted into C-S bonds with a high efficiency. The late-stage modification of biologically active compounds by this method was also demonstrated. Furthermore, the one-pot preparation of pyrrolidine or piperidine compounds via a domino process was achieved.
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- Yuman Qin
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University 620 West Chang'an Ave Xi'an 710119 China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University 620 West Chang'an Ave Xi'an 710119 China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University 620 West Chang'an Ave Xi'an 710119 China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University 620 West Chang'an Ave Xi'an 710119 China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University 620 West Chang'an Ave Xi'an 710119 China
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Zou J, Chen J, Shi T, Hou Y, Cao F, Wang Y, Wang X, Jia Z, Zhao Q, Wang Z. Phthalimide-Carried Disulfur Transfer To Synthesize Unsymmetrical Disulfanes via Copper Catalysis. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jiaoxia Zou
- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, West Donggang Road, No. 199, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, West Donggang Road, No. 199, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, West Donggang Road, No. 199, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, West Donggang Road, No. 199, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, West Donggang Road, No. 199, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, West Donggang Road, No. 199, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- The Second People’s Hospital of Lanzhou City, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, West Donggang Road, No. 199, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, West Donggang Road, No. 199, Lanzhou 730000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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