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Arciszewska K, Pućkowska A, Wróbel A, Drozdowska D. Carbocyclic Analogues of Distamycin and Netropsin. Mini Rev Med Chem 2019; 19:98-113. [PMID: 30626311 DOI: 10.2174/1389557518666181009143203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
The DNA as the depository of genetic information is a natural target for chemotherapy. A lot of anticancer and antimicrobial agents derive their biological activity from their selective interaction with DNA in the minor groove and from their ability to interfere with biological processes such as enzyme catalysis, replication and transcription. The discovery of the details of minor groove binding drugs, such as netropsin and distamycin A, oligoamides built of 4-amino-1-methylpyrrole-2-carboxylic acid residues, allowed to develop various DNA sequence-reading molecules, named lexitropsins, capable of interacting with DNA precisely, strongly and with a high specificity, and at the same time exhibiting significant cytotoxic potential. Among such compounds, lexitropsins built of carbocyclic sixmembered aromatic rings occupy a quite prominent place in drug research. This work is an attempt to present current findings in the study of carbocyclic lexitropins, their structures, syntheses and biological investigations such as DNA-binding and antiproliferative activity.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University, Bialystok 15-222, Mickiewicza Street 2c, Poland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University, Bialystok 15-222, Mickiewicza Street 2c, Poland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University, Bialystok 15-222, Mickiewicza Street 2c, Poland
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Vianello P, Botrugno OA, Cappa A, Dal Zuffo R, Dessanti P, Mai A, Marrocco B, Mattevi A, Meroni G, Minucci S, Stazi G, Thaler F, Trifiró P, Valente S, Villa M, Varasi M, Mercurio C. Discovery of a Novel Inhibitor of Histone Lysine-Specific Demethylase 1A (KDM1A/LSD1) as Orally Active Antitumor Agent. J Med Chem 2016; 59:1501-17. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Paola Vianello
- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le
A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Pasteur Institute-Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, Sapienza
University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department
of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le
A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department
of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata
1, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
- Department
of Biosciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria, 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le
A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le
A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental Oncology, Academic Drug Discovery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
- Genextra Group, DAC s.r.l., Via
Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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Duvall JR, Vrcic A, Marcaurelle LA. Small-Molecule Library Synthesis on Silicon-Functionalized SynPhase Lanterns. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY 2010; 2:135-151. [PMID: 22679566 DOI: 10.1002/9780470559277.ch100038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Silicon-functionalized SynPhase Lanterns are useful for the combinatorial synthesis of small-molecule libraries. Lanterns bearing an alkyl tethered diisopropylarylsilane are first activated with triflic acid to afford the corresponding diisopropylsilyl triflate, which is then reacted with a library scaffold bearing a free alcohol. Once the scaffold has been loaded onto the solid phase, a variety of transformations can be run, including amine cappings, cross-coupling reactions and amide bond formation. These reactions can yield a variety of products when run sequentially using split-pool synthesis strategies. Upon completion of the solid-phase transformations, the small-molecules are released from the Lanterns using HF/pyridine. Using the techniques described within, libraries can be made ranging from a few compounds to >10,000 members in a highly efficient manner.
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- Jeremy R Duvall
- Chemical Biology Platform, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge Massachusetts 02142
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