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Chadha J, Thakur N, Chhibber S, Harjai K. A comprehensive status update on modification of foley catheter to combat catheter-associated urinary tract infections and microbial biofilms. Crit Rev Microbiol 2024; 50:168-195. [PMID: 36651058 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2023.2167593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Present-day healthcare employs several types of invasive devices, including urinary catheters, to improve medical wellness, the clinical outcome of disease, and the quality of patient life. Among urinary catheters, the Foley catheter is most commonly used in patients for bladder drainage and collection of urine. Although such devices are very useful for patients who cannot empty their bladder for various reasons, they also expose patients to catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Catheter provides an ideal surface for bacterial colonization and biofilm formation, resulting in persistent bacterial infection and severe complications. Hence, rigorous efforts have been made to develop catheters that harbour antimicrobial and anti-fouling properties to resist colonization by bacterial pathogens. In this regard, catheter modification by surface functionalization, impregnation, blending, or coating with antibiotics, bioactive compounds, and nanoformulations have proved to be effective in controlling biofilm formation. This review attempts to illustrate the complications associated with indwelling Foley catheters, primarily focussing on challenges in fighting CAUTI, catheter colonization, and biofilm formation. In this review, we also collate scientific literature on catheter modification using antibiotics, plant bioactive components, bacteriophages, nanoparticles, and studies demonstrating their efficacy through in vitro and in vivo testing.
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- Jatin Chadha
- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Guo K, Mao M, Zhang S, Xu S, Zhao L, Wang X, Feng S. Research Trends and Hot Spots of Allopregnanolone Research in the Last 20 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis. Drug Des Devel Ther 2023; 17:3397-3408. [PMID: 38024537 PMCID: PMC10657548 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s434364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Background Allopregnanolone is a kind of neuroactive steroid or neurosteroid in the central nervous system that acts as an endogenenous GABAA receptor positive modulator. However, at present, no comprehensive bibliometric analysis regarding allopregnanolone research is available. In our study, we intend to analyze the research trends and hot spots related to allopregnanolone in the past 20 years. Methods We searched for allopregnanolone related articles and reviews between 2004 and 2023 from the Web of Science Core Collection database. Then, the bibliometric analysis was conducted using VOSviewer, CiteSpace, Microsoft Excel 2019, as well as the online bibliometric analysis platform (http://bibliometric.com/). Results A total of 1841 eligible publications were identified. The number of annual publications and citations was generally on the rise. Among countries, the United States ranked first in overall publications, citations, international cooperation, and the number of research institutions. The University of North Carolina was the most active institution, conducting numerous preclinical and clinical work that focusing on allopregnanolone treatment for diverse psychiatric or neurologic disorders. As for authors, Dr. Frye CA, Morrow AL, and Pinna G were identified as the top three prolific scholars due to their great publications and citations. Based on the publication clusters and citation bursts analysis, the keyword co-occurrence network, the strongest citation bursts, and co-cited references analysis, the hot spots in recent years included "depression", "postpartum depression", "GABAA receptor", and so on. Conclusion Allopregnanolone is still a popular area of research, and the United States leads the way in this area. Dr. Frye CA, Morrow AL, Pinna G, and their teams contributed greatly to the mechanism study and translation study of allopregnanolone. The use of allopregnanolone for the treatment of psychiatric or neurologic disorders, especially postpartum depression, is the current hot spot. However, the underlying mechanisms of anti-depression are still not clear, deserving more in-depth research.
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- Kunlin Guo
- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
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Discovery and SAR Study of Quinoxaline–Arylfuran Derivatives as a New Class of Antitumor Agents. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14112420. [DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14112420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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A novel class of quinoxaline–arylfuran derivatives were designed, synthesized, and preliminarily evaluated for their antiproliferative activities in vitro against several cancer cell lines and normal cells. The representative derivative QW12 exerts a potent antiproliferative effect against HeLa cells (IC50 value of 10.58 μM), through inducing apoptosis and triggering ROS generation and the accumulation of HeLa cells in vitro. Western blot analysis showed that QW12 inhibits STAT3 phosphorylation (Y705) in a dose-dependent manner. The BLI experiment directly demonstrated that QW12 binds to the STAT3 recombination protein with a KD value of 67.3 μM. Furthermore, molecular docking investigation showed that QW12 specifically occupies the pY+1 and pY-X subpocket of the SH2 domain, thus blocking the whole transmission signaling process. In general, these findings indicated that the study of new quinoxaline–aryfuran derivatives as inhibitors of STAT3 may lead to new therapeutic medical applications for cancer in the future.
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Sawai S, Wong PF, Ramasamy TS. Hypoxia-regulated microRNAs: the molecular drivers of tumor progression. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2022; 57:351-376. [PMID: 35900938 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2022.2088684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Hypoxia is a common feature of the tumor microenvironment (TME) of nearly all solid tumors, leading to therapeutic failure. The changes in stiffness of the extracellular matrix (ECM), pH gradients, and chemical balance that contribute to multiple cancer hallmarks are closely regulated by intratumoral oxygen tension via its primary mediators, hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). HIFs, especially HIF-1α, influence these changes in the TME by regulating vital cancer-associated signaling pathways and cellular processes including MAPK/ERK, NF-κB, STAT3, PI3K/Akt, Wnt, p53, and glycolysis. Interestingly, research has revealed the involvement of epigenetic regulation by hypoxia-regulated microRNAs (HRMs) of downstream target genes involved in these signaling. Through literature search and analysis, we identified 48 HRMs that have a functional role in the regulation of 5 key cellular processes: proliferation, metabolism, survival, invasion and migration, and immunoregulation in various cancers in hypoxic condition. Among these HRMs, 17 were identified to be directly associated with HIFs which include miR-135b, miR-145, miR-155, miR-181a, miR-182, miR-210, miR-224, miR-301a, and miR-675-5p as oncomiRNAs, and miR-100-5p, miR-138, miR-138-5p, miR-153, miR-22, miR-338-3p, miR-519d-3p, and miR-548an as tumor suppressor miRNAs. These HRMs serve as a potential lead in the development of miRNA-based targeted therapy for advanced solid tumors. Future development of combined HIF-targeted and miRNA-targeted therapy is possible, which requires comprehensive profiling of HIFs-HRMs regulatory network, and improved formula of the delivery vehicles to enhance the therapeutic kinetics of the targeted cancer therapy (TCT) moving forward.
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- Sakunie Sawai
- Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Lu YH, Baker AEG, Fokina A, Kufleitner M, Kivijäri T, Shoichet MS. Temporally Controlled Photouncaged Epidermal Growth Factor Influences Cell Fate in Hydrogels. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2021; 8:185-195. [PMID: 34860498 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hydrogels are powerful materials that more accurately mimic the cellular microenvironment over static two-dimensional culture. Photochemical strategies enable dynamic complexity to be achieved within hydrogels to better mimic the extracellular matrix; however, many photochemical systems to pattern proteins within hydrogels are complicated by long reaction times to immobilize these proteins wherein the protein can lose activity. As proof-of-concept, we demonstrate an elegant method where photocaged proteins are immobilized in hydrogels and then directly photoactivated. Specifically, we immobilized streptavidin-ortho-nitrobenzyl-modified epidermal growth factor (EGF) to cross-linked hyaluronan hydrogels and cultured two EGF-responsive cancer cells of breast and lung therein. We used light to temporally uncage and control EGF activation, thereby inducing cell death in breast cancer cells and proliferation in lung cancer cells. These results show how temporal, photochemical, protein activation influences cellular response and lays the foundation for further advances in manipulating the in vitro environment to control cell fate.
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- Yung Hsiang Lu
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada.,Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada.,Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada.,Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada.,Department of Chemistry, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada.,Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada.,Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada.,Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada.,Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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Graef J, Ehrt C, Diedrich K, Poppinga M, Ritter N, Rarey M. Searching Geometric Patterns in Protein Binding Sites and Their Application to Data Mining in Protein Kinase Structures. J Med Chem 2021; 65:1384-1395. [PMID: 34491747 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The ever-growing number of protein-ligand complex structures can give fundamental insights into protein functions and protein-ligand interactions, especially in the field of protein kinase research. The number of tools to mine this data for individually defined structural motifs is restricted due to the challenging task of developing efficient index structures for 3D data in relational databases. Herein we present GeoMine, a database system with web front-end mining of more than 900 000 binding sites. It enables database searches for geometric (interaction) patterns in protein-ligand interfaces by, for example, textual, numerical, substructure, similarity, and 3D searches. GeoMine processes reasonably selective user-defined queries within minutes. We demonstrate its usability for advancing protein kinase research with a special emphasis on unusual interactions, their use in designing selective kinase inhibitors, and the analysis of reactive cysteine residues that are amenable to covalent kinase inhibitors. GeoMine is freely available as part of our modeling support server at https://proteins.plus.
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- Joel Graef
- ZBH Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 43, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- ZBH Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 43, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- ZBH Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 43, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- ZBH Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 43, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- ZBH Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 43, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- ZBH Center for Bioinformatics, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 43, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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Luo Q, Hu P, Yang G, Li H, Liu L, Wang Z, Li B, Li Z, Zheng Q. Mapping QTL for seedling morphological and physiological traits under normal and salt treatments in a RIL wheat population. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2021; 134:2991-3011. [PMID: 34095960 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03872-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The genetic basis of 27 seedling traits under normal and salt treatments was fully analyzed in a RIL wheat population, and seven QTL intervals were validated in two other genetic populations. Soil salinity seriously constrains wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production globally by influencing its growth and development. To explore the genetic basis of salt tolerance in wheat, a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from a cross between high-yield wheat cultivar Zhongmai 175 (ZM175) and salt-tolerant cultivar Xiaoyan 60 (XY60) was used to map QTL for seedling traits under normal and salt treatments based on a high-density genetic linkage map. A total of 158 stable additive QTL for 27 morphological and physiological traits were identified and distributed on all wheat chromosomes except 3A and 4D. They explained 2.35-46.43% of the phenotypic variation with a LOD score range of 2.61-40.38. The alleles from XY60 increased corresponding traits for 100 QTL, while the alleles from ZM175 had positive effects for the other 58 QTL. Nearly half of the QTL (78/158) were mapped in nine QTL clusters on chromosomes 2A, 2B, 2D, 4B, 5A, 5B, 5D, and 7D (2), respectively. To prove the reliability and potentiality in molecular marker-assisted selection (MAS), seven QTL intervals were validated in two other genetic populations. Besides additive QTL, 94 pairs of loci were detected with significant epistatic effect and 20 QTL were found to interact with treatment. This study provides a full elucidation of the genetic basis of seedling traits (especially root system-related traits) associated with salt tolerance in wheat, and the developed kompetitive allele-specific PCR markers closely linked to stable QTL would supply strong supports to MAS in salt-tolerant wheat breeding.
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- Qiaoling Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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Transcription factors regulated by cAMP in smooth muscle of the myometrium at human parturition. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 49:997-1011. [PMID: 33860781 PMCID: PMC8106496 DOI: 10.1042/bst20201173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) contributes to maintenance of a quiescent (relaxed) state in the myometrium (i.e. uterine smooth muscle) during pregnancy, which most commonly has been attributed to activation of protein kinase A (PKA). PKA-mediated phosphorylation of cytosolic contractile apparatus components in myometrial smooth muscle cells (mSMCs) are known to promote relaxation. Additionally, PKA also regulates nuclear transcription factor (TF) activity to control expression of genes important to the labour process; these are mostly involved in actin-myosin interactions, cell-to-cell connectivity and inflammation, all of which influence mSMC transition from a quiescent to a contractile (pro-labour) phenotype. This review focuses on the evidence that cAMP modulates the activity of TFs linked to pro-labour gene expression, predominantly cAMP response element (CRE) binding TFs, nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), activator protein 1 (AP-1) family and progesterone receptors (PRs). This review also considers the more recently described exchange protein directly activated by cAMP (EPAC) that may oppose the pro-quiescent effects of PKA, as well as explores findings from other cell types that have the potential to be of novel relevance to cAMP action on TF function in the myometrium.
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Franco LS, Maia RC, Barreiro EJ. Identification of LASSBio-1945 as an inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (M PRO) through in silico screening supported by molecular docking and a fragment-based pharmacophore model. RSC Med Chem 2021; 12:110-119. [PMID: 34046603 PMCID: PMC8130624 DOI: 10.1039/d0md00282h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In December 2019, an infectious disease was detected in Wuhan, China, caused by a new pathogenic coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2. It spread very rapidly, and on March 11th of 2020, the outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Currently, effective treatment options remain limited. SARS-CoV-2 enzyme main protease (MPRO) plays a pivotal role in the viral life cycle, making it a putative drug target. In order to identify suitable hits to develop inhibitors with adequate antiviral properties, we explored the LASSBio Chemical Library employing multiple strategies of virtual screening. A fragment-based pharmacophore model enabled the identification of key interactions involved in the molecular recognition at the catalytic site of MPRO, namely, with amino acid residues His41, His163 and Glu166. Docking-based virtual screening was performed, leading to the identification of LASSBio-1945 (9), a new hit of MPRO, presenting an IC50 = 15.97 μM. This compound, an 1,3-benzodioxolyl sulfonamide, represents an interesting starting point for subsequent hit-to-lead optimization steps and, to the best of our knowledge, a new distinct chemotype for MPRO inhibition.
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- Lucas S Franco
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia e Química Medicinal, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Ilha do Fundão 21941-912 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
- Laboratório de Avaliação e Síntese de Substâncias Bioativas (LASSBio®, http://www.lassbio.icb.ufrj.br), Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Laboratório de Avaliação e Síntese de Substâncias Bioativas (LASSBio®, http://www.lassbio.icb.ufrj.br), Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Fármacos e Medicamentos (INCT-INOFAR; http://www.inct-inofar.ccs.ufrj.br/), CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia e Química Medicinal, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Ilha do Fundão 21941-912 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
- Laboratório de Avaliação e Síntese de Substâncias Bioativas (LASSBio®, http://www.lassbio.icb.ufrj.br), Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Fármacos e Medicamentos (INCT-INOFAR; http://www.inct-inofar.ccs.ufrj.br/), CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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Pathak P, Rimac H, Grishina M, Verma A, Potemkin V. Hybrid Quinazoline 1,3,5-Triazines as Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Inhibitors with Anticancer Activity: Design, Synthesis, and Computational Study. ChemMedChem 2020; 16:822-838. [PMID: 33155373 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We report a series of hybrid quinazoline-1,3,5-triazine derivatives as EGFR inhibitors, which were synthesised and tested by using a variety of in vitro, in silico, and in vivo techniques. The derivatives were found to be active against different cancer cell lines and nontoxic against normal ones, with compounds 7 c, 7 d, 7 e, and 7 j being the most potent ones. The derivatives were also evaluated for angiogenesis inhibition potency in chicken eggs, and molecular docking and dynamics simulation studies were carried out to elucidate the fundamental substituent groups essential for their bioactivity. Additionally, a SAR study of the derivatives was performed for future compound optimisation. These studies suggested that the derivatives have a high affinity towards EGFR with favourable pharmacological properties. The most active compound (7 e) was further evaluated for in vivo anticancer activity against DMBA-induced tumours in female Sprague-Dawley rats as well as its effects on plasma antioxidant status, biotransformation enzymes, and lipid profile. The study suggested that 7 e has lead properties against breast cancer and can serve as a starting compound for further development of anti-EGFR compounds.
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MESH Headings
- 9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents/chemical synthesis
- Antineoplastic Agents/chemistry
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cell Survival/drug effects
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Design
- Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
- ErbB Receptors/antagonists & inhibitors
- ErbB Receptors/metabolism
- Female
- Humans
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/chemically induced
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/drug therapy
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Structure
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors/chemical synthesis
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors/chemistry
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Quinazolines/chemistry
- Quinazolines/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Triazines/chemistry
- Triazines/pharmacology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- Prateek Pathak
- Laboratory of Computational Modelling of Drugs, South Ural State University, Chaikovskogo 20A, Chelyabinsk, 454008, Russia
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- Laboratory of Computational Modelling of Drugs, South Ural State University, Chaikovskogo 20A, Chelyabinsk, 454008, Russia
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Zagreb Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Ante Kovacica 1, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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- Laboratory of Computational Modelling of Drugs, South Ural State University, Chaikovskogo 20A, Chelyabinsk, 454008, Russia
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- Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences Naini, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, 211007, India
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- Laboratory of Computational Modelling of Drugs, South Ural State University, Chaikovskogo 20A, Chelyabinsk, 454008, Russia
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Kowsar R, Mansouri A, Sadeghi N, Abadi MHA, Ghoreishi SM, Sadeghi K, Miyamoto A. A multilevel analysis identifies the different relationships between amino acids and the competence of oocytes matured individually or in groups. Sci Rep 2020; 10:16082. [PMID: 32999417 PMCID: PMC7528030 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73225-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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High-protein diets contribute to an increase in urea follicular concentrations associated with decreased fertility. Urea has been shown to interfere with the epidermal growth factor (EGF)/EGFR system, which has been shown to have a beneficial effect during in vitro maturation (IVM) of oocytes. Of note, the number of cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) in the maturation medium can change the maturation and the developmental competence of COCs. Therefore, it was hypothesized that, the presence of urea and EGF may have a differential effect on the depletion/appearance of AAs and competence of COCs matured individually (I-IVM system) or in groups (G-IVM system). In the G-IVM system, COCs increased consumption (depletion) of AAs compared with other groups in the presence of high-level urea (40 mg/dl) + EGF (10 ng/ml). In the I-IVM system, the non-cleaved COCs depleted more AAs than the cleaved COCs, in particular in the presence of urea. The combination of urea and EGF increased the depletion of AAs in the G-IVM system. However, the EGF abrogated the urea-induced depletion of AAs by the I-IVM COCs. The use of N-acetyl-L-cysteine as an EGFR inhibitor canceled urea-induced depletion of AAs. This shows the inhibiting effect of urea over the EGF/EGFR system. In the presence of urea + EGF, COCs had a lower degree of developmental competence than control in both I- and G-IVM systems. Arginine had the best predictive power to identify highly competent COCs in the G-IVM system, while glutamine was the best predictor of the cleavage in the I-IVM system. In conclusion, this multi-level study shows that COCs matured individually or in groups may have different association with AAs metabolism. These findings provide new insights into the relationships between AA metabolism and the subsequent developmental competence of COCs.
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- Rasoul Kowsar
- Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, 84156-83111, Isfahan, Iran. .,Global Agromedicine Research Center (GAMRC), Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
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- Global Agromedicine Research Center (GAMRC), Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan
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- FKA, Animal Husbandry and Agriculture Co, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, 84156-83111, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, 84156-83111, Isfahan, Iran
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- Global Agromedicine Research Center (GAMRC), Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan
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Bhatia P, Sharma V, Alam O, Manaithiya A, Alam P, Kahksha, Alam MT, Imran M. Novel quinazoline-based EGFR kinase inhibitors: A review focussing on SAR and molecular docking studies (2015-2019). Eur J Med Chem 2020; 204:112640. [PMID: 32739648 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The over expression of EGFR has been recognized as the driver mechanism in the occurrence and progression of carcinomas such as lung cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, etcetera. EGFR receptor was thus established as an important target for the management of solid tumors. The occurrence of resistance caused as a result of mutations in EGFR has presented a formidable challenge in the discovery of novel inhibitors of EGFR. This has resulted in the development of three generations of EGFR TKIs. Newer mutations like C797S cause failure of Osimertinib and other EGFR TKIs belonging to the third-generation caused by the development of resistance. In this review, we have summarized the work done in the last five years to overcome the limitations of currently marketed drugs, giving structural activity relationships of quinazoline-based lead compounds synthesized and tested recently. We have also highlighted the shortcomings of the currently used approaches and have provided guidance for circumventing these limitations. Our review would help medicinal chemists streamline and guide their efforts towards developing novel quinazoline-based EGFR inhibitors.
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- Parth Bhatia
- Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Modelling Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Modelling Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Modelling Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India.
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Modelling Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Modelling Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Modelling Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Northern Border University, Rafha, Pin Code 91911, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Northern Border University, Rafha, Pin Code 91911, Saudi Arabia
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Jin Z, Wang J, Kong X. Combining habitat area and fragmentation change for ecological disturbance assessment in Jiangsu Province, China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:20817-20830. [PMID: 32246430 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08336-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Understanding where and how human land use causes ecological consequences is essential for habitat conservation. However, the assessment of the ecological disturbance caused by human land use is usually shaped by the area change in ecological land. The comprehensive evaluation of ecological disturbance based on the losses and gains of ecological patches is neglected. This paper analyzed the land use change between agricultural land, construction land, and ecological land from 1995 to 2015 in Jiangsu Province of eastern China. The ecological disturbance was quantificationally evaluated by a proposed index that considered both the changes of habitat area and fragmentation caused by the losses and gains of ecological landscape patches. The findings showed that there was a slight increase in area of ecological land in Jiangsu Province; however, ecological fragmentation was becoming severe with the growth of human land use, which, in turn, resulted in increased ecological disturbance. The losses and gains in the area and fragmentation of ecological land were comprehensively reflected using the proposed ecological disturbance index. Negative ecological disturbance was more likely to be observed at the edge of the city centers, ecologically sensitive areas, and counties with low area ratios of ecological land. Ecological governance policies should be formulated and implemented based on quantity, quality, and spatial relationships between human land use and ecological disturbance.
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- Zhifeng Jin
- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China
- Jiangsu Research Center of Land Resource, 58 Shuiximen Road, Nanjing, 210017, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China.
- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China.
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China.
- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information System, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China.
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Sun M, Wu T, Zhang G, Liu R, Sui W, Zhang M, Geng J, Yin J, Zhang M. Lactobacillus rhamnosusLRa05 improves lipid accumulation in mice fed with a high fat dietviaregulating the intestinal microbiota, reducing glucose content and promoting liver carbohydrate metabolism. Food Funct 2020; 11:9514-9525. [DOI: 10.1039/d0fo01720e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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LRa05 resists obesityviaamelioratingStreptococcuslevel and glucose metabolism, moreover, the positive correlation betweenIntestinimonasand palmitoyl ethanolamide and the negative correlation betweenEnterorhabdusand vitamin B2 are first found.
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- Mengzhen Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science & Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science & Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- China
- Engineering Research Center of Food Biotechnology
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- School of Life Science
- Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science & Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science & Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- China
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- Tianjin Taigu Biotechnology Co. LTD
- Tianjin 300350
- China
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- Department of Food Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
- Tokyo 108-8477
- Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science & Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety
- Tianjin University of Science & Technology
- Tianjin 300457
- China
- Engineering Research Center of Food Biotechnology
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