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Marcantonio E, Guazzetti D, Bugatti K, Battistini L, Sartori A, Pelosi G, Curti C, Zanardi F. Turning the Imidazole Core into Three-Dimensional Ring Systems: Mild Organocatalytic Entry to Enantiopure 6,7-Dihydrobenzimidazoles. Chemistry 2023:e202301200. [PMID: 37204016 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Organocatalytic asymmetric transformation of common aromatic heterocycles via in situ formation of highly reactive dearomatized ortho-quinodimethane diene species and subsequent [4+2] cycloaddition with suitable dienophiles has become a powerful tool to enter cyclohexane-fused heterocycles. Most of these reactions were previously applied to benzofused heterocycles or poorly aromatic rings. Herein, we disclose how previously intractable aromatic imidazole rings, equipped with removable methylidene malononitrile activating handle, could be involved as competent cycloaddends with β-aryl enals in efficient eliminative [4+2] cycloadditions under mild organocatalytic conditions. This method allowed the efficient and direct preparation of scantly represented 6,7-dihydrobenzo[d]imidazoles with optimal enantio- and regioselectivities. Post-cycloaddition chemical editing provided imidazole-based ring systems with diverse oxidation state and functional groups.
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- Enrico Marcantonio
- University of Parma: Universita degli Studi di Parma, Department of Food and Drug, Parco Area Delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124, Parma, ITALY
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- University of Parma: Universita degli Studi di Parma, Food and Drug Department, Parco Area Delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124, Parma, ITALY
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- University of Parma: Universita degli Studi di Parma, Food and Drug Department, Parco Area Delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124, Parma, ITALY
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- University of Parma: Universita degli Studi di Parma, Food and drug Department, Parco Area Delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124, Parma, ITALY
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- University of Parma: Universita degli Studi di Parma, Food and Drug Department, Parco Area Delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124, Parma, ITALY
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- University of Parma: Universita degli Studi di Parma, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability,, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, I-43124, Parma, ITALY
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- University of Parma: Universita degli Studi di Parma, Food and Drug Department, Parco Area Delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124, Parma, ITALY
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- Universita degli Studi di Parma, Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124, Parma, ITALY
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Bugatti K, Sartori A, Battistini L, Coppa C, Vanhulle E, Noppen S, Provinciael B, Naesens L, Stevaert A, Contini A, Vermeire K, Zanardi F. Novel Polymyxin-Inspired Peptidomimetics Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 Spike:hACE2 Interface. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24108765. [PMID: 37240111 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24108765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Though the bulk of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind, the search for effective and safe anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs continues to be relevant. A highly pursued approach for antiviral drug development involves targeting the viral spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 to prevent its attachment to the cellular receptor ACE2. Here, we exploited the core structure of polymyxin B, a naturally occurring antibiotic, to design and synthesize unprecedented peptidomimetics (PMs), intended to target contemporarily two defined, non-overlapping regions of the S receptor-binding domain (RBD). Monomers 1, 2, and 8, and heterodimers 7 and 10 bound to the S-RBD with micromolar affinity in cell-free surface plasmon resonance assays (KD ranging from 2.31 μM to 2.78 μM for dimers and 8.56 μM to 10.12 μM for monomers). Although the PMs were not able to fully protect cell cultures from infection with authentic live SARS-CoV-2, dimer 10 exerted a minimal but detectable inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 entry in U87.ACE2+ and A549.ACE2.TMPRSS2+ cells. These results validated a previous modeling study and provided the first proof-of-feasibility of using medium-sized heterodimeric PMs for targeting the S-RBD. Thus, heterodimers 7 and 10 may serve as a lead for the development of optimized compounds, which are structurally related to polymyxin, with improved S-RBD affinity and anti-SARS-CoV-2 potential.
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- Kelly Bugatti
- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Milan, Via Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Milan, Via Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Bugatti K, Sartori A, Battistini L, Ruzzolini J, Nediani C, Curti C, Bianchini F, Zanardi F. Nintedanib‐α
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Integrin Ligand Dual‐Targeting Conjugates towards Precision Treatment of Melanoma. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202200765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Kelly Bugatti
- Department of Food and Drug University of Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug University of Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug University of Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio” University of Florence Viale Morgagni 50 50134 Florence Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio” University of Florence Viale Morgagni 50 50134 Florence Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug University of Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio” University of Florence Viale Morgagni 50 50134 Florence Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug University of Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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Bugatti K, Andreucci E, Monaco N, Battistini L, Peppicelli S, Ruzzolini J, Curti C, Zanardi F, Bianchini F, Sartori A. Nintedanib-Containing Dual Conjugates Targeting α Vβ 6 Integrin and Tyrosine Kinase Receptors as Potential Antifibrotic Agents. ACS Omega 2022; 7:17658-17669. [PMID: 35664627 PMCID: PMC9161413 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c00535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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αVβ6 Integrin plays a fundamental role in the activation of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), the major profibrotic mediator; for this reason, αVβ6 ligands have recently been forwarded to clinical phases for the therapy of fibrotic diseases. Herein, we report the synthesis and in vitro biological evaluation as antifibrotic agents of three new covalent conjugates, constituted by c(AmpLRGDL), an αVβ6 integrin-recognizing small cyclopeptide, and nintedanib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) treatment. One of these conjugates recapitulates optimal in vitro antifibrotic properties of the two active units. The integrin ligand portion within the conjugate plays a role in inhibiting profibrotic stimuli, potentiating the nintedanib effect and favoring the selective uptake of the conjugate in cells overexpressing αVβ6 integrin. These results may open a new perspective on the development of dual conjugates in the targeted therapy of IPF.
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- Kelly Bugatti
- Department
of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Department
of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Department
of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department
of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Department
of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Valtorta S, Toscani D, Chiu M, Sartori A, Coliva A, Brevi A, Taurino G, Grioni M, Ruffini L, Vacondio F, Zanardi F, Bellone M, Moresco RM, Bussolati O, Giuliani N. [ 18F](2 S,4 R)-4-Fluoroglutamine as a New Positron Emission Tomography Tracer in Myeloma. Front Oncol 2021; 11:760732. [PMID: 34712616 PMCID: PMC8546185 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.760732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The high glycolytic activity of multiple myeloma (MM) cells is the rationale for use of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) to detect both bone marrow (BM) and extramedullary disease. However, new tracers are actively searched because [18F]FDG-PET has some limitations and there is a portion of MM patients who are negative. Glutamine (Gln) addiction has been recently described as a typical metabolic feature of MM cells. Yet, the possible exploitation of Gln as a PET tracer in MM has never been assessed so far and is investigated in this study in preclinical models. Firstly, we have synthesized enantiopure (2S,4R)-4-fluoroglutamine (4-FGln) and validated it as a Gln transport analogue in human MM cell lines, comparing its uptake with that of 3H-labelled Gln. We then radiosynthesized [18F]4-FGln, tested its uptake in two different in vivo murine MM models, and checked the effect of Bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor currently used in the treatment of MM. Both [18F]4-FGln and [18F]FDG clearly identified the spleen as site of MM cell colonization in C57BL/6 mice, challenged with syngeneic Vk12598 cells and assessed by PET. NOD.SCID mice, subcutaneously injected with human MM JJN3 cells, showed high values of both [18F]4-FGln and [18F]FDG uptake. Bortezomib significantly reduced the uptake of both radiopharmaceuticals in comparison with vehicle at post treatment PET. However, a reduction of glutaminolytic, but not of glycolytic, tumor volume was evident in mice showing the highest response to Bortezomib. Our data indicate that [18F](2S,4R)-4-FGln is a new PET tracer in preclinical MM models, yielding a rationale to design studies in MM patients.
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- Silvia Valtorta
- Department of Medicine and Surgery and Tecnomed Foundation, University of Milan Bicocca, Milano, Italy.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milano, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milano, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, "Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma", Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery and Tecnomed Foundation, University of Milan Bicocca, Milano, Italy.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milano, Italy.,Institute of Bioimaging and Molecular Physiology, National Research Council (IBFM-CNR), Milano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.,Hematology, "Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma", Parma, Italy
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Sartori A, Bugatti K, Portioli E, Baiula M, Casamassima I, Bruno A, Bianchini F, Curti C, Zanardi F, Battistini L. New 4-Aminoproline-Based Small Molecule Cyclopeptidomimetics as Potential Modulators of α 4β 1 Integrin. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26196066. [PMID: 34641610 PMCID: PMC8512764 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26196066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Integrin α4β1 belongs to the leukocyte integrin family and represents a therapeutic target of relevant interest given its primary role in mediating inflammation, autoimmune pathologies and cancer-related diseases. The focus of the present work is the design, synthesis and characterization of new peptidomimetic compounds that are potentially able to recognize α4β1 integrin and interfere with its function. To this aim, a collection of seven new cyclic peptidomimetics possessing both a 4-aminoproline (Amp) core scaffold grafted onto key α4β1-recognizing sequences and the (2-methylphenyl)ureido-phenylacetyl (MPUPA) appendage, was designed, with the support of molecular modeling studies. The new compounds were synthesized through SPPS procedures followed by in-solution cyclization maneuvers. The biological evaluation of the new cyclic ligands in cell adhesion assays on Jurkat cells revealed promising submicromolar agonist activity in one compound, namely, the c[Amp(MPUPA)Val-Asp-Leu] cyclopeptide. Further investigations will be necessary to complete the characterization of this class of compounds.
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- Andrea Sartori
- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy; (A.S.); (K.B.); (E.P.); (A.B.); (C.C.); (F.Z.)
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy; (A.S.); (K.B.); (E.P.); (A.B.); (C.C.); (F.Z.)
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy; (A.S.); (K.B.); (E.P.); (A.B.); (C.C.); (F.Z.)
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (M.B.); (I.C.)
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (M.B.); (I.C.)
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy; (A.S.); (K.B.); (E.P.); (A.B.); (C.C.); (F.Z.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Viale G.B. Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze, Italy;
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy; (A.S.); (K.B.); (E.P.); (A.B.); (C.C.); (F.Z.)
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy; (A.S.); (K.B.); (E.P.); (A.B.); (C.C.); (F.Z.)
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy; (A.S.); (K.B.); (E.P.); (A.B.); (C.C.); (F.Z.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0521-906040
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Battistini L, Bugatti K, Sartori A, Curti C, Zanardi F. RGD Peptide‐Drug Conjugates as Effective Dual Targeting Platforms: Recent Advances. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Lucia Battistini
- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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Marcantonio E, Curti C, Battistini L, Sartori A, Cardinale L, Pelosi G, Zanardi F. Direct, Asymmetric Synthesis of Carbocycle‐Fused Uracils via [4+2] Cycloadditions: a Noncovalent Organocatalysis Approach. Adv Synth Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202100082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Enrico Marcantonio
- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Department of Chemistry University of Hamburg Martin Luther King Platz 6 20146 Hamburg Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 17A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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Curti C, Rassu G, Lombardo M, Zambrano V, Pinna L, Battistini L, Sartori A, Pelosi G, Zanardi F. Unlocking Access to Enantiopure Fused Uracils by Chemodivergent [4+2] Cross-Cycloadditions: DFT-Supported Homo-Synergistic Organocatalytic Approach. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:20055-20064. [PMID: 32678935 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
The discovery of chemical methods enabling the construction of carbocycle-fused uracils which embody a three-dimensional and functional-group-rich architecture is a useful tool in medicinal chemistry oriented synthesis. In this work, an unprecedented amine-catalyzed [4+2] cross-cycloaddition is documented; it involves remotely enolizable 6-methyluracil-5-carbaldehydes and β-aryl enals, and chemoselectively produces two novel bicyclic and tricyclic fused uracil chemotypes in good yields with a maximum level of enantiocontrol. In-depth mechanistic investigations and control experiments support an intriguing homo-synergistic organocatalytic approach, where the same amine organocatalyst concomitantly engages both aldehyde partners in a stepwise eliminative [4+2] cycloaddition, whose vinylogous iminium ion intermediate product may diverge-depending upon conditions-to either bicyclic targets by hydrolysis or tricyclic products by a second homo-synergistic trienamine-mediated stepwise [4+2] cycloaddition.
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- Claudio Curti
- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Traversa La Crucca 3, 07100, Li Punti Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Traversa La Crucca 3, 07100, Li Punti Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100, Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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Bugatti K, Bruno A, Arosio D, Sartori A, Curti C, Augustijn L, Zanardi F, Battistini L. Shifting Towards α
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Integrin Ligands Using Novel Aminoproline‐Based Cyclic Peptidomimetics. Chemistry 2020; 26:13468-13475. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Kelly Bugatti
- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche (SCITEC) “Giulio Natta” CNR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Via C. Golgi 19 20133 Milano Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Amsterdam Institute for Molecules, Medicines and Systems (AIMMS) Division of Medicinal Chemistry Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ Amsterdam Noord-Holland The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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Curti C, Rassu G, Lombardo M, Zambrano V, Pinna L, Battistini L, Sartori A, Pelosi G, Zanardi F. Unlocking Access to Enantiopure Fused Uracils by Chemodivergent [4+2] Cross‐Cycloadditions: DFT‐Supported Homo‐Synergistic Organocatalytic Approach. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202007509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Claudio Curti
- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Traversa La Crucca 3 07100 Li Punti Sassari Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician” Università di Bologna Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Traversa La Crucca 3 07100 Li Punti Sassari Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia Università di Sassari Via Vienna 2 07100 Sassari Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 17A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco Università di Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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Curti C, Battistini L, Sartori A, Zanardi F. New Developments of the Principle of Vinylogy as Applied to π-Extended Enolate-Type Donor Systems. Chem Rev 2020; 120:2448-2612. [PMID: 32040305 PMCID: PMC7993750 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The principle of vinylogy states that the electronic effects of a functional group in a molecule are possibly transmitted to a distal position through interposed conjugated multiple bonds. As an emblematic case, the nucleophilic character of a π-extended enolate-type chain system may be relayed from the legitimate α-site to the vinylogous γ, ε, ..., ω remote carbon sites along the chain, provided that suitable HOMO-raising strategies are adopted to transform the unsaturated pronucleophilic precursors into the reactive polyenolate species. On the other hand, when "unnatural" carbonyl ipso-sites are activated as nucleophiles (umpolung), vinylogation extends the nucleophilic character to "unnatural" β, δ, ... remote sites. Merging the principle of vinylogy with activation modalities and concepts such as iminium ion/enamine organocatalysis, NHC-organocatalysis, cooperative organo/metal catalysis, bifunctional organocatalysis, dicyanoalkylidene activation, and organocascade reactions represents an impressive step forward for all vinylogous transformations. This review article celebrates this evolutionary progress, by collecting, comparing, and critically describing the achievements made over the nine year period 2010-2018, in the generation of vinylogous enolate-type donor substrates and their use in chemical synthesis.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli
Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università
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Dell'Amico L, Zanardi F. Acetaldehyde Silyl Enol Ethers in Enantioselective Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions: Enzyme-Like Organocatalysis in Action. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:3264-3266. [PMID: 30730598 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Touched for the very first time! It is herein highlighted how acetaldehyde silyl enol ethers undergo enantioselective Mukaiyama aldol reaction with aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes. The chemistry relies on the use of the highly efficient and substrate-selective imidodiphosphorimidate catalyst, which displays some of the features of enzymatic catalysis.
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- Luca Dell'Amico
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Food and Drug Department, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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Dell'Amico L, Zanardi F. Silylenolether des Acetaldehyds in enantioselektiven Mukaiyama-Aldolreaktionen: Enzym-artige Organokatalyse. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201812964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Luca Dell'Amico
- Department of Chemical Sciences; Università di Padova; Via Marzolo 1 35131 Padova Italien
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- Food and Drug Department; Università di Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A 43124 Parma Italien
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Bianchini F, De Santis A, Portioli E, Russo Krauss I, Battistini L, Curti C, Peppicelli S, Calorini L, D'Errico G, Zanardi F, Sartori A. Integrin-targeted AmpRGD sunitinib liposomes as integrated antiangiogenic tools. Nanomedicine 2019; 18:135-145. [PMID: 30849548 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2019.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We report here the preparation, physico-chemical characterization, and biological evaluation of a new liposome formulation as a tool for tumor angiogenesis inhibition. Liposomes are loaded with sunitinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and decorated with cyclo-aminoprolineRGD units (cAmpRGD), efficient and selective ligands for integrin αVβ3. The RGD units play multiple roles since they target the nanovehicles at the integrin αVβ3-overexpressing cells (e.g. activated endothelial cells), favor their active cell internalization, providing drug accumulation in the cytoplasm, and likely take part in the angiogenesis inhibition by interfering in the αVβ3-VEGFR2 cross-talk. Both in vitro and in vivo studies show a better efficacy of this integrated antiangiogenic tool with respect to the free sunitinib and untargeted sunitinib-loaded liposomes. This system could allow a lower administration of the drug and, by increasing the vector specificity, reduce side-effects in a prolonged antiangiogenic therapy.
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- Francesca Bianchini
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sperimentali e Cliniche "Mario Serio", Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sperimentali e Cliniche "Mario Serio", Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sperimentali e Cliniche "Mario Serio", Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy.
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Bianchini F, Portioli E, Ferlenghi F, Vacondio F, Andreucci E, Biagioni A, Ruzzolini J, Peppicelli S, Lulli M, Calorini L, Battistini L, Zanardi F, Sartori A. Cell-targeted c(AmpRGD)-sunitinib molecular conjugates impair tumor growth of melanoma. Cancer Lett 2019; 446:25-37. [PMID: 30639534 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2018.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Drug resistance and off-organ toxicity remain unsolved issues in chemotherapy of advanced-stage melanoma patients. Thus, the creation of new molecular conjugates able to combine a selective accumulation, high ability of internalization and signaling pathway inhibition, are highly requested. Recently, we reported a new class of molecular conjugates, compounds 1-3, where the anti-αVβ3 integrin peptidomimetic c(AmpRGD), which is a selective ligand for αVβ3 integrin, was covalently bound to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor sunitinib. Here, we report that these c(AmpRGD)-sunitinib conjugates and, in particular, compound 3, are selectively internalized by human melanoma cells through αVβ3 receptor-mediated endocytosis. Compound 3 is more effective than sunitinib in reducing in vitro melanoma cells proliferation, cloning efficiency, migration, and invasion. More interestingly, compound 3 is able to significantly reduce the growth of xenografted melanoma tumor developed in immune-compromised mice, more efficiently than an equimolar dose of sunitinib. Indeed, its targeting ability was demonstrated by the selective localization at the tumor level with respect to healthy tissues. Thus, c(AmpRGD)-sunitinib conjugates such as compound 3 could serve as intriguing multiple-target agents to selectively reach melanoma cells and interfere with the progression of the disease.
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- Francesca Bianchini
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy.
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- Food and Drug Department, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Food and Drug Department, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Food and Drug Department, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134, Florence, Italy
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- Food and Drug Department, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Food and Drug Department, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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- Food and Drug Department, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124, Parma, Italy.
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Maggi V, Bianchini F, Portioli E, Peppicelli S, Lulli M, Bani D, Del Sole R, Zanardi F, Sartori A, Fiammengo R. Gold Nanoparticles Functionalized with RGD‐Semipeptides: A Simple yet Highly Effective Targeting System for αVβ3Integrins. Chemistry 2018; 24:12093-12100. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Vito Maggi
- Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies@UniLeIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) Via Barsanti 73010 Arnesano Lecce Italy
- Department of Engineering for InnovationUniversity of Salento Via per Monteroni Km 1 73100 Lecce Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”University of Florence Viale Morgagni 50 50134 Florence Italy
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- Food and Drug DepartmentUniversity of Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27a 43124 Parma Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”University of Florence Viale Morgagni 50 50134 Florence Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences “Mario Serio”University of Florence Viale Morgagni 50 50134 Florence Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical MedicineUniversity of Florence Viale Pieraccini 6 50139 Florence Italy
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- Department of Engineering for InnovationUniversity of Salento Via per Monteroni Km 1 73100 Lecce Italy
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- Food and Drug DepartmentUniversity of Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27a 43124 Parma Italy
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- Food and Drug DepartmentUniversity of Parma Parco Area delle Scienze 27a 43124 Parma Italy
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- Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies@UniLeIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) Via Barsanti 73010 Arnesano Lecce Italy
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Curti C, Battistini L, Sartori A, Rassu G, Pelosi G, Lombardo M, Zanardi F. (E
)-3-(Alkoxycarbonyl-2-Alkyliden)-2-Oxindoles: Multidentate Pronucleophiles for the Organocatalytic, Vinylogous Michael Addition to Nitroolefins. Adv Synth Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201701164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Claudio Curti
- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco; Università di Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco; Università di Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco; Università di Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR; Traversa La Crucca 3 07100 Li Punti, Sassari Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale; Parco Area delle Scienze 17 A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”; Università degli Studi di Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco; Università di Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A 43124 Parma Italy
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Zanardi F, Curti C, Sartori A, Battistini L. Exploring the Remote Reactivity of π-Extended Carbonyl Compounds: The Vinylogous Alkylidene Malononitrile Activation Strategy. Synlett 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1589125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The installation of malononitrile into π-extended carbonyl compounds gives rise to vinylogous alkylidene malononitriles (also known as π-extended dicyanovinylidenes), the direct functionalization of which at remote C(sp3) pronucleophilic sites becomes possible and viable. Starting from easily accessible representative polyunsaturated malononitriles, mild conditions were found to directly couple them to complementary enal acceptors. In all cases, the malononitrile handle proved an indispensable (and optionally traceless) activating ingredient for the vinylogous reactions to proceed efficiently and selectively. Merging the vinylogy concept with the malononitrile HOMO-raising activation strategy and complementary organocatalytic activation modalities (i.e. LUMO-lowering iminium ion activation) turned out to be a successful option, as demonstrated by the number of diverse carbocyclic and heterocyclic chiral products that were (stereo)selectively accessed through this chemistry.1 Introduction2 Reactions of Cyclohexenylidene Malononitriles with Enals3 Reactions of Allylidene Malononitriles with Enals4 Reactions of Indolylmethylene Malononitriles with Enals5 Conclusion
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Brindani N, Mena P, Calani L, Benzie I, Choi SW, Brighenti F, Zanardi F, Curti C, Del Rio D. Synthetic and analytical strategies for the quantification of phenyl-γ-valerolactone conjugated metabolites in human urine. Mol Nutr Food Res 2017; 61. [DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201700077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Revised: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Nicoletta Brindani
- Human Nutrition Unit; Department of Food & Drug; University of Parma; Parma Italy
- Department of Food & Drug; University of Parma; Parma Italy
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- Human Nutrition Unit; Department of Food & Drug; University of Parma; Parma Italy
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- Human Nutrition Unit; Department of Food & Drug; University of Parma; Parma Italy
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- The Department of Health Technology and Informatics; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Hung Hom Kowloon Hong Kong
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- The Department of Health Technology and Informatics; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Hung Hom Kowloon Hong Kong
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- Human Nutrition Unit; Department of Food & Drug; University of Parma; Parma Italy
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- Department of Food & Drug; University of Parma; Parma Italy
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- Department of Food & Drug; University of Parma; Parma Italy
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- Human Nutrition Unit; Department of Food & Drug; University of Parma; Parma Italy
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Battistini L, Curti C, Rassu G, Sartori A, Zanardi F. Enolizable Alkylidene Heterocyclic and Carbocyclic Carbonyl Systems: Valuable Vinylogous Donor Substrates in Synthesis. SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1589487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Controlled vinylogous carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions are useful options for providing the selective remote functionalization of conjugated carbonyl substrates. Remotely enolizable alkylidene heterocyclic and carbocyclic carbonyl compounds are pro-nucleophilic substrates that may be engaged in highly valuable chemical transformations. This review emphasizes the merits of these recently discovered vinylogous donors in the chemo-, regio- and stereoselective synthesis of many functionality-rich products.1 Introduction2 Alkylidene Oxindoles3 Alkylidene Pyrazolinones4 Alkylidene Furanones5 Alkylidene Azlactones6 Cycloalkylidene Carbonyl Compounds7 Alkylidene Indenones8 Cycloalkylidene Malononitriles9 Conclusion
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- Lucia Battistini
- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma
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- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti e del Farmaco, Università di Parma
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Sartori A, Portioli E, Battistini L, Calorini L, Pupi A, Vacondio F, Arosio D, Bianchini F, Zanardi F. Synthesis of Novel c(AmpRGD)-Sunitinib Dual Conjugates as Molecular Tools Targeting the α vβ 3 Integrin/VEGFR2 Couple and Impairing Tumor-Associated Angiogenesis. J Med Chem 2016; 60:248-262. [PMID: 27997164 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
On the basis of a previously discovered anti-αVβ3 integrin peptidomimetic (c(AmpRGD)) and the clinically approved antiangiogenic kinase inhibitor sunitinib, three novel dual conjugates were synthesized (compounds 1-3), featuring the covalent and robust linkage between these two active modules. In all conjugates, the ligand binding competence toward αVβ3 (using both isolated receptors and αVβ3-overexpressing endothelial progenitor EP cells) and the kinase inhibitory activity (toward both isolated kinases and EPCs) remained almost untouched and comparable to the activity of the single active units. Compounds 1-3 showed interesting antiangiogenesis properties in an in vitro tubulogenic assay; furthermore, dimeric-RGD conjugate 3 strongly inhibited in vivo angiogenesis in Matrigel plug assays in FVB mice. These results offer proof-of-concept of how the covalent conjugation of two angiogenesis-related small modules may result in novel and stable molecules, which impair tumor-related angiogenesis with equal or even superior ability as compared to the single modules or their simple combinations.
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- Andrea Sartori
- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sperimentali e Cliniche "Mario Serio", Università degli Studi di Firenze , Viale G. B. Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sperimentali e Cliniche "Mario Serio", Università degli Studi di Firenze , Viale G. B. Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze, Italy.,Centro Interdipartimentale per lo Sviluppo Preclinico dell'Imaging Molecolare (CISPIM), Università degli Studi di Firenze , Viale G. B. Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sperimentali e Cliniche "Mario Serio", Università degli Studi di Firenze , Viale G. B. Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze, Italy.,Centro Interdipartimentale per lo Sviluppo Preclinico dell'Imaging Molecolare (CISPIM), Università degli Studi di Firenze , Viale G. B. Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Rassu G, Curti C, Zambrano V, Pinna L, Brindani N, Pelosi G, Zanardi F. Exploiting the Distal Reactivity of Indolyl Methylenemalononitriles: An Asymmetric Organocatalyzed [4+2] Cycloaddition with Enals Enables the Assembly of Elusive Dihydrocarbazoles. Chemistry 2016; 22:12637-40. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Gloria Rassu
- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Traversa La Crucca 3 07100 Li Punti Sassari Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia; Università degli Studi di Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Traversa La Crucca 3 07100 Li Punti Sassari Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia; Università degli Studi di Sassari; Sassari Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia; Università degli Studi di Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti; Università degli Studi di Parma; Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica; Università degli Studi di Parma; Parma Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia; Università degli Studi di Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 27A 43124 Parma Italy
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Curti C, Brindani N, Battistini L, Sartori A, Pelosi G, Mena P, Brighenti F, Zanardi F, Del Rio D. Catalytic, Enantioselective Vinylogous Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction of Furan-Based Dienoxy Silanes: A Chemodivergent Approach to γ-Valerolactone Flavan-3-ol Metabolites and δ-Lactone Analogues. Adv Synth Catal 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201500705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Spadoni G, Bedini A, Lucarini S, Mari M, Caignard DH, Boutin JA, Delagrange P, Lucini V, Scaglione F, Lodola A, Zanardi F, Pala D, Mor M, Rivara S. Highly Potent and Selective MT2 Melatonin Receptor Full Agonists from Conformational Analysis of 1-Benzyl-2-acylaminomethyl-tetrahydroquinolines. J Med Chem 2015; 58:7512-25. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Gilberto Spadoni
- Dipartimento
di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Piazza Rinascimento 6, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Piazza Rinascimento 6, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Piazza Rinascimento 6, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Piazza Rinascimento 6, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Institut de Recherches Servier, 125 Chemin de Ronde, F-78290 Croissy sur Seine, France
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- Institut de Recherches Servier, 125 Chemin de Ronde, F-78290 Croissy sur Seine, France
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- Institut de Recherches Servier, 125 Chemin de Ronde, F-78290 Croissy sur Seine, France
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- Dipartimento
di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, I-20129 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, I-20129 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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Brindani N, Rassu G, Dell'Amico L, Zambrano V, Pinna L, Curti C, Sartori A, Battistini L, Casiraghi G, Pelosi G, Greco D, Zanardi F. Organocatalytic, Asymmetric Eliminative [4+2] Cycloaddition of Allylidene Malononitriles with Enals: Rapid Entry to Cyclohexadiene-Embedding Linear and Angular Polycycles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201501894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Brindani N, Rassu G, Dell'Amico L, Zambrano V, Pinna L, Curti C, Sartori A, Battistini L, Casiraghi G, Pelosi G, Greco D, Zanardi F. Organocatalytic, Asymmetric Eliminative [4+2] Cycloaddition of Allylidene Malononitriles with Enals: Rapid Entry to Cyclohexadiene-Embedding Linear and Angular Polycycles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:7386-90. [PMID: 25950770 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Revised: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
A direct aminocatalytic synthesis has been developed for the chemo-, regio-, diastereo-, and enantioselective construction of densely substituted polycyclic carbaldehydes containing fused cyclohexadiene rings. The chemistry utilizes, for the first time, remotely enolizable π-extended allylidenemalononitriles as electron-rich 1,3-diene precursors in a direct eliminative [4+2] cycloaddition with both aromatic and aliphatic α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. The generality of the process is demonstrated by approaching 6,6-, 5,6-, 7,6-, 6,6,6-, and 6,5,6-fused ring systems, as well as biorelevant steroid-like 6,6,6,6,5- and 6,6,6,5,6-rings. A stepwise reaction mechanism for the key [4+2] addition is proposed as a domino bis-vinylogous Michael/Michael/retro-Michael reaction cascade. The utility of the malononitrile moiety as traceless activating group of the dicyano nucleophilic substrates is demonstrated.
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- Nicoletta Brindani
- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma (Italy).,Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma (Italy)
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Traversa La Crucca 3, 07100 Li Punti Sassari (Italy).
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma (Italy).,Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Tarragona (Spain)
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Traversa La Crucca 3, 07100 Li Punti Sassari (Italy)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari (Italy)
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma (Italy)
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma (Italy)
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma (Italy)
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma (Italy)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma (Italy)
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma (Italy)
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma (Italy).
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Curti C, Sartori A, Battistini L, Brindani N, Rassu G, Pelosi G, Lodola A, Mor M, Casiraghi G, Zanardi F. Back Cover: Pushing the Boundaries of Vinylogous Reactivity: Catalytic Enantioselective Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions of Highly Unsaturated 2-Silyloxyindoles (Chem. Eur. J. 17/2015). Chemistry 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201590071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Curti C, Sartori A, Battistini L, Brindani N, Rassu G, Pelosi G, Lodola A, Mor M, Casiraghi G, Zanardi F. Pushing the boundaries of vinylogous reactivity: catalytic enantioselective mukaiyama aldol reactions of highly unsaturated 2-silyloxyindoles. Chemistry 2015; 21:6433-42. [PMID: 25735832 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
The first example of catalytic, enantioselective hypervinylogous Mukaiyama aldol reaction (HVMAR) involving multiply unsaturated 2-silyloxyindoles is reported. The reaction utilizes a chiral Lewis base-catalyzed Lewis acid-mediated technology to deliver homoallylic 3-polyenylidene 2-oxindoles with extraordinary levels of regio-, enantio-, and geometrical selectivity. This work highlights a subtle yet decisive influence of the indole N-substituents on the propagation of the vinylogous reactivity space of the donor substrates up to ten bonds away from the origin of the vinylogy effect. Analysis of the (13) C NMR chemical shifts of the C-ω remote site within homologous silyloxyindole donors enabled rationalization of the results and easy qualitative prediction of the HVMAR reactivity/inertia toward a given aldehyde acceptor.
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- Claudio Curti
- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27 A, 43124 Parma (Italy), Fax: (+39) 0521-905006.
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Sartori A, Bianchini F, Migliari S, Burreddu P, Curti C, Vacondio F, Arosio D, Ruffini L, Rassu G, Calorini L, Pupi A, Zanardi F, Battistini L. Synthesis and preclinical evaluation of a novel, selective 111In-labelled aminoproline-RGD-peptide for non-invasive melanoma tumor imaging. Med Chem Commun 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5md00301f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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An 111In-labelled Amp-based RGD-DOTA conjugate was synthesized and evaluated in preclinical models of human melanoma as a novel integrin-targeted SPECT imaging tracer.
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Dell’Amico L, Rassu G, Zambrano V, Sartori A, Curti C, Battistini L, Pelosi G, Casiraghi G, Zanardi F. Exploring the Vinylogous Reactivity of Cyclohexenylidene Malononitriles: Switchable Regioselectivity in the Organocatalytic Asymmetric Addition to Enals Giving Highly Enantioenriched Carbabicyclic Structures. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:11107-14. [DOI: 10.1021/ja5054576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Luca Dell’Amico
- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica
Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Traversa La Crucca 3, 07100 Li Punti Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica
Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Traversa La Crucca 3, 07100 Li Punti Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 17A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Rassu G, Zambrano V, Pinna L, Curti C, Battistini L, Sartori A, Pelosi G, Casiraghi G, Zanardi F. Direct and Enantioselective Vinylogous Michael Addition of α-Alkylidenepyrazolinones to Nitroolefins Catalyzed by DualCinchonaAlkaloid Thioureas. Adv Synth Catal 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Battistini L, Burreddu P, Sartori A, Arosio D, Manzoni L, Paduano L, D’Errico G, Sala R, Reia L, Bonomini S, Rassu G, Zanardi F. Enhancement of the Uptake and Cytotoxic Activity of Doxorubicin in Cancer Cells by Novel cRGD-Semipeptide-Anchoring Liposomes. Mol Pharm 2014; 11:2280-93. [DOI: 10.1021/mp400718j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Lucia Battistini
- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma 43124, Italy
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- Istituto
di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Li Punti Sassari 07100, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma 43124, Italy
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- Istituto
di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Istituto
di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Napoli 80126, Italy
- CSGI−Consorzio interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Napoli 80126, Italy
- CSGI−Consorzio interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Biomediche, Biotecnologiche e Traslazionali, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma 43126, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Biomediche, Biotecnologiche e Traslazionali, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma 43126, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma 43126, Italy
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- Istituto
di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Li Punti Sassari 07100, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma 43124, Italy
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Ranieri B, Sartori A, Curti C, Battistini L, Rassu G, Pelosi G, Casiraghi G, Zanardi F. 3-Alkenyl-2-silyloxyindoles in Vinylogous Mannich Reactions: Synthesis of Aminated Indole-Based Scaffolds and Products. Org Lett 2014; 16:932-5. [DOI: 10.1021/ol4036598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Beatrice Ranieri
- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica
Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La
Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 17A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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Sartori A, Dell'Amico L, Battistini L, Curti C, Rivara S, Pala D, Kerry PS, Pelosi G, Casiraghi G, Rassu G, Zanardi F. Synthesis, structure and inhibitory activity of a stereoisomer of oseltamivir carboxylate. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:1561-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ob42069h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Rassu G, Zambrano V, Pinna L, Curti C, Battistini L, Sartori A, Pelosi G, Zanardi F, Casiraghi G. Direct Regio-, Diastereo-, and Enantioselective Vinylogous Michael Addition of Prochiral 3-Alkylideneoxindoles to Nitroolefins. Adv Synth Catal 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Pilkington-Miksa M, Arosio D, Battistini L, Belvisi L, De Matteo M, Vasile F, Burreddu P, Carta P, Rassu G, Perego P, Carenini N, Zunino F, De Cesare M, Castiglioni V, Scanziani E, Scolastico C, Casiraghi G, Zanardi F, Manzoni L. Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel cRGD–Paclitaxel Conjugates for Integrin-Assisted Drug Delivery. Bioconjug Chem 2012; 23:1610-22. [DOI: 10.1021/bc300164t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Michael Pilkington-Miksa
- Centro Interdipartimentale
Studi Biomolecolari e Applicazioni Industriali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Fantoli
16/15, I-20138 Milano, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze
e Tecnologie Molecolari, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
Organica e Industriale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian 21, I-20133 Milano,
Italy
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- Centro Interdipartimentale
Studi Biomolecolari e Applicazioni Industriali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Fantoli
16/15, I-20138 Milano, Italy
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- Centro Interdipartimentale
Studi Biomolecolari e Applicazioni Industriali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Fantoli
16/15, I-20138 Milano, Italy
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- Istituto
di Chimica
Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari,
Italy
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- Porto Conte Ricerche Srl, I-07041 Tramariglio Alghero, Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto
di Chimica
Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari,
Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale
e Medicina Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via Amadeo 42, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale
e Medicina Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via Amadeo 42, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale
e Medicina Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via Amadeo 42, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia Sperimentale
e Medicina Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via Amadeo 42, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di
Patologia Animale, Igiene e Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria
(DIPAV), Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 10, I-20133 Milano,
Italy
- Mouse and Animal Pathology
Laboratory, Fondazione Filarete, Viale
Ortles 22/4, I-20139 Milano,
Italy
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- Dipartimento di
Patologia Animale, Igiene e Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria
(DIPAV), Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 10, I-20133 Milano,
Italy
- Mouse and Animal Pathology
Laboratory, Fondazione Filarete, Viale
Ortles 22/4, I-20139 Milano,
Italy
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- Centro Interdipartimentale
Studi Biomolecolari e Applicazioni Industriali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Fantoli
16/15, I-20138 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze
e Tecnologie Molecolari, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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Curti C, Rassu G, Zambrano V, Pinna L, Pelosi G, Sartori A, Battistini L, Zanardi F, Casiraghi G. Bifunctional Cinchona Alkaloid/Thiourea Catalyzes Direct and Enantioselective Vinylogous Michael Addition of 3-Alkylidene Oxindoles to Nitroolefins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201202027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Curti C, Rassu G, Zambrano V, Pinna L, Pelosi G, Sartori A, Battistini L, Zanardi F, Casiraghi G. Bifunctional Cinchona Alkaloid/Thiourea Catalyzes Direct and Enantioselective Vinylogous Michael Addition of 3-Alkylidene Oxindoles to Nitroolefins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:6200-4. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201202027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Rassu G, Zambrano V, Tanca R, Sartori A, Battistini L, Zanardi F, Curti C, Casiraghi G. 3-Alkenyl-2-silyloxyindoles: An Enabling, Yet Understated Progeny of Vinylogous Carbon Nucleophiles. European J Org Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Sartori A, Dell'Amico L, Curti C, Battistini L, Pelosi G, Rassu G, Casiraghi G, Zanardi F. Aqueous and Solvent-Free Uncatalyzed Three-Component Vinylogous Mukaiyama-Mannich Reactions of Pyrrole-Based Silyl Dienolates. Adv Synth Catal 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Ranieri B, Curti C, Battistini L, Sartori A, Pinna L, Casiraghi G, Zanardi F. Diastereo- and Enantioselective Catalytic Vinylogous Mukaiyama-Mannich Reactions of Pyrrole-Based Silyl Dienolates with Alkyl-Substituted Aldehydes. J Org Chem 2011; 76:10291-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jo201875a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Beatrice Ranieri
- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Vienna
2, I-07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area
delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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Curti C, Battistini L, Sartori A, Lodola A, Mor M, Rassu G, Pelosi G, Zanardi F, Casiraghi G. Catalytic, Asymmetric Hypervinylogous Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions of Extended Furan-Based Silyl Enolates. Org Lett 2011; 13:4738-41. [DOI: 10.1021/ol2020626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Claudio Curti
- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy, Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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Battistini L, Dell'Amico L, Sartori A, Curti C, Pelosi G, Casiraghi G, Attanasi OA, Favi G, Zanardi F. On-Water Vinylogous Mukaiyama-Michael Addition of Heterocyclic 2-Silyloxydienes to 1,2-Diaza-1,3-dienes: One-Pot Three-Step Entry to Functionality-Rich Pyrroles. Adv Synth Catal 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Raimondo L, Garzaro M, Naqe N, Zanardi F, Lauria A, Pecorari G, Giordano C. [Clinical and biological prognostic factors in 135 patients affected by sinonasal carcinoma treated in Piedmont]. G Ital Med Lav Ergon 2011; 33:108-111. [PMID: 23393815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
Clinical and biological prognostic factors in 135 patients affected by sinonasal carcinoma treated in Piedmont. Long-term survival of patients with sinonasal carcinoma remains disappointing in spite of aggressive treatment. The aim of the study is the assessment of overall survival in a group of patients treated with a fixed protocol and the positivity of proliferation and neoangiogenesis markers (Ki-67 and VEGF). From our data it comes out that staging, histological type and treatment are the most important clinical and pathological prognostic factors, moreover surgery +/- radiotherapy is the first line treatment for these tumors. Proliferation index and neoangiogenesis plays a pivotal role in the natural history of such neoplasms.
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- L Raimondo
- Clinica ORL, Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Genova 3, 10126 Torino, Italy
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Casiraghi G, Battistini L, Curti C, Rassu G, Zanardi F. The Vinylogous Aldol and Related Addition Reactions: Ten Years of Progress. Chem Rev 2011; 111:3076-154. [DOI: 10.1021/cr100304n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 454] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Giovanni Casiraghi
- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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Curti C, Battistini L, Ranieri B, Pelosi G, Rassu G, Casiraghi G, Zanardi F. anti-Selective, Catalytic Asymmetric Vinylogous Mukaiyama Mannich Reactions of Pyrrole-Based Silyl Dienolates with N-Aryl Aldimines. J Org Chem 2011; 76:2248-52. [DOI: 10.1021/jo1021234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Claudio Curti
- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 17A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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Curti C, Battistini L, Zanardi F, Rassu G, Zambrano V, Pinna L, Casiraghi G. Uncatalyzed, Diastereoselective Vinylogous Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions on Aqueous Media: Pyrrole vs Furan 2-Silyloxy Dienes. J Org Chem 2010; 75:8681-4. [DOI: 10.1021/jo101799e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Claudio Curti
- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, I-07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, I-07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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Curti C, Ranieri B, Battistini L, Rassu G, Zambrano V, Pelosi G, Casiraghi G, Zanardi F. Catalytic, Asymmetric Vinylogous Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions of Pyrrole‐ and Furan‐Based Dienoxy Silanes: How the Diene Heteroatom Impacts Stereocontrol. Adv Synth Catal 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Claudio Curti
- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy, Fax: (+39)‐0521‐90‐5006; phone: (+39)‐0521‐90‐5079 (C.C.), (+39)‐0521‐90‐5080 (G.C.), (+39)‐0521‐90‐5067 (F.Z.)
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy, Fax: (+39)‐0521‐90‐5006; phone: (+39)‐0521‐90‐5079 (C.C.), (+39)‐0521‐90‐5080 (G.C.), (+39)‐0521‐90‐5067 (F.Z.)
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy, Fax: (+39)‐0521‐90‐5006; phone: (+39)‐0521‐90‐5079 (C.C.), (+39)‐0521‐90‐5080 (G.C.), (+39)‐0521‐90‐5067 (F.Z.)
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, 07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, 07100 Li Punti, Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 17A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy, Fax: (+39)‐0521‐90‐5006; phone: (+39)‐0521‐90‐5079 (C.C.), (+39)‐0521‐90‐5080 (G.C.), (+39)‐0521‐90‐5067 (F.Z.)
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- Dipartimento Farmaceutico, Università degli Studi di Parma, Viale G. P. Usberti 27A, 43124 Parma, Italy, Fax: (+39)‐0521‐90‐5006; phone: (+39)‐0521‐90‐5079 (C.C.), (+39)‐0521‐90‐5080 (G.C.), (+39)‐0521‐90‐5067 (F.Z.)
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Auzzas L, Zanardi F, Battistini L, Burreddu P, Carta P, Rassu G, Curti C, Casiraghi G. Targeting alphavbeta3 integrin: design and applications of mono- and multifunctional RGD-based peptides and semipeptides. Curr Med Chem 2010; 17:1255-99. [PMID: 20166941 DOI: 10.2174/092986710790936301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2009] [Accepted: 02/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The outstanding physio-pathological role played by integrin receptors in living subjects motivates the enormous interest shown by scientists worldwide for this topic. More than twenty years of research has spanned across the structural and functional elucidation of these proteins and over their antagonism-based biomedical applications. The proof-of concept stage, aimed at identifying potent inhibitors, covered a decade of studies, and paved the way for a more advanced era of research where these antagonist molecules were thrown into the deep end of applicative studies. This review intends to summarize the major efforts conducted thus far and focuses on the design, synthesis and biomedical applications of cyclic RGD-containing alpha(v)beta(3) integrin antagonists, in both their small and macromolecular formats. In particular, Chapters 1 and 2 offer a comprehensive outlook on the rational basis for the design of integrin inhibitors, Chapter 3 chronicles the biological and medical applications of monofunctional RGD integrin ligands both in their monomeric and multimeric asset, and Chapter 4 illustrates the potential of RGD-based multifunctional systems in molecular medicine.
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- L Auzzas
- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare del CNR, Traversa La Crucca 3, Li Punti, Sassari I-07100, Italy.
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