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Duan WL, Wang KT, Yan F, Luan J. Fabrication of multinuclear copper cluster-based coordination polymers as urease inhibitors. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:1336-1345. [PMID: 38124686 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03459c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
Abstract
This study focused on the design and synthesis of two Cu-based coordination polymers, [Cu2(4-dpye)(5-HSIP)(μ3-O)(H2O)2]·3H2O (Cu-CP-1) and [Cu(4-dpye)0.5(BCA)2] (Cu-CP-2), where 4-dpye = N,N'-bis(4-pyridinecarboxamide)-1,2-ethane, 5-H3SIP = 5-sulfoisophthalic acid, and HBCA = benzoic acid, by using a hydrothermal method. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) study revealed that by adding various auxiliary ligands, the architectures of the Cu-CPs could be altered, yielding two distinct multinuclear Cu clusters. Moreover, the Cu-CPs can be used as urease inhibitors (UIs). In vitro experiments showed that the Cu-CPs had good urease inhibition effects with IC50 values of 0.53 ± 0.01 μM for Cu-CP-1 and 1.44 ± 0.01 μM for Cu-CP-2 and 98.48% (Cu-CP-1) and 96.27% (Cu-CP-2) inhibition of urease was achieved at a concentration of 100 μM, respectively. Furthermore, the inhibition effect of the tetranuclear Cu-CP was better than that of the binuclear Cu-CP. To better understand the potential mechanism of inhibition of the two copper complexes, we performed kinetic analysis using Lineweaver-Burk (L-B) plots in the presence of different concentrations of urea and different concentrations of inhibitors, and both Cu-CP-1 and Cu-CP-2 showed a non-competitive mode of inhibition. In addition, molecular docking analysis showed that the Cu-CPs were able to enter well into the urease binding pocket, thus interacting with key amino acid residues of urease to different degrees. Both kinetic and molecular docking studies theoretically explain and demonstrate the inhibition effect of both Cu-CPs on urease activity in vitro, which is expected to provide reasonable guidance and effective strategies for the development of novel, efficient, stable and safe CP-based UIs.
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- Wen-Long Duan
- College of Science, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, P. R. China.
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- College of Science, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, P. R. China.
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- College of Science, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, P. R. China.
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- College of Science, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, P. R. China.
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Aniceto N, Bonifácio VDB, Guedes RC, Martinho N. Exploring the Chemical Space of Urease Inhibitors to Extract Meaningful Trends and Drivers of Activity. J Chem Inf Model 2022; 62:3535-3550. [PMID: 35666858 PMCID: PMC9775197 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c00150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Blocking the catalytic activity of urease has been shown to have a key role in different diseases as well as in different agricultural applications. A vast array of molecules have been tested against ureases of different species, but the clinical translation of these compounds has been limited due to challenges of potency, chemical and metabolic stability as well as promiscuity against other proteins. The design and development of new compounds greatly benefit from insights from previously tested compounds; however, no large-scale studies surveying the urease inhibitors' chemical space exist that can provide an overview of developed compounds to data. Therefore, given the increasing interest in developing new compounds for this target, we carried out a comprehensive analysis of the activity landscape published so far. To do so, we assembled and curated a data set of compounds tested against urease. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest data set of urease inhibitors to date, composed of 3200 compounds of diverse structures. We characterized the data set in terms of chemical space coverage, molecular scaffolds, distribution with respect to physicochemical properties, as well as temporal trends of drug development. Through these analyses, we highlighted different substructures and functional groups responsible for distinct activity and inactivity against ureases. Furthermore, activity cliffs were assessed, and the chemical space of urease inhibitors was compared to DrugBank. Finally, we extracted meaningful patterns associated with activity using a decision tree algorithm. Overall, this study provides a critical overview of urease inhibitor research carried out in the last few decades and enabled finding underlying SAR patterns such as under-reported chemical functional groups that contribute to the overall activity. With this work, we propose different rules and practical implications that can guide the design or selection of novel compounds to be screened as well as lead optimization.
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- Natália Aniceto
- Research
Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal,Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
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- iBB—Institute
for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal,Associate
Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy at Instituto
Superior Técnico, Universidade de
Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal,Department
of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Research
Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal,Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
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- iBB—Institute
for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal,Associate
Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy at Instituto
Superior Técnico, Universidade de
Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal,
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Becerra D, Abonia R, Castillo JC. Recent Applications of the Multicomponent Synthesis for Bioactive Pyrazole Derivatives. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27154723. [PMID: 35897899 PMCID: PMC9331265 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27154723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Pyrazole and its derivatives are considered a privileged N-heterocycle with immense therapeutic potential. Over the last few decades, the pot, atom, and step economy (PASE) synthesis of pyrazole derivatives by multicomponent reactions (MCRs) has gained increasing popularity in pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry. The present review summarizes the recent developments of multicomponent reactions for the synthesis of biologically active molecules containing the pyrazole moiety. Particularly, it covers the articles published from 2015 to date related to antibacterial, anticancer, antifungal, antioxidant, α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitory, anti-inflammatory, antimycobacterial, antimalarial, and miscellaneous activities of pyrazole derivatives obtained exclusively via an MCR. The reported analytical and activity data, plausible synthetic mechanisms, and molecular docking simulations are organized in concise tables, schemes, and figures to facilitate comparison and underscore the key points of this review. We hope that this review will be helpful in the quest for developing more biologically active molecules and marketed drugs containing the pyrazole moiety.
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- Diana Becerra
- Escuela de Ciencias Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Avenida Central del Norte, Tunja 150003, Colombia;
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- Research Group of Heterocyclic Compounds, Department of Chemistry, Universidad del Valle, A.A. 25360, Cali 76001, Colombia;
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- Escuela de Ciencias Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Avenida Central del Norte, Tunja 150003, Colombia;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +57-8-740-5626 (ext. 2425)
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Tok F, Baltaş N, Tatar G, Koçyiğit-Kaymakçıoğlu B. Synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico studies of new pyrazoline derivatives bearing benzo[d]thiazol-2(3H)-one moiety as potential urease inhibitors. Chem Biodivers 2022; 19:e202100826. [PMID: 35018718 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202100826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Novel pyrazoline derivatives containing benzo[d]thiazol-2(3H)-one moiety were synthesized and screened for their inhibitory properties against to urease, a clinically important metabolic enzyme. In vitro enzyme inhibition studies revealed that all pyrazolines (7.21-87.77 µM) were more potent than the standard inhibitor acetohydroxamic acid (251.74 µM) against the urease enzyme. Most notably, compound 2m , which is more active than the other compounds in in vitro and molecular docking studies, showed a significant inhibition potential and efficient IC 50 values (7.21±0.09 µM) and in silico inhibition constant (0.11 µM). Furthermore, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation analysis suggests that the binding stability of urease enzyme and compound 2m were stably maintained during the 100 ns simulation time. Compound 2m also exhibited good physicochemical and pharmacokinetic parameters. The overall results of urease inhibition have indicated that these pyrazoline derivative compounds can be further optimized and developed for the discovery of novel urease inhibitors.
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- Fatih Tok
- Marmara Universitesi Eczacilik Fakultesi, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Marmara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry,, 34854 4/A, Istanbul, TURKEY
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- Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Recep Tayyip Erdogan Universitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakultesi, Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Rize, TURKEY
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- Karadeniz Technical University: Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi, Bioistatistics and Medical Informatics, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, TURKEY
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- Marmara University: Marmara Universitesi, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Marmara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry,, Türkiye, 34854 4/A, Istanbul, TURKEY
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