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Wang F, Xu S, Chen C, Wei C, Zhang CJ. Stereochemistry and antimalarial activity of C-10 carba analogues of artemisinin. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2023; 93:129414. [PMID: 37494974 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2023.129414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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Artemisinin is an endoperoxide bond-containing sesquiterpene lactone showing potent antimalarial effect as well as antitumor and antivirus activities. Inspired by this unique pharmacorphore, researchers around the world developed numerous Artemisinin derivatives. Among these derivatives, the C-10 carba analogues of artemisinin are frequently reported. However, the stereochemistry of C-10 carba analogues of artemisinin is overlooked and the corresponding mixture of stereoisomers are used. Herein, we reported for the first time stereochemistry and antimalarial activity of C-10 carba analogues of artemisinin. We employed two approaches to obtain the pure isomer of C-10 carba analogues and presented an interesting observation about their antimalarial activities. The minor isomer with large-sized substitute and S configuration at C-10 position had much lower antimalarial effect than the major isomer with R configuration. The study will shed light on the development of effective antimalarial drugs based on ART.
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- Fengge Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Active Substance Discovery and Druggability Evaluation, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 10005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Active Substance Discovery and Druggability Evaluation, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 10005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Active Substance Discovery and Druggability Evaluation, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 10005, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine Peking Union Medical College, 5# Dong Dan San Tiao, Beijing, 100005, China..
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Active Substance Discovery and Druggability Evaluation, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 10005, China..
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Zeng ZW, Chen D, Chen L, He B, Li Y. A comprehensive overview of Artemisinin and its derivatives as anticancer agents. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 247:115000. [PMID: 36538859 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.115000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Artemisinin is the crucial ingredient of artemisia annua, a traditional Chinese medicine used for the therapy of malaria in China for hundreds of years. In recent years, the anticancer properties of artemisinin and its derivatives have also been reported. This review has summarized the research and development of artemisinin and its derivatives as anticancer agents, which included both natural and synthetic monomers as well as their dimers. In addition, it highlights the antitumor effects of artemisinin and its derivatives after site-modification or after transformation to a nano-delivery system. Moreover, we have further explored their potential mechanisms of action and also discussed the clinical trials of ARTs used to treat cancer, which will facilitate in further development of novel anticancer drugs based on the scaffold of artemisinin.
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- Zi-Wei Zeng
- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicine and TCM (Ministry of Education), Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicine and TCM (Ministry of Education), Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicine and TCM (Ministry of Education), Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicine and TCM (Ministry of Education), Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicine and TCM (Ministry of Education), Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550004, China.
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Over 40 Years of Fosmidomycin Drug Research: A Comprehensive Review and Future Opportunities. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15121553. [PMID: 36559004 PMCID: PMC9782300 DOI: 10.3390/ph15121553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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To address the continued rise of multi-drug-resistant microorganisms, the development of novel drugs with new modes of action is urgently required. While humans biosynthesize the essential isoprenoid precursors isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP) via the established mevalonate pathway, pathogenic protozoa and certain pathogenic eubacteria use the less well-known methylerythritol phosphate pathway for this purpose. Important pathogens using the MEP pathway are, for example, Plasmodium falciparum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. The enzymes of that pathway are targets for antiinfective drugs that are exempt from target-related toxicity. 2C-Methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP), the second enzyme of the non-mevalonate pathway, has been established as the molecular target of fosmidomycin, an antibiotic that has so far failed to be approved as an anti-infective drug. This review describes the development and anti-infective properties of a wide range of fosmidomycin derivatives synthesized over the last four decades. Here we discuss the DXR inhibitor pharmacophore, which comprises a metal-binding group, a phosphate or phosphonate moiety and a connecting linker. Furthermore, non-fosmidomycin-based DXRi, bisubstrate inhibitors and several prodrug concepts are described. A comprehensive structure-activity relationship (SAR) of nearly all inhibitor types is presented and some novel opportunities for further drug development of DXR inhibitors are discussed.
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Li SA, Cadelis MM, Deed RC, Douafer H, Bourguet-Kondracki ML, Michel Brunel J, Copp BR. Valorisation of the diterpene podocarpic acid - Antibiotic and antibiotic enhancing activities of polyamine conjugates. Bioorg Med Chem 2022; 64:116762. [PMID: 35477062 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116762] [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: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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As part of our search for new antimicrobials and antibiotic adjuvants, a series of podocarpic acid-polyamine conjugates have been synthesized. The library of compounds made use of the phenolic and carboxylic acid moieties of the diterpene allowing attachment of polyamines (PA) of different lengths to afford a structurally-diverse set of analogues. Evaluation of the conjugates for intrinsic antimicrobial properties identified two derivatives of interest: a PA3-4-3 (spermine) amide-bonded variant 7a that was a non-cytotoxic, non-hemolytic potent growth inhibitor of Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and 9d, a PA3-8-3 carbamate derivative that was a non-toxic selective antifungal towards Cryptococcus neoformans. Of the compound set, only one example exhibited activity towards Gram-negative bacteria. However, in the presence of sub-therapeutic amounts of either doxycycline (4.5 µM) or erythromycin (2.7 μM) several analogues were observed to exhibit weak to modest antibiotic adjuvant properties against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and/or Escherichia coli. The observation of strong cytotoxicity and/or hemolytic properties for subsets of the library, in particular those analogues bearing methyl ester or n-pentylamide functionality, highlighted the fine balance of structural requirements and lipophilicity for antimicrobial activity as opposed to mammalian cell toxicity.
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- Steven A Li
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Aix-Marseille Universite, INSERM, SSA, MCT, Faculté de Pharmacie, 27 bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes, UMR 7245 CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier (C.P. 54), 75005 Paris, France
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- Aix-Marseille Universite, INSERM, SSA, MCT, Faculté de Pharmacie, 27 bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, France
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
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Qaroush AK, Alsayyed AW, Eftaiha AF, Al‐Qaisi FM, Salameh BA. Green Microwave‐Assisted Synthesis of Cyclic/Acyclic Ureas from Propylene Carbonate. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202200478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Jordan Amman 11942 Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science The Hashemite University P.O. Box 330127 Zarqa 13133 Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science The Hashemite University P.O. Box 330127 Zarqa 13133 Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science The Hashemite University P.O. Box 330127 Zarqa 13133 Jordan
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Lichorowic CL, Zhao Y, Maher SP, Padín-Irizarry V, Mendiola VC, de Castro ST, Worden JA, Casandra D, Kyle DE, Manetsch R. Synthesis of Mono- and Bisperoxide-Bridged Artemisinin Dimers to Elucidate the Contribution of Dimerization to Antimalarial Activity. ACS Infect Dis 2021; 7:2013-2024. [PMID: 33792305 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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During the past decade, artemisinin as an antimalarial has been in the spotlight, in part due to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Tu Youyou. While many studies have been completed detailing the significant increase in activity resulting from the dimerization of natural product artemisinin, activity increases unaccounted for by the peroxide bridge have yet to be researched. Here we outline the synthesis and testing for antimalarial activity of artemisinin dimers in which the peroxide bridge in one-half of the dimer is reduced, resulting in a dimer with one active and one deactivated artemisinin moiety.
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- Cynthia L. Lichorowic
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, 102 Hurtig Hall, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, 102 Hurtig Hall, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, 500 D.W. Brooks Drive Ste 370, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, 500 D.W. Brooks Drive Ste 370, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
- Department of Biology, Clayton State University, 2000 Clayton State Boulevard, Morrow, Georgia 30260, United States
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- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, 500 D.W. Brooks Drive Ste 370, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, 500 D.W. Brooks Drive Ste 370, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, 500 D.W. Brooks Drive Ste 370, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease Research, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Suite 404, Tampa, Florida 33612, United States
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- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, 500 D.W. Brooks Drive Ste 370, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
- Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease Research, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Suite 404, Tampa, Florida 33612, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, 102 Hurtig Hall, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, 102 Hurtig Hall, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Varmazyad M, Modi MM, Kalen AL, Sarsour EH, Wagner B, Du J, Schultz MK, Buettner GR, Pigge FC, Goswami PC. N-alkyl triphenylvinylpyridinium conjugated dihydroartemisinin perturbs mitochondrial functions resulting in enhanced cancer versus normal cell toxicity. Free Radic Biol Med 2021; 165:421-434. [PMID: 33561488 PMCID: PMC8020572 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.01.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Dihydroartemisinin (DHA) is an FDA-approved antimalarial drug that has been repurposed for cancer therapy because of its preferential antiproliferative effects on cancer versus normal cells. Mitochondria represent an attractive target for cancer therapy based on their regulatory role in proliferation and cell death. This study investigates whether DHA conjugated to innately fluorescent N-alkyl triphenylvinylpyridinium (TPVP) perturbs mitochondrial functions resulting in a differential toxicity of cancer versus normal cells. TPVP-DHA treatments resulted in a dose-dependent toxicity of human melanoma and pancreatic cancer cells, whereas normal human fibroblasts were resistant to this treatment. TPVP-DHA treatments resulted in a G1-delay of the cancer cell cycle, which was also associated with a significant inhibition of the mTOR-metabolic and ERK1/2-proliferative signaling pathways. TPVP-DHA treatments perturbed mitochondrial functions, which correlated with increases in mitochondrial fission. In summary, TPVP mediated mitochondrial targeting of DHA enhanced cancer cell toxicity by perturbing mitochondrial functions and morphology.
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- Basic Science Department, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University, Kansas City, MO, 64106, USA
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- Free Radical and Radiation Biology Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Basic Science Department, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University, Kansas City, MO, 64106, USA
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- Free Radical and Radiation Biology Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Free Radical and Radiation Biology Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Free Radical and Radiation Biology Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
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Histone H4-based peptoids are inhibitors of protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1). Biochem J 2021; 477:2971-2980. [PMID: 32716034 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20200534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Methylation of arginine residues occurs on a number of protein substrates, most notably the N-terminal tails of histones, and is catalyzed by a family of enzymes called the protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs). This modification can lead to transcriptional activation or repression of cancer-related genes. To date, a number of inhibitors, based on natural peptide substrates, have been developed for the PRMT family of enzymes. However, because peptides are easily degraded in vivo, the utility of these inhibitors as potential therapeutics is limited. The use of peptoids, which are peptide mimetics where the amino acid side chain is attached to the nitrogen in the amide backbone instead of the α-carbon, may circumvent the problems associated with peptide degradation. Given the structural similarities, peptoid scaffolds may provide enhanced stability, while preserving the mechanism of action. Herein, we have identified that peptoids based on natural peptide substrates are not catalyzed to the product by PRMT1, but instead are inhibitors of this enzyme. Reducing the length of the peptoid reduces inhibition and suggest the residues distal from the site of modification are important for binding. Furthermore, a positive charge on the N-terminus helps promote binding and improves inhibition. Selectivity among family members is likely possible based on inhibition being moderately selective for PRMT1 over PRMT5 and provides a scaffold that can be used to develop pharmaceuticals against this class of enzymes.
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Manickam M, Boggu PR, Pillaiyar T, Nam YJ, Abdullah M, Lee SJ, Kang JS, Jung SH. Design, synthesis and anticancer activity of 2-amidomethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinones and its conjugates with Biotin/polyamine. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2021; 31:127685. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Labriere C, Elumalai V, Staffansson J, Cervin G, Le Norcy T, Denardou H, Réhel K, Moodie LWK, Hellio C, Pavia H, Hansen JH, Svenson J. Phidianidine A and Synthetic Analogues as Naturally Inspired Marine Antifoulants. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2020; 83:3413-3423. [PMID: 33054188 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Stationary and slow-moving marine organisms regularly employ a natural product chemical defense to prevent being colonized by marine micro- and macroorganisms. While these natural antifoulants can be structurally diverse, they often display highly conserved chemistries and physicochemical properties, suggesting a natural marine antifouling pharmacophore. In our current report, we investigate the marine natural product phidianidine A, which displays several chemical properties found in highly potent marine antifoulants. Phidianidine A and synthetic analogues were screened against the settlement and metamorphosis of Amphibalanus improvisus cyprids, and several of the compounds displayed inhibitory activities at low micromolar concentrations with IC50 values down to 0.7 μg/mL observed. The settlement study highlights that phidianidine A is a potent natural antifoulant and that the scaffold can be tuned to generate simpler and improved synthetic analogues. The bioactivity is closely linked to the size of the compound and to its basicity. The study also illustrates that active analogues can be prepared in the absence of the natural constrained 1,2,4-oxadiazole ring. A synthetic lead analogue of phidianidine A was incorporated in a coating and included in antifouling field trials, where it was shown that the coating induced potent inhibition of marine bacteria and microalgae settlement.
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- Christophe Labriere
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, SE-452 96 Strömstad, Sweden
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- Univ. Bretagne-Sud, EA 3884, LBCM, IUEM, F-56100 Lorient, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Univ. Bretagne-Sud, EA 3884, LBCM, IUEM, F-56100 Lorient, France
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Uppsala Antibiotic Centre, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Univ. Brest, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement MARin (LEMAR), CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, Brest 29285, France
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, SE-452 96 Strömstad, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Chemistry, Biomaterial & Textile, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Box 857, 501 15 Borås, Sweden
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Mancuso RI, Foglio MA, Olalla Saad ST. Artemisinin-type drugs for the treatment of hematological malignancies. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2020; 87:1-22. [PMID: 33141328 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-020-04170-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Qinghaosu, known as artemisinin (ARS), has been for over two millennia, one of the most common herbs prescribed in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). ARS was developed as an antimalarial drug and currently belongs to the established standard treatments of malaria as a combination therapy worldwide. In addition to the antimalarial bioactivity of ARS, anticancer activities have been shown both in vitro and in vivo. Like other natural products, ARS acts in a multi-specific manner also against hematological malignancies. The chemical structure of ARS is a sesquiterpene lactone, which contains an endoperoxide bridge essential for activity. The main mechanism of action of ARS and its derivatives (artesunate, dihydroartemisinin, artemether) toward leukemia, multiple myeloma, and lymphoma cells comprises oxidative stress response, inhibition of proliferation, induction of various types of cell death as apoptosis, autophagy, ferroptosis, inhibition of angiogenesis, and signal transducers, as NF-κB, MYC, amongst others. Therefore, new pharmaceutically active compounds, dimers, trimers, and hybrid molecules, could enhance the existing therapeutic alternatives in combating hematologic malignancies. Owing to the high potency and good tolerance without side effects of ARS-type drugs, combination therapies with standard chemotherapies could be applied in the future after further clinical trials in hematological malignancies.
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- R I Mancuso
- Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, University of Campinas, HEMOCENTRO UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, University of Campinas, HEMOCENTRO UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Plehiers PP, Coley CW, Gao H, Vermeire FH, Dobbelaere MR, Stevens CV, Van Geem KM, Green WH. Artificial Intelligence for Computer-Aided Synthesis In Flow: Analysis and Selection of Reaction Components. FRONTIERS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2020. [DOI: 10.3389/fceng.2020.00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cigdem B, Bolayir A, Celik VK, Kapancik S, Kilicgun H, Gokce SF, Gulunay A. The Role of Reduced Polyamine Synthesis in Ischemic Stroke. NEUROCHEM J+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s1819712420020038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Pepe DA, Toumpa D, André-Barrès C, Menendez C, Mouray E, Baltas M, Grellier P, Papaioannou D, Athanassopoulos CM. Synthesis of Novel G Factor or Chloroquine-Artemisinin Hybrids and Conjugates with Potent Antiplasmodial Activity. ACS Med Chem Lett 2020; 11:921-927. [PMID: 32435406 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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A series of novel hybrids of artemisinin (ART) with either a phytormone endoperoxide G factor analogue (GMeP) or chloroquine (CQ) and conjugates of the same compounds with the polyamines (PAs), spermidine (Spd), and homospermidine (Hsd) were synthesized and their antiplasmodial activity was evaluated using the CQ-resistant P. falciparum FcB1/Colombia strain. The ART-GMeP hybrid 5 and compounds 9 and 10 which are conjugates of Spd and Hsd with two molecules of ART and one molecule of GMeP, were the most potent with IC50 values of 2.6, 8.4, and 10.6 nM, respectively. The same compounds also presented the highest selectivity indexes against the primary human fibroblast cell line AB943 ranging from 16 372 for the hybrid 5 to 983 for the conjugate 10 of Hsd.
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- Dionissia A. Pepe
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras GR-26504, Greece
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras GR-26504, Greece
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- LSPCMIB, UMR-CNRS 5068, Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse CEDEX 9 31062, France
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- LSPCMIB, UMR-CNRS 5068, Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse CEDEX 9 31062, France
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- MCAM, UMR 7245 CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris 75005, France
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- LSPCMIB, UMR-CNRS 5068, Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse CEDEX 9 31062, France
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- MCAM, UMR 7245 CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris 75005, France
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras GR-26504, Greece
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Pearce AN, Kaiser M, Copp BR. Synthesis and antimalarial evaluation of artesunate-polyamine and trioxolane-polyamine conjugates. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 140:595-603. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.09.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Marastoni M, Trapella C, Scotti A, Fantinati A, Ferretti V, Marzola E, Eleonora G, Gavioli R, Preti D. Naphthoquinone amino acid derivatives, synthesis and biological activity as proteasome inhibitors. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2017; 32:865-877. [PMID: 28657369 PMCID: PMC6445160 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2017.1334649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The ubiquitin-proteasome system has been largely investigated for its key role in protein degradation mechanisms that regulate both apoptosis and cell division. Because of their antitumour activity, different classes of proteasome inhibitors have been identified to date. Some of these compounds are currently employed in the clinical treatment of several types of cancer among which multiple myeloma. Here, we describe the design, chemistry, biological activity and modelling studies of a large series of amino acid derivatives linked to a naphthoquinone pharmacophoric group through variable spacers. Some analogues showed interesting inhibitory potency for the β1 and β5 subunits of the proteasome with IC50 values in the sub-µm range.
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- Mauro Marastoni
- a Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Ferrara , Ferrara , Italy
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- a Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Ferrara , Ferrara , Italy
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- a Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Ferrara , Ferrara , Italy
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- a Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Ferrara , Ferrara , Italy
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- a Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Ferrara , Ferrara , Italy
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- a Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Ferrara , Ferrara , Italy
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- b Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology , University of Ferrara , Ferrara , Italy
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- b Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology , University of Ferrara , Ferrara , Italy
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- a Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Ferrara , Ferrara , Italy
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Rioux B, Pouget C, Fidanzi-Dugas C, Gamond A, Laurent A, Semaan J, Pinon A, Champavier Y, Léger DY, Liagre B, Duroux JL, Fagnère C, Sol V. Design and multi-step synthesis of chalcone-polyamine conjugates as potent antiproliferative agents. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2017; 27:4354-4357. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2017] [Revised: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Magoulas GE, Tsigkou T, Skondra L, Lamprou M, Tsoukala P, Kokkinogouli V, Pantazaka E, Papaioannou D, Athanassopoulos CM, Papadimitriou E. Synthesis of nοvel artemisinin dimers with polyamine linkers and evaluation of their potential as anticancer agents. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:3756-3767. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Jagu E, Pomel S, Diez-Martinez A, Ramiandrasoa F, Krauth-Siegel RL, Pethe S, Blonski C, Labruère R, Loiseau PM. Synthesis and in vitro antikinetoplastid activity of polyamine–hydroxybenzotriazole conjugates. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:84-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Revised: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Takao K, Miyashiro T, Sugita Y. Synthesis and biological evaluation of piperic acid amides as free radical scavengers and α-glucosidase inhibitors. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2016; 63:326-33. [PMID: 25948326 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c14-00874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A series of piperic acid amides (4-24, 29, 30) were synthesized and their 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities were evaluated. Among the synthesized compounds, the amides 11, 13 and 15, which contain o-methoxyphenol, catechol or 5-hydroxyindole moieties, showed potent DPPH free radical scavenging activity (11: EC50 140 µM; 13: EC50 28 µM; 15: EC50 20 µM). The amides 10, 18 and 23 showed higher inhibitory activity of α-glucosidase (10: IC50 21 µM; 18: IC50 21 µM; 23: IC50 12 µM). These data suggest that the hydrophobicity of the conjugated amines is an important determinant of α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. In addition, the amides 13 and 15 showed both potent DPPH free radical scavenging activity and α-glucosidase inhibitory activity (13: IC50 46 µM; 15: IC50 46 µM). This is the first report identifying the DPPH free radical scavenging and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of piperic acid amides and suggests that these amides may serve as lead compounds for the development of novel α-glucosidase inhibitors with antioxidant activity.
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- Koichi Takao
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University
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Takao K, Noguchi K, Hashimoto Y, Shirahata A, Sugita Y. Synthesis and evaluation of fatty acid amides on the N-oleoylethanolamide-like activation of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor α. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2015; 63:278-85. [PMID: 25832022 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c14-00881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A series of fatty acid amides were synthesized and their peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPAR-α) agonistic activities were evaluated in a normal rat liver cell line, clone 9. The mRNAs of the PPAR-α downstream genes, carnitine-palmitoyltransferase-1 and mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase, were determined by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) as PPAR-α agonistic activities. We prepared nine oleic acid amides. Their PPAR-α agonistic activities were, in decreasing order, N-oleoylhistamine (OLHA), N-oleoylglycine, Oleamide, N-oleoyltyramine, N-oleoylsertonin, and Olvanil. The highest activity was found with OLHA. We prepared and evaluated nine N-acylhistamines (N-acyl-HAs). Of these, OLHA, C16:0-HA, and C18:1Δ(9)-trans-HA showed similar activity. Activity due to the different chain length of the saturated fatty acid peaked at C16:0-HA. The PPAR-α antagonist, GW6471, inhibited the induction of the PPAR-α downstream genes by OLHA and N-oleoylethanolamide (OEA). These data suggest that N-acyl-HAs could be considered new PPAR-α agonists.
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- Koichi Takao
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University
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Taj R, Sorensen JL. Synthesis of Actinomycetes natural products JBIR-94, JBIR-125, and related analogues. Tetrahedron Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Conyers RC, Mazzone JR, Tripathi AK, Sullivan DJ, Posner GH. Antimalarial chemotherapy: orally curative artemisinin-derived trioxane dimer esters. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 25:245-8. [PMID: 25481079 PMCID: PMC4277730 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.11.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2014] [Revised: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Eight new artemisinin-derived trioxane dimer esters 5 have been prepared and tested for antimalarial efficacy in malaria-infected mice. At a single oral dose of only 6mg/kg combined with 18mg/kg of mefloquine, each of the dimer esters 5 outperformed the antimalarial drug artemether (2). The most efficacious dimer, dichlorobenzoate ester 5h, prolonged mouse survival past day 30 of infection with three of the four mice in this group having no detectable parasitemia and appearing and acting healthy on day 30.
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- Ryan C Conyers
- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
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- W. Harry Feinstone, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States; The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
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- W. Harry Feinstone, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States; The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States; The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States.
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Mazzone JR, Conyers RC, Tripathi AK, Sullivan DJ, Posner GH. Antimalarial chemotherapy: artemisinin-derived dimer carbonates and thiocarbonates. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 24:2440-3. [PMID: 24775306 PMCID: PMC4074917 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Revised: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Several 2-carbon-linked trioxane dimer secondary alcohol carbonates 14 and thiocarbonates 15, combined with mefloquine and administered in a low single oral dose, prolonged the survival times of malaria-infected mice much more effectively than the popular monomeric antimalarial drug artemether plus mefloquine. Three dimer carbonates 14 and one dimer thiocarbonate 15 partially cured malaria-infected mice.
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- Jennifer R Mazzone
- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States; The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States; The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States; The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States.
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Hickey SF, Hammond MC. Structure-guided design of fluorescent S-adenosylmethionine analogs for a high-throughput screen to target SAM-I riboswitch RNAs. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 2014; 21:345-56. [PMID: 24560607 PMCID: PMC4074398 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2014.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Revised: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 01/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Many classes of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)-binding RNAs and proteins are of interest as potential drug targets in diverse therapeutic areas, from infectious diseases to cancer. In the former case, the SAM-I riboswitch is an attractive target because this structured RNA element is found only in bacterial mRNAs and regulates multiple genes in several human pathogens. Here, we describe the synthesis of stable and fluorescent analogs of SAM in which the fluorophore is introduced through a functionalizable linker to the ribose. A Cy5-labeled SAM analog was shown to bind several SAM-I riboswitches via in-line probing and fluorescence polarization assays, including one from Staphylococcus aureus that controls the expression of SAM synthetase in this organism. A fluorescent ligand displacement assay was developed and validated for high-throughput screening of compounds to target the SAM-I riboswitch class.
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- Scott F Hickey
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Synthetic Biology Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkely, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Synthetic Biology Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkely, CA 94720, USA.
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Histatin 5-spermidine conjugates have enhanced fungicidal activity and efficacy as a topical therapeutic for oral candidiasis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013; 58:756-66. [PMID: 24247141 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01851-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) is caused by the opportunistic fungi Candida albicans and is prevalent in immunocompromised patients, individuals with dry mouth, or patients with prolonged antibiotic therapies that reduce oral commensal bacteria. Human salivary histatins, including histatin 5 (Hst 5), are small cationic proteins that are the major source of fungicidal activity of saliva. However, Hsts are rapidly degraded in vivo, limiting their usefulness as therapeutic agents despite their lack of toxicity. We constructed a conjugate peptide using spermidine (Spd) linked to the active fragment of Hst 5 (Hst 54-15), based upon our findings that C. albicans spermidine transporters are required for Hst 5 uptake and fungicidal activity. We found that Hst 54-15-Spd was significantly more effective in killing C. albicans and Candida glabrata than Hst 5 alone in both planktonic and biofilm growth and that Hst 54-15-Spd retained high activity in both serum and saliva. Hst 54-15-Spd was not bactericidal against streptococcal oral commensal bacteria and had no hemolytic activity. We tested the effectiveness of Hst 54-15-Spd in vivo by topical application to tongue surfaces of immunocompromised mice with OPC. Mice treated with Hst 54-15-Spd had significant clearance of candidal tongue lesions macroscopically, which was confirmed by a 3- to 5-log fold reduction of C. albicans colonies recovered from tongue tissues. Hst 54-15-Spd conjugates are a new class of peptide-based drugs with high selectivity for fungi and potential as topical therapeutic agents for oral candidiasis.
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Choomuenwai V, Schwartz BD, Beattie KD, Andrews KT, Khokhar S, Davis RA. The discovery, synthesis and antimalarial evaluation of natural product-based polyamine alkaloids. Tetrahedron Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.07.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wang ZX, Chen JL, Qiao C. Praziquantel Derivatives with Antischistosomal Activity: Aromatic Ring Modification. Chem Biol Drug Des 2013; 82:216-25. [DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2012] [Revised: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Zhi-xia Wang
- College of Pharmaceutical Science; Soochow University; 199 RenAi Road; Suzhou; 215123; Jiangsu; China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science; Soochow University; 199 RenAi Road; Suzhou; 215123; Jiangsu; China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science; Soochow University; 199 RenAi Road; Suzhou; 215123; Jiangsu; China
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Debowski D, Łukajtis R, Filipowicz M, Strzelecka P, Wysocka M, Łęgowska A, Lesner A, Rolka K. Hybrid analogues of SFTI-1 modified in P1position by β- and γ-amino acids andN-substituted β-alanines. Biopolymers 2013; 100:154-9. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Revised: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 10/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- D. Debowski
- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Chemistry; University of Gdansk; Sobieskiego 18; 80-952; Gdansk; Poland
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Mott BT, Tripathi A, Siegler MA, Moore CD, Sullivan DJ, Posner GH. Synthesis and antimalarial efficacy of two-carbon-linked, artemisinin-derived trioxane dimers in combination with known antimalarial drugs. J Med Chem 2013; 56:2630-41. [PMID: 23425037 DOI: 10.1021/jm400058j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Malaria continues to be a difficult disease to eradicate largely because of the widespread populations it affects and the resistance that malaria parasites have developed against once very potent therapies. The natural product artemisinin has been a boon for antimalarial chemotherapy, as artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) has become the first line of chemotherapy. Because the threat of resistance is always on the horizon, it is imperative to continually identify new treatments, comprising both advanced analogues of all antimalarial drugs, especially artemisinin, and the exploration of novel combinations, ideally with distinct mechanisms of action. Here we report for the first time the synthesis of a series of two-carbon-linked artemisinin-derived dimers, their unique structural features, and demonstration of their antimalarial efficacy via single oral dose administration in two 60-day survival studies of Plasmodium berghei infected mice. Several of the new endoperoxide chemical entities consistently demonstrated excellent antimalarial efficacy, and combinations with two non-peroxide antimalarial drugs have been studied.
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- Bryan T Mott
- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA.
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Bhupathiraju NDK, Vicente MGH. Synthesis and cellular studies of polyamine conjugates of a mercaptomethyl-carboranylporphyrin. Bioorg Med Chem 2013; 21:485-95. [PMID: 23219853 PMCID: PMC3547609 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Revised: 10/24/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Seven polyamine conjugates of a tri(p-carboranylmethylthio)tetrafluorophenylporphyrin were prepared in high yields by sequential substitution of the p-phenyl fluoride of tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin (TPPF), and investigated as boron delivery agents for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). The polyamines used were derivatives of the natural-occurring spermine with different lengths of the carbon chains, terminal primary amine groups and, in two of the conjugates, additional aminoethyl moieties. A tri(polyethylene glycol) conjugate was also synthesized for comparison purposes. The polyamine conjugates showed low dark cytotoxicity (IC(50) >400 μM) and low phototoxicity (IC(50) >40 μM at 1.5 J/cm(2)). All polyamine conjugates, with one exception, showed higher uptake into human glioma T98G cells (up to 12-fold) than the PEG conjugate, and localized preferentially in the cell ER, Golgi and the lysosomes. Our results show that spermine derivatives can serve as effective carriers of boronated porphyrins for the BNCT of tumors.
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- Louisiana State University, Department of Chemistry, Baton Rouge LA, 70803, USA
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Phothongkam S, Chancharunee S, Saovapakhiran A, Wichai U, Pohmakotr M. Facile synthesis and anticancer activity of C-10 non-acetal deoxoartemisinin dimers. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 22:7598-601. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Revised: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 10/02/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Lizzi F, Veronesi G, Belluti F, Bergamini C, López-Sánchez A, Kaiser M, Brun R, Krauth-Siegel RL, Hall DG, Rivas L, Bolognesi ML. Conjugation of Quinones with Natural Polyamines: Toward an Expanded Antitrypanosomatid Profile. J Med Chem 2012; 55:10490-500. [DOI: 10.1021/jm301112z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Federica Lizzi
- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnologies, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna,
Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnologies, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna,
Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnologies, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna,
Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnologies, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna,
Italy
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- Physico-Chemical
Biology, Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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- Biochemistry Center (BZH), Heidelberg University, Im, Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120
Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Alberta, T6G 2G2,
Canada
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- Physico-Chemical
Biology, Centro
de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnologies, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna,
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Wang J, Gao R, Li Q, Xie S, Zhao J, Wang C. Synthesis, Cytotoxicity, and Cell Death Profile of Polyaminoanthraquinones as Antitumor Agents. Chem Biol Drug Des 2012; 80:909-17. [DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Corcé V, Morin E, Guihéneuf S, Renault E, Renaud S, Cannie I, Tripier R, Lima LMP, Julienne K, Gouin SG, Loréal O, Deniaud D, Gaboriau F. Polyaminoquinoline Iron Chelators for Vectorization of Antiproliferative Agents: Design, Synthesis, and Validation. Bioconjug Chem 2012; 23:1952-68. [DOI: 10.1021/bc300324c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Vincent Corcé
- LUNAM Université, CEISAM,
Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR des Sciences et des Techniques,
2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, France
- INSERM, UMR991, CHRU Pontchaillou, 35033 Rennes, France; Université de Rennes1,
35043 Rennes, France
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- LUNAM Université, CEISAM,
Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR des Sciences et des Techniques,
2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, France
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- LUNAM Université, CEISAM,
Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR des Sciences et des Techniques,
2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, France
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- LUNAM Université, CEISAM,
Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR des Sciences et des Techniques,
2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, France
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- INSERM, UMR991, CHRU Pontchaillou, 35033 Rennes, France; Université de Rennes1,
35043 Rennes, France
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- INSERM, UMR991, CHRU Pontchaillou, 35033 Rennes, France; Université de Rennes1,
35043 Rennes, France
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- CNRS, UMR 6521, Université de Brest, Laboratoire
de Chimie, Electrochimie
Moléculaires et Chimie Analytique, 6 Avenue Victor Le Gorgeu,
29200 Brest, France
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- CNRS, UMR 6521, Université de Brest, Laboratoire
de Chimie, Electrochimie
Moléculaires et Chimie Analytique, 6 Avenue Victor Le Gorgeu,
29200 Brest, France
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- LUNAM Université, CEISAM,
Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR des Sciences et des Techniques,
2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, France
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- LUNAM Université, CEISAM,
Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR des Sciences et des Techniques,
2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, France
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- INSERM, UMR991, CHRU Pontchaillou, 35033 Rennes, France; Université de Rennes1,
35043 Rennes, France
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- LUNAM Université, CEISAM,
Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR CNRS 6230, UFR des Sciences et des Techniques,
2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3, France
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- INSERM, UMR991, CHRU Pontchaillou, 35033 Rennes, France; Université de Rennes1,
35043 Rennes, France
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Synthesis, antimalarial activity and cytotoxicity of 10-aminoethylether derivatives of artemisinin. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:4701-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Revised: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Dębowski D, Łukajtis R, Łęgowska A, Karna N, Pikuła M, Wysocka M, Maliszewska I, Sieńczyk M, Lesner A, Rolka K. Inhibitory and antimicrobial activities of OGTI and HV-BBI peptides, fragments and analogs derived from amphibian skin. Peptides 2012; 35:276-84. [PMID: 22516177 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2012] [Revised: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A series of linear and cyclic fragments and analogs of two peptides (OGTI and HV-BBI) isolated from skin secretions of frogs were synthesized by the solid-phase method. Their inhibitory activity against several serine proteinases: bovine β-trypsin, bovine α-chymotypsin, human leukocyte elastase and cathepsin G from human neutrophils, was investigated together with evaluation of their antimicrobial activities against Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli) and Gram-positive species isolated from patients (Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterococcus sp., Streptococcus sp.). The cytotoxicity of the selected peptides toward an immortal human skin fibroblast cell line was also determined. Three peptides: HV-BBI, its truncated fragment HV-BBI(3-18) and its analog [Phe(8)]HV-BBI can be considered as bifunctional compounds with inhibitory as well as antibacterial properties. OGTI, although it did not display trypsin inhibitory activity as previously reported in the literature, exerted antimicrobial activity toward S. epidermidis. In addition, under our experimental conditions, this peptide did not show cytotoxicity.
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- Dawid Dębowski
- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
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Duan WW, Qiu SJ, Zhao Y, Sun H, Qiao C, Xia CM. Praziquantel derivatives exhibit activity against both juvenile and adult Schistosoma japonicum. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 22:1587-90. [PMID: 22264473 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.12.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2011] [Revised: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 12/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Slack RD, Jacobine AM, Posner GH. Antimalarial peroxides: advances in drug discovery and design. MEDCHEMCOMM 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2md00277a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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New drugs are urgently needed for the treatment of tropical and subtropical parasitic diseases, such as African sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease, leishmaniasis and malaria. Enzymes in polyamine biosynthesis and thiol metabolism, as well as polyamine transporters, are potential drug targets within these organisms. In the present review, the current knowledge of unique properties of polyamine metabolism in these parasites is outlined. These properties include prozyme regulation of AdoMetDC (S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase) activity in trypanosomatids, co-expression of ODC (ornithine decarboxylase) and AdoMetDC activities in a single protein in plasmodia, and formation of trypanothione, a unique compound linking polyamine and thiol metabolism in trypanosomatids. Particularly interesting features within polyamine metabolism in these parasites are highlighted for their potential in selective therapeutic strategies.
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