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Wang J, Zhang Y, Lu Q, Xing D, Zhang R. Exploring Carbohydrates for Therapeutics: A Review on Future Directions. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:756724. [PMID: 34867374 PMCID: PMC8634948 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.756724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Carbohydrates are important components of foods and essential biomolecules performing various biological functions in living systems. A variety of biological activities besides providing fuel have been explored and reported for carbohydrates. Some carbohydrates have been approved for the treatment of various diseases; however, carbohydrate-containing drugs represent only a small portion of all of the drugs on the market. This review summarizes several potential development directions of carbohydrate-containing therapeutics, with the hope of promoting the application of carbohydrates in drug development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jie Wang
- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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Jiang H, Qin X, Wang Q, Xu Q, Wang J, Wu Y, Chen W, Wang C, Zhang T, Xing D, Zhang R. Application of carbohydrates in approved small molecule drugs: A review. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 223:113633. [PMID: 34171659 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Carbohydrates are an important energy source and play numerous key roles in all living organisms. Carbohydrates chemistry involved in diagnosis and treatment of diseases has been attracting increasing attention. Carbohydrates could be one of the major focuses of new drug discovery. Currently, however, carbohydrate-containing drugs account for only a small percentage of all drugs in clinical use, which does not match the important roles of carbohydrates in the organism. In other words, carbohydrates are a relatively untapped source of new drugs and therefore may offer exciting novel therapeutic opportunities. Here, we presented an overview of the application of carbohydrates in approved small molecule drugs and emphasized and evaluated the roles of carbohydrates in those drugs. The potential development direction of carbohydrate-containing drugs was presented after summarizing the advantages and challenges of carbohydrates in the development of new drugs.
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- Hongfei Jiang
- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China; Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, 519041, China
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- Department of Critical Medicine, Hainan Maternal and Children's Medical Center, Haikou, 570312, China
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- Laboratory of Immunology for Environment and Health, Shandong Analysis and Test Center, Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China; Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China; Cancer Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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Goel B, Tripathi N, Mukherjee D, Jain SK. Glycorandomization: A promising diversification strategy for the drug development. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 213:113156. [PMID: 33460832 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Glycorandomization is a natural product derivatization strategy in which different sugar moieties are linked to the aglycone part of the naturally existing glycosides to create glycorandomized libraries. Sugars attached to the natural products are responsible for affecting their solubility, mechanism of action, target recognition, and toxicity and thus, by changing the sugar part, these properties could be modified. Glycorandomization can be done via two approaches (i) a synthetic approach known as neoglycorandomization, and (ii) chemoenzymatic approach including in-vitro and in-vivo glycorandomization. Glycorandomization can be a promising technology for the drug discovery that has proved its potential to improve pharmacokinetic (solubility) and pharmacodynamic profile (mechanism of action, toxicity, and target recognition) of the parent compounds. The substrate flexibility of glycosyltransferases and other enzymes towards sugars and/or aglycone substrates has made this technique versatile. Further, the enzymes can be altered by genetic engineering to generate glycorandomized libraries of diverse natural product scaffolds. This technique has the potential to produce new compounds that can be helpful to the mankind by treating the threatening disease states. This review covers the different strategies for glycorandomization as a tool in drug discovery and development. The fundamentals of glycorandomization, different types, and further development of differentially glycorandomized libraries of natural products and small molecule based drugs have been discussed.
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- Bharat Goel
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Natural Product Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, 180001, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Schaub J, Zielesny A, Steinbeck C, Sorokina M. Too sweet: cheminformatics for deglycosylation in natural products. J Cheminform 2020; 12:67. [PMID: 33292501 PMCID: PMC7641802 DOI: 10.1186/s13321-020-00467-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Sugar units in natural products are pharmacokinetically important but often redundant and therefore obstructing the study of the structure and function of the aglycon. Therefore, it is recommended to remove the sugars before a theoretical or experimental study of a molecule. Deglycogenases, enzymes that specialized in sugar removal from small molecules, are often used in laboratories to perform this task. However, there is no standardized computational procedure to perform this task in silico. In this work, we present a systematic approach for in silico removal of ring and linear sugars from molecular structures. Particular attention is given to molecules of biological origin and to their structural specificities. This approach is made available in two forms, through a free and open web application and as standalone open-source software.
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- Jonas Schaub
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller University, Lessing Strasse 8, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Bioinformatics and Chemoinformatics, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences, August-Schmidt-Ring 10, 45665, Recklinghausen, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller University, Lessing Strasse 8, 07743, Jena, Germany.
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller University, Lessing Strasse 8, 07743, Jena, Germany.
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Singh K, Tripathi RP. An Overview on Glyco-Macrocycles: Potential New Lead and their Future in Medicinal Chemistry. Curr Med Chem 2020; 27:3386-3410. [PMID: 30827227 DOI: 10.2174/0929867326666190227232721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Macrocycles cover a small segment of molecules with a vast range of biological activity in the chemotherapeutic world. Primarily, the natural sources derived from macrocyclic drug candidates with a wide range of biological activities are known. Further evolutions of the medicinal chemistry towards macrocycle-based chemotherapeutics involve the functionalization of the natural product by hemisynthesis. More recently, macrocycles based on carbohydrates have evolved a considerable interest among the medicinal chemists worldwide. Carbohydrates provide an ideal scaffold to generate chiral macrocycles with well-defined pharmacophores in a decorated fashion to achieve the desired biological activity. We have given an overview on carbohydrate-derived macrocycle involving their synthesis in drug design and discovery and potential role in medicinal chemistry.
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- Kartikey Singh
- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, U.P., India
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- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, U.P., India.,National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Raebareli, New Transit Campus, Bijnor Road, Sarojani Nagar Near CRPF Base Camp, Lucknow 226002, U.P., India
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Lenci E, Bellini Puglielli R, Bucaletti E, Innocenti R, Trabocchi A. A Glucose‐Derived α‐Hydroxy Aldehyde for the Petasis Reaction: Facile Access to Polyfunctional δ‐Amino Acids. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202000600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Elena Lenci
- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” University of Florence Via della Lastruccia 13 50019 Florence Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” University of Florence Via della Lastruccia 13 50019 Florence Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” University of Florence Via della Lastruccia 13 50019 Florence Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” University of Florence Via della Lastruccia 13 50019 Florence Sesto Fiorentino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” University of Florence Via della Lastruccia 13 50019 Florence Sesto Fiorentino Italy
- Interdepartmental Center for Preclinical Development of Molecular Imaging (CISPIM) University of Florence Viale Morgagni 85 50134 Florence Italy
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Cannone Z, Shaqra AM, Lorenc C, Henowitz L, Keshipeddy S, Robinson VL, Zweifach A, Wright D, Peczuh MW. Post-Glycosylation Diversification (PGD): An Approach for Assembling Collections of Glycosylated Small Molecules. ACS COMBINATORIAL SCIENCE 2019; 21:192-197. [PMID: 30607941 DOI: 10.1021/acscombsci.8b00139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Many small molecule natural products with antibiotic and antiproliferative activity are adorned with a carbohydrate residue as part of their molecular structure. The carbohydrate moiety can act to mediate key interactions with the target, attenuate physicochemical properties, or both. Facile incorporation of a carbohydrate group on de novo small molecules would enable these valuable properties to be leveraged in the evaluation of focused compound libraries. While there is no universal way to incorporate a sugar on small molecule libraries, techniques such as glycorandomization and neoglycorandomization have made signification headway toward this goal. Here, we report a new approach for the synthesis of glycosylated small molecule libraries. It puts the glycosylation early in the synthesis of library compounds. Functionalized aglycones subsequently participate in chemoselective diversification reactions distal to the carbohydrate. As a proof-of-concept, we prepared several desosaminyl glycosides from only a few starting glycosides, using click cycloadditions, acylations, and Suzuki couplings as diversification reactions. New compounds were then characterized for their inhibition of bacterial protein translation, bacterial growth, and in a T-cell activation assay.
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- Zachary Cannone
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 55 N. Eagleville Road, U3060, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Connecticut, 91 N. Eagleville Road, U3125, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 55 N. Eagleville Road, U3060, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Connecticut, 91 N. Eagleville Road, U3125, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, 69 N.
Eagleville Road U3092, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Connecticut, 91 N. Eagleville Road, U3125, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Connecticut, 91 N. Eagleville Road, U3125, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 55 N. Eagleville Road, U3060, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, 69 N.
Eagleville Road U3092, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 55 N. Eagleville Road, U3060, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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Shang J, Hu B, Wang J, Zhu F, Kang Y, Li D, Sun H, Kong DX, Hou T. Cheminformatic Insight into the Differences between Terrestrial and Marine Originated Natural Products. J Chem Inf Model 2018; 58:1182-1193. [PMID: 29792805 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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This is a new golden age for drug discovery based on natural products derived from both marine and terrestrial sources. Herein, a straightforward but important question is "what are the major structural differences between marine natural products (MNPs) and terrestrial natural products (TNPs)?" To answer this question, we analyzed the important physicochemical properties, structural features, and drug-likeness of the two types of natural products and discussed their differences from the perspective of evolution. In general, MNPs have lower solubility and are often larger than TNPs. On average, particularly from the perspective of unique fragments and scaffolds, MNPs usually possess more long chains and large rings, especially 8- to 10-membered rings. MNPs also have more nitrogen atoms and halogens, notably bromines, and fewer oxygen atoms, suggesting that MNPs may be synthesized by more diverse biosynthetic pathways than TNPs. Analysis of the frequently occurring Murcko frameworks in MNPs and TNPS also reveals a striking difference between MNPs and TNPs. The scaffolds of the former tend to be longer and often contain ester bonds connected to 10-membered rings, while the scaffolds of the latter tend to be shorter and often bear more stable ring systems and bond types. Besides, the prediction from the naïve Bayesian drug-likeness classification model suggests that most compounds in MNPs and TNPs are drug-like, although MNPs are slightly more drug-like than TNPs. We believe that MNPs and TNPs with novel drug-like scaffolds have great potential to be drug leads or drug candidates in drug discovery campaigns.
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- Jun Shang
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang 310058 , China.,State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Agricultural Bioinformatics, Key Laboratory of Hubei Province, College of Informatics , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan 430070 , China.,State Key Lab of CAD&CG , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang 310058 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Agricultural Bioinformatics, Key Laboratory of Hubei Province, College of Informatics , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan 430070 , China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15261 , United States
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang 310058 , China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang 310058 , China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang 310058 , China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang 310058 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Agricultural Bioinformatics, Key Laboratory of Hubei Province, College of Informatics , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan 430070 , China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang 310058 , China.,State Key Lab of CAD&CG , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang 310058 , China
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Srivastava S, Bimal D, Bohra K, Singh B, Ponnan P, Jain R, Varma-Basil M, Maity J, Thirumal M, Prasad AK. Synthesis and antimycobacterial activity of 1-(β-d-Ribofuranosyl)-4-coumarinyloxymethyl- / -coumarinyl-1,2,3-triazole. Eur J Med Chem 2018. [PMID: 29529504 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.02.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A series of β-d-ribofuranosyl coumarinyl-1,2,3-triazoles have been synthesized by Cu-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction between azidosugar and 7-O-/7-alkynylated coumarins in 62-70% overall yields. The in vitro antimycobacterial activity evaluation of the synthesized triazolo-conjugates against Mycobacterium tuberculosis revealed that compounds were bactericidal in nature and some of them were found to be more active than one of the first line antimycobacterial drug ethambutol against sensitive reference strain H37Rv, and 7 to 420 times more active than all four first line antimycobacterial drugs (isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and streptomycin) against multidrug resistant clinical isolate 591. Study of in silico pharmacokinetic profile indicated the drug like characters for the test molecules. Further, transmission electron microscopic experiments revealed that these compounds interfere with the constitution of bacterial cell wall possibly by targeting mycobacterial InhA and DNA gyrase enzymes. Study conducted on the activities of the test compounds on bacterial InhA and DNA gyrase revealed that the most bactericidal test compound, N1-(β-d-ribofuranosyl)-C4-(4-methylcoumarin-7-oxymethyl)-1,2,3-triazole (6b) and its corresponding directly linked conjugate N1-(β-d-ribofuranosyl)-C4-(4-methylcoumarin-7-yl)-1,2,3-triazole (11b) significantly inhibited the activity of both the enzymes. The results were further supported by molecular docking studies of the compound 6b and 11b with bacterial InhA and DNA gyrase B enzymes. Further, the cytotoxicity study of some of the better active compounds on THP-1 macrophage cell line using MTT assay showed that the synthesized compounds were non-cytotoxic.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India; Department of Chemistry, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110078, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
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- Department of Microbiology, VP Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India.
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Singh M, Hazra A, Bharitkar YP, Kalia R, Sahoo A, Saha S, Ravichandiran V, Ghosh S, Mondal NB. Synthesis of diversely substituted bis-pyrrolizidino/ thiopyrrolizidino oxindolo/acenaphthyleno curcuminoids via sequential azomethine ylide cycloaddition. RSC Adv 2018; 8:18938-18951. [PMID: 35539652 PMCID: PMC9080697 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra02725k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Curcumin has been transformed to several diversely substituted bis-pyrrolizidino/thiopyrrolizidino oxindolo/acenaphthyleno curcuminoids via a sequential azomethine ylide cycloaddition reaction using isatins/acenaphthoquinone and proline/thioproline as the reagents. The products were separated via extensive chromatography and characterized by 1D/2D NMR and HRMS analysis. Curcumin has been transformed to several diversely substituted bis-pyrrolizidino/thiopyrrolizidino oxindolo/acenaphthyleno curcuminoids via a sequential azomethine ylide cycloaddition reaction.![]()
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- Meenakshi Singh
- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)
- Kolkata – 700 032
- India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)
- Kolkata – 700 032
- India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)
- Kolkata – 700 032
- India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)
- Kolkata – 700 032
- India
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- Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Kolkata – 700 032
- India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)
- Kolkata – 700 032
- India
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)
- Kolkata – 700 032
- India
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- Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Kolkata – 700 032
- India
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- Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Kolkata – 700 032
- India
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Shang J, Sun H, Liu H, Chen F, Tian S, Pan P, Li D, Kong D, Hou T. Comparative analyses of structural features and scaffold diversity for purchasable compound libraries. J Cheminform 2017; 9:25. [PMID: 29086044 PMCID: PMC5400773 DOI: 10.1186/s13321-017-0212-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Large purchasable screening libraries of small molecules afforded by commercial vendors are indispensable sources for virtual screening (VS). Selecting an optimal screening library for a specific VS campaign is quite important to improve the success rates and avoid wasting resources in later experimental phases. Analysis of the structural features and molecular diversity for different screening libraries can provide valuable information to the decision making process when selecting screening libraries for VS. In this study, the structural features and scaffold diversity of eleven purchasable screening libraries and Traditional Chinese Medicine Compound Database (TCMCD) were analyzed and compared. Their scaffold diversity represented by the Murcko frameworks and Level 1 scaffolds was characterized by the scaffold counts and cumulative scaffold frequency plots, and visualized by Tree Maps and SAR Maps. The analysis demonstrates that, based on the standardized subsets with similar molecular weight distributions, Chembridge, ChemicalBlock, Mucle, TCMCD and VitasM are more structurally diverse than the others. Compared with all purchasable screening libraries, TCMCD has the highest structural complexity indeed but more conservative molecular scaffolds. Moreover, we found that some representative scaffolds were important components of drug candidates against different drug targets, such as kinases and guanosine-binding protein coupled receptors, and therefore the molecules containing pharmacologically important scaffolds found in screening libraries might be potential inhibitors against the relevant targets. This study may provide valuable perspective on which purchasable compound libraries are better for you to screen.Selecting diverse compound libraries with scaffold analyses. ![]()
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- Jun Shang
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Agricultural Bioinformatics Key Laboratory of Hubei Province, College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.,College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215021, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Agricultural Bioinformatics Key Laboratory of Hubei Province, College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China. .,State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China.
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Wamhoff EC, Hanske J, Schnirch L, Aretz J, Grube M, Varón Silva D, Rademacher C. (19)F NMR-Guided Design of Glycomimetic Langerin Ligands. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:2407-13. [PMID: 27458873 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) play a pivotal role in pathogen defense and immune homeostasis. Langerin, a CLR predominantly expressed on Langerhans cells, represents a potential target receptor for the development of anti-infectives or immunomodulatory therapies. As mammalian carbohydrate binding sites typically display high solvent exposure and hydrophilicity, the recognition of natural monosaccharide ligands is characterized by low affinities. Consequently, glycomimetic ligand design poses challenges that extend to the development of suitable assays. Here, we report the first application of (19)F R2-filtered NMR to address these challenges for a CLR, i.e., Langerin. The homogeneous, monovalent assay was essential to evaluating the in silico design of 2-deoxy-2-carboxamido-α-mannoside analogs and enabled the implementation of a fragment screening against the carbohydrate binding site. With the identification of both potent monosaccharide analogs and fragment hits, this study represents an important advancement toward the design of glycomimetic Langerin ligands and highlights the importance of assay development for other CLRs.
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- Eike-Christian Wamhoff
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomolecular Systems, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of
Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomolecular Systems, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of
Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of
Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomolecular Systems, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of
Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomolecular Systems, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of
Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomolecular Systems, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of
Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomolecular Systems, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of
Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Lenci E, Menchi G, Trabocchi A. Carbohydrates in diversity-oriented synthesis: challenges and opportunities. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:808-25. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ob02253c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Carbohydrates are attractive building blocks for diversity-oriented synthesis due to their stereochemical diversity and high density of polar functional groups.
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- E. Lenci
- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”
- University of Florence
- Sesto Fiorentino
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”
- University of Florence
- Sesto Fiorentino
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”
- University of Florence
- Sesto Fiorentino
- Italy
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Ágoston K, Watt GM, Fügedi P. A new set of orthogonal protecting groups on a monosaccharide scaffold. Tetrahedron Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Carbohydrate scaffolds as glycosyltransferase inhibitors with in vivo antibacterial activity. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7719. [PMID: 26194781 PMCID: PMC4530474 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The rapid rise of multi-drug-resistant bacteria is a global healthcare crisis, and new antibiotics are urgently required, especially those with modes of action that have low-resistance potential. One promising lead is the liposaccharide antibiotic moenomycin that inhibits bacterial glycosyltransferases, which are essential for peptidoglycan polymerization, while displaying a low rate of resistance. Unfortunately, the lipophilicity of moenomycin leads to unfavourable pharmacokinetic properties that render it unsuitable for systemic administration. In this study, we show that using moenomycin and other glycosyltransferase inhibitors as templates, we were able to synthesize compound libraries based on novel pyranose scaffold chemistry, with moenomycin-like activity, but with improved drug-like properties. The novel compounds exhibit in vitro inhibition comparable to moenomycin, with low toxicity and good efficacy in several in vivo models of infection. This approach based on non-planar carbohydrate scaffolds provides a new opportunity to develop new antibiotics with low propensity for resistance induction.
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Lenci E, Menchi G, Guarna A, Trabocchi A. Skeletal Diversity from Carbohydrates: Use of Mannose for the Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Polyhydroxylated Compounds. J Org Chem 2015; 80:2182-91. [DOI: 10.1021/jo502701c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Elena Lenci
- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo
Schiff”, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo
Schiff”, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo
Schiff”, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo
Schiff”, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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He QQ, Wimmer N, Verquin G, Meutermans W, Ferro V. Investigations into the decomposition of aminoacyl-substituted monosaccharide scaffolds from a drug discovery library. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:4070-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00122f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Decomposition of aminoacyl-substituted d-galactoside scaffolds under acidic conditions is dependent on the length of the side chain and is accelerated by the presence of a free hydroxyl group at C-6. In the latter case, evidence is provided that the reaction occurs via an N- to O-acyl transfer.
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- Q. Q. He
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- the University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd
- Eight Mile Plains
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- the University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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Fuse S, Yoshida H, Oosumi K, Takahashi T. Rapid and Structurally Diverse Synthesis of Multi-Substituted β-Keto Amide Derivatives Based on a Dioxinone Scaffold. European J Org Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201402478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Heifetz A, Barker O, Verquin G, Wimmer N, Meutermans W, Pal S, Law RJ, Whittaker M. Fighting obesity with a sugar-based library: discovery of novel MCH-1R antagonists by a new computational-VAST approach for exploration of GPCR binding sites. J Chem Inf Model 2013; 53:1084-99. [PMID: 23590178 DOI: 10.1021/ci4000882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Obesity is an increasingly common disease. While antagonism of the melanin-concentrating hormone-1 receptor (MCH-1R) has been widely reported as a promising therapeutic avenue for obesity treatment, no MCH-1R antagonists have reached the market. Discovery and optimization of new chemical matter targeting MCH-1R is hindered by reduced HTS success rates and a lack of structural information about the MCH-1R binding site. X-ray crystallography and NMR, the major experimental sources of structural information, are very slow processes for membrane proteins and are not currently feasible for every GPCR or GPCR-ligand complex. This situation significantly limits the ability of these methods to impact the drug discovery process for GPCR targets in "real-time", and hence, there is an urgent need for other practical and cost-efficient alternatives. We present here a conceptually pioneering approach that integrates GPCR modeling with design, synthesis, and screening of a diverse library of sugar-based compounds from the VAST technology (versatile assembly on stable templates) to provide structural insights on the MCH-1R binding site. This approach creates a cost-efficient new avenue for structure-based drug discovery (SBDD) against GPCR targets. In our work, a primary VAST hit was used to construct a high-quality MCH-1R model. Following model validation, a structure-based virtual screen yielded a 14% hit rate and 10 novel chemotypes of potent MCH-1R antagonists, including EOAI3367472 (IC50 = 131 nM) and EOAI3367474 (IC50 = 213 nM).
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- Alexander Heifetz
- Evotec (UK), Ltd., Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
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Trošelj P, Đilović I, Matković-Čalogović D, Margetić D. Synthesis of Functionalized Polynorbornanes Employing 2,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole. J Heterocycl Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Pavle Trošelj
- Laboratory for Physical-Organic Chemistry, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Ruđer Bošković Institute; 10001; Zagreb; Croatia
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- Laboratory of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science; University of Zagreb; Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000; Zagreb; Croatia
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- Laboratory of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science; University of Zagreb; Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000; Zagreb; Croatia
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- Laboratory for Physical-Organic Chemistry, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry; Ruđer Bošković Institute; 10001; Zagreb; Croatia
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Manabe S, Yamaguchi M, Ito Y. Sulfonylcarbamate as a versatile and unique hydroxy-protecting group: a protecting group stable under severe conditions and labile under mild conditions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:8332-4. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cc43968b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lin KI, Chiang LW, Pan CT, Huang HL, Su YH, Chen ST, Huang YC, Yu CS. 6-Azido-Galactosyl Imidate as a Building Block for Preparation of 1-(4-Aminobutyl)-, Di-, Tri- and Tetra-Saccharides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/ojmc.2013.33010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Singh S, Phillips GN, Thorson JS. The structural biology of enzymes involved in natural product glycosylation. Nat Prod Rep 2012; 29:1201-37. [PMID: 22688446 DOI: 10.1039/c2np20039b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The glycosylation of microbial natural products often dramatically influences the biological and/or pharmacological activities of the parental metabolite. Over the past decade, crystal structures of several enzymes involved in the biosynthesis and attachment of novel sugars found appended to natural products have emerged. In many cases, these studies have paved the way to a better understanding of the corresponding enzyme mechanism of action and have served as a starting point for engineering variant enzymes to facilitate to production of differentially-glycosylated natural products. This review specifically summarizes the structural studies of bacterial enzymes involved in biosynthesis of novel sugar nucleotides.
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- Shanteri Singh
- Laboratory for Biosynthetic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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Filice M, Palomo JM. Monosaccharide derivatives as central scaffolds in the synthesis of glycosylated drugs. RSC Adv 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ra00515h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Garcia L, Maisonneuve S, Oudinet-Sin Marcu J, Guillot R, Lambert F, Xie J, Policar C. Intrinsically Fluorescent Glycoligands To Study Metal Selectivity. Inorg Chem 2011; 50:11353-62. [DOI: 10.1021/ic200897v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Ludivine Garcia
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, Bât. 420, Université Paris-Sud 11, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- PPSM, Institut d’Alembert, ENS Cachan, CNRS, 61 av. Président Wilson, F-94230 Cachan, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, Bât. 420, Université Paris-Sud 11, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, Bât. 420, Université Paris-Sud 11, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Département de Chimie de l′ENS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, UMR-CNRS 7203, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 24 rue Lhomond, F-75231 Paris Cedex, France
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, Bât. 420, Université Paris-Sud 11, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- PPSM, Institut d’Alembert, ENS Cachan, CNRS, 61 av. Président Wilson, F-94230 Cachan, France
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- Département de Chimie de l′ENS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, UMR-CNRS 7203, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 24 rue Lhomond, F-75231 Paris Cedex, France
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, Bât. 420, Université Paris-Sud 11, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Yin J, Linker T. Stereoselective diversity-oriented syntheses of functionalized saccharides from bicyclic carbohydrate 1,2-lactones. Tetrahedron 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.01.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Anand N, Jaiswal N, Pandey SK, Srivastava A, Tripathi RP. Application of click chemistry towards an efficient synthesis of 1,2,3-1H-triazolyl glycohybrids as enzyme inhibitors. Carbohydr Res 2011; 346:16-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2010.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2010] [Revised: 10/13/2010] [Accepted: 10/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Synthesis of bis-peptides attached on poly[n]norbornene molecular scaffolds with well-defined relative positions and distances. Mol Divers 2010; 15:541-60. [DOI: 10.1007/s11030-010-9279-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2010] [Accepted: 08/30/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Diversity-oriented synthesis as a tool for the discovery of novel biologically active small molecules. Nat Commun 2010; 1:80. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 581] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Gómez AM, Pedregosa A, Uriel C, Valverde S, López JC. 1-exo-Alkylidene-2,3-anhydrofuranoses: Valuable Synthons in the Preparation of Furanose-Based Templates. European J Org Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201000612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Abbenante G, Becker B, Blanc S, Clark C, Condie G, Fraser G, Grathwohl M, Halliday J, Henderson S, Lam A, Liu L, Mann M, Muldoon C, Pearson A, Premraj R, Ramsdale T, Rossetti T, Schafer K, Le Thanh G, Tometzki G, Vari F, Verquin G, Waanders J, West M, Wimmer N, Yau A, Zuegg J, Meutermans W. Biological Diversity from a Structurally Diverse Library: Systematically Scanning Conformational Space Using a Pyranose Scaffold. J Med Chem 2010; 53:5576-86. [DOI: 10.1021/jm1002777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd, Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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Cipolla L, Redaelli C, Granucci F, Zampella G, Zaza A, Chisci R, Nicotra F. Straightforward synthesis of novel Akt inhibitors based on a glucose scaffold. Carbohydr Res 2010; 345:1291-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2009.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2009] [Revised: 11/26/2009] [Accepted: 12/13/2009] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cipolla L, Araújo AC, Bini D, Gabrielli L, Russo L, Shaikh N. Discovery and design of carbohydrate-based therapeutics. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2010; 5:721-37. [PMID: 22827796 DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2010.497811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD Till now, the importance of carbohydrates has been underscored, if compared with the two other major classes of biopolymers such as oligonucleotides and proteins. Recent advances in glycobiology and glycochemistry have imparted a strong interest in the study of this enormous family of biomolecules. Carbohydrates have been shown to be implicated in recognition processes, such as cell-cell adhesion, cell-extracellular matrix adhesion and cell-intruder recognition phenomena. In addition, carbohydrates are recognized as differentiation markers and as antigenic determinants. Due to their relevant biological role, carbohydrates are promising candidates for drug design and disease treatment. However, the growing number of human disorders known as congenital disorders of glycosylation that are being identified as resulting from abnormalities in glycan structures and protein glycosylation strongly indicates that a fast development of glycobiology, glycochemistry and glycomedicine is highly desirable. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW The topics give an overview of different approaches that have been used to date for the design of carbohydrate-based therapeutics; this includes the use of native synthetic carbohydrates, the use of carbohydrate mimics designed on the basis of their native counterpart, the use of carbohydrates as scaffolds and finally the design of glyco-fused therapeutics, one of the most recent approaches. The review covers mainly literature that has appeared since 2000, except for a few papers cited for historical reasons. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN The reader will gain an overview of the current strategies applied to the design of carbohydrate-based therapeutics; in particular, the advantages/disadvantages of different approaches are highlighted. The topic is presented in a general, basic manner and will hopefully be a useful resource for all readers who are not familiar with it. In addition, in order to stress the potentialities of carbohydrates, several examples of carbohydrate-based marketed therapeutics are given. TAKE HOME MESSAGE Carbohydrates are a rich class of natural compounds, possessing an intriguing and still not fully understood biological role. This richness offers several strategies for the design of carbohydrate-based therapeutics.
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- Laura Cipolla
- University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy.
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Fadda E, Woods RJ. Molecular simulations of carbohydrates and protein-carbohydrate interactions: motivation, issues and prospects. Drug Discov Today 2010; 15:596-609. [PMID: 20594934 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2010.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2009] [Revised: 04/20/2010] [Accepted: 06/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The characterization of the 3D structure of oligosaccharides, their conjugates and analogs is particularly challenging for traditional experimental methods. Molecular simulation methods provide a basis for interpreting sparse experimental data and for independently predicting conformational and dynamic properties of glycans. Here, we summarize and analyze the issues associated with modeling carbohydrates, with a detailed discussion of four of the most recently developed carbohydrate force fields, reviewed in terms of applicability to natural glycans, carbohydrate-protein complexes and the emerging area of glycomimetic drugs. In addition, we discuss prospectives and new applications of carbohydrate modeling in drug discovery.
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- Elisa Fadda
- School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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Carbohydrate mimetics and scaffolds: sweet spots in medicinal chemistry. Future Med Chem 2010; 2:587-99. [DOI: 10.4155/fmc.10.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Several glycoprocessing enzymes and glycoreceptors have been recognized as important targets for therapeutic intervention. This concept has inspired the development of important classes of therapeutics, such as anti-influenza drugs inhibiting influenza virus neuraminidase, anti-inflammatory drugs targeting lectin-sialyl-Lewis X interaction and glycosidase inhibitors against HIV, Gaucher’s disease, hepatitis and cancer. These therapeutics are mainly carbohydrate mimics in which proper modifications permit stronger interactions with the target protein, higher stability, better pharmacokinetic properties and easier synthesis. Furthermore, the conformational rigidity and polyfunctionality of carbohydrates stimulate their use as scaffolds for the generation of libraries by combinatorial decoration with different pharmacophores. This mini-review will present examples of how to exploit carbohydrates mimics and scaffolds in drug research.
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Gorske BC, Stringer JR, Bastian BL, Fowler SA, Blackwell HE. New strategies for the design of folded peptoids revealed by a survey of noncovalent interactions in model systems. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 131:16555-67. [PMID: 19860427 DOI: 10.1021/ja907184g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Controlling the equilibria between backbone cis- and trans-amides in peptoids, or N-substituted glycine oligomers, constitutes a significant challenge in the construction of discretely folded peptoid structures. Through the analysis of a set of monomeric peptoid model systems, we have developed new and general strategies for controlling peptoid conformation that utilize local noncovalent interactions to regulate backbone amide rotameric equilibria, including n-->pi*, steric, and hydrogen bonding interactions. The chemical functionalities required to implement these strategies are typically confined to the peptoid side chains, preserve chirality at the side chain N-alpha-carbon known to engender peptoid structure, and are fully compatible with standard peptoid synthesis techniques. Our examinations of peptoid model systems have also elucidated how solvents affect various side chain-backbone interactions, revealing fundamental aspects of these noncovalent interactions in peptoids that were largely uncharacterized previously. As validation of our monomeric model systems, we extended the scope of this study to include peptoid oligomers and have now demonstrated the importance of local steric and n-->pi* interactions in dictating the structures of larger, folded peptoids. This new, modular design strategy has guided the construction of peptoids containing 1-naphthylethyl side chains, which we show can be utilized to effectively eliminate trans-amide rotamers from the peptoid backbone, yielding the most conformationally homogeneous class of peptoid structures yet reported in terms of amide rotamerism. Overall, this research has afforded a valuable and expansive set of design tools for the construction of both discretely folded peptoids and structurally biased peptoid libraries and should shape our understanding of peptoid folding.
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- Benjamin C Gorske
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1322, USA
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Rajaratnam P, Gupta P, Katavic P, Kuipers K, Huyh N, Ryan S, Falzun T, Tometzki GB, Bornaghi L, Le Thanh G, Abbenante G, Liu L, Meutermans W, Wimmer N, West ML. Orthogonally Protected Monosaccharide Building Blocks for Solid Phase Production of Diversity Oriented Libraries. Aust J Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1071/ch09480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The large scale synthesis of three orthogonally protected monosaccharide scaffolds suitable for use in the solid phase preparation of large diversity libraries is presented. Scaffolds based on 2-amino-2-deoxy-d-glucopyranose, 2-amino-2-deoxy-d-allopyranose, and 2,4-diamino-2,4-dideoxy-d-galactopyranose were prepared in good yield and with minimal chromatographic purification from commercially available methyl 2-azido-2-deoxy-1-thio-β-d-glucopyranose and methyl 2-amino-2-deoxy-1-thio-β-d-glucopyranose.
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Le Thanh G, Abbenante G, Adamson G, Becker B, Clark C, Condie G, Falzun T, Grathwohl M, Gupta P, Hanson M, Huynh N, Katavic P, Kuipers K, Lam A, Liu L, Mann M, Mason J, McKeveney D, Muldoon C, Pearson A, Rajaratnam P, Ryan S, Tometzki G, Verquin G, Waanders J, West M, Wilcox N, Wimmer N, Yau A, Zuegg J, Meutermans W. A Versatile Synthetic Approach toward Diversity Libraries using Monosaccharide Scaffolds. J Org Chem 2009; 75:197-203. [DOI: 10.1021/jo9021919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Giang Le Thanh
- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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- Alchemia Ltd., Eight Mile Plains, Queensland 4113, Australia
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Nicotra F, Cipolla L, La Ferla B, Airoldi C, Zona C, Orsato A, Shaikh N, Russo L. Carbohydrate scaffolds in chemical genetic studies. J Biotechnol 2009; 144:234-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2009.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Revised: 04/27/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Galloway WRJD, Spring DR. Is synthesis the main hurdle for the generation of diversity in compound libraries for screening? Expert Opin Drug Discov 2009; 4:467-72. [DOI: 10.1517/17460440902916606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Cordero F, Bonanno P, Neudeck S, Vurchio C, Brandi A. Synthesis of the New 7S-Aminolentiginosine and Derivatives. Adv Synth Catal 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200800806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nandy JP, Prakesch M, Khadem S, Reddy PT, Sharma U, Arya P. Advances in Solution- and Solid-Phase Synthesis toward the Generation of Natural Product-like Libraries. Chem Rev 2009; 109:1999-2060. [DOI: 10.1021/cr800188v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Jyoti P. Nandy
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, South Tower, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, South Tower, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, South Tower, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, South Tower, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, South Tower, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, MaRS Centre, South Tower, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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Park J, Boltje TJ, Boons GJ. Direct and stereoselective synthesis of alpha-linked 2-deoxyglycosides. Org Lett 2008; 10:4367-70. [PMID: 18763796 DOI: 10.1021/ol801833n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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alpha-Linked 2-deoxyglycosides were conveniently obtained by employing a glycosyl donor having a participating ( S)-(phenylthiomethyl)benzyl moiety at C-6, whereas 2,6-dideoxy-alpha-glycosides could be prepared by BF 3.Et 2O-promoted activation of allyl glycosyl donors.
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- Jin Park
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Timmons SC, Jakeman DL. Stereoselective synthesis of sugar nucleotides using neighboring group participation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; Chapter 13:Unit 13.7. [PMID: 18428969 DOI: 10.1002/0471142700.nc1307s31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A straightforward, efficient method for the chemical synthesis of sugar nucleotides derived from D-mannose and L-fucose precursors is described. This synthetic strategy involves the coupling of acylated glycosyl bromides with nucleoside 5'-diphosphates, which enables the exploitation of neighboring group participation to exclusively prepare diastereomerically pure sugar nucleotides of desired 1,2-trans anomeric configuration. This is the first stereoselective direct coupling approach to sugar nucleotide synthesis. Following deprotection using triethylamine and purification via C18 reversed-phase ion-pair chromatography, UDP- and GDP-alpha-D-mannose as well as UDP- and GDP-beta-L-fucose were obtained in good yield in only four synthetic steps from D-mannose and L-fucose.
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Singh L, Lam A, Premraj R, Seifert J. Synthesis of a metabolite of an anti-angiogenic lead candidate based on a d-glucosamine motif. Tetrahedron Lett 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Grabowski K, Baringhaus KH, Schneider G. Scaffold diversity of natural products: inspiration for combinatorial library design. Nat Prod Rep 2008; 25:892-904. [PMID: 18820757 DOI: 10.1039/b715668p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Natural products contain scaffold structures that can be systematically exploited for the design of combinatorial compound libraries with druglike properties. We review approaches for scaffold identification, and compare properties and pharmacophoric features of drugs and natural products. In particular, an application of the self-organizing map technique is presented for natural product-derived compound and library design.
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- Kristina Grabowski
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, ZAFES/CMP, Goethe-University, Siesmayerstrasse 70, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
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Palocci C, Falconi M, Chronopoulou L, Cernia E. Lipase-catalyzed regioselective acylation of tritylglycosides in supercritical carbon dioxide. J Supercrit Fluids 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2007.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Che Y, Marshall GR. Privileged scaffolds targeting reverse-turn and helix recognition. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2008; 12:101-14. [PMID: 18076374 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.12.1.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Protein-protein interactions dominate molecular recognition in biologic systems. One major challenge for drug discovery arises from the very large surfaces that are characteristic of many protein-protein interactions. OBJECTIVES To identify 'drug-like' small molecule leads capable of modulating protein-protein interactions based on common protein-recognition motifs, such as alpha-helices, beta-strands, reverse-turns and polyproline motifs for example. OVERVIEW Many proteins/peptides are unstructured under physiologic conditions and only fold into ordered structures on binding to their cellular targets. Therefore, preorganization of an inhibitor into its protein-bound conformation reduces the entropy of binding and enhances the relative affinity of the inhibitor. Accordingly, this review describes a general strategy to address the challenge based on the 'privileged structure hypothesis' [Che, PhD thesis, Washington University, 2003] that chemical templates capable of mimicking surfaces of protein-recognition motifs are potential privileged scaffolds as small-molecule inhibitors of protein-protein interactions. The authors highlight recent advances in the design of privileged scaffolds targeting reverse-turn and helical recognition. CONCLUSIONS Privileged scaffolds targeting common protein-recognition motifs are useful to help elucidate the receptor-bound conformation and to provide non-peptidic, bioavailable substructures suitable for optimization to modulate protein-protein interactions.
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- Ye Che
- Washington University, Center for Computational Biology and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Timmons SC, Jakeman DL. On the synthesis of the 2,6-dideoxysugar l-digitoxose. Carbohydr Res 2007; 342:2695-704. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2007.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2007] [Revised: 09/24/2007] [Accepted: 09/28/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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