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Ulgheri F, Spanu P, Deligia F, Loriga G, Fuggetta MP, de Haan I, Chandgudge A, Groves M, Domling A. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 1,5-disubstituted α-amino tetrazole derivatives as non-covalent inflammasome-caspase-1 complex inhibitors with potential application against immune and inflammatory disorders. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 229:114002. [PMID: 34823899 PMCID: PMC8598261 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.114002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Compounds targeting the inflammasome-caspase-1 pathway could be of use for the treatment of inflammation and inflammatory diseases. Previous caspase-1 inhibitors were in great majority covalent inhibitors and failed in clinical trials. Using a mixed modelling, computational screening, synthesis and in vitro testing approach, we identified a novel class of non-covalent caspase-1 non cytotoxic inhibitors which are able to inhibit IL-1β release in activated macrophages in the low μM range, in line with the best activities observed for the known covalent inhibitors. Our compounds could form the basis of further optimization towards potent drugs for the treatment of inflammation and inflammatory disorders including also dysregulated inflammation in Covid 19.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fausta Ulgheri
- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council (CNR), Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100, Sassari, Italy,Corresponding author
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council (CNR), Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100, Sassari, Italy,Corresponding author
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council (CNR), Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100, Sassari, Italy
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council (CNR), Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100, Sassari, Italy
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- Institute of Traslational Pharmacology, National Research Council (CNR), Via Fosso Del Cavaliere 100, 00133, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Drug Design, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Drug Design, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Drug Design, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Drug Design, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, the Netherlands,Corresponding author
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Fuggetta MP, Spanu P, Ulgheri F, Deligia F, Carta P, Mannu A, Trotta V, De Cicco R, Barra A, Zona E, Morelli F. A New Synthetic Spiroketal: Studies on Antitumor Activity on Murine Melanoma Model In Vivo and Mechanism of Action In Vitro. Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2019; 19:567-578. [PMID: 30706794 DOI: 10.2174/1871520619666190131141400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND In a previous study, we synthesised a new spiroketal derivative, inspired to natural products, that has shown high antiproliferative activity, potent telomerase inhibition and proapoptotic activity on several human cell lines. OBJECTIVE This work focused on the study of in vivo antitumor effect of this synthetic spiroketal on a murine melanoma model. In order to shed additional light on the origin of the antitumor effect, in vitro studies were performed. METHODS Spiroketal was administered to B16F10 melanoma mice at a dose of 5 mg/Kg body weight via intraperitoneum at alternate days for 15 days. Tumor volume measures were made every 2 days starting after 12 days from cells injection. The effects of the spiroketal on tumor growth inhibition, apoptosis induction, and cell cycle modification were investigated in vitro on B16 cells. HIF1α gene expression, the inhibition of cells migration and the changes induced in cytoskeleton conformation were evaluated. RESULTS Spiroketal displayed proapoptotic activity and high antitumor activity in B16 cells with nanomolar IC50. Moreover it has shown to inhibit cell migration, to strongly reduce the HIF1α expression and to induce strongly deterioration of cytoskeleton structure. A potent dose-dependent antitumor efficacy in syngenic B16/C57BL/6J murine model of melanoma was observed with the suppression of tumor growth by an average of 90% at a dose of 5 mg/kg. CONCLUSION The synthesized spiroketal shows high antitumor activity in the B16 cells in vitro at nM concentration and a dose-dependent antitumor efficacy in syngenic B16/C57BL/6J mice. The results suggest that this natural product inspired spiroketal may have a potential application in melanoma therapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria P Fuggetta
- Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Genetica e Biofisica A. Buzzati Traverso-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Genetica e Biofisica A. Buzzati Traverso-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Genetica e Biofisica A. Buzzati Traverso-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Genetica e Biofisica A. Buzzati Traverso-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Genetica e Biofisica A. Buzzati Traverso-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Napoli, Italy
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- Fausta Ulgheri
- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR); Trav. La Crucca 3 - 07100 - Sassari (Italy)
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR); Trav. La Crucca 3 - 07100 - Sassari (Italy)
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Fuggetta MP, De Mico A, Cottarelli A, Morelli F, Zonfrillo M, Ulgheri F, Peluso P, Mannu A, Deligia F, Marchetti M, Roviello G, Reyes Romero A, Dömling A, Spanu P. Synthesis and Enantiomeric Separation of a Novel Spiroketal Derivative: A Potent Human Telomerase Inhibitor with High in Vitro Anticancer Activity. J Med Chem 2016; 59:9140-9149. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Maria Pia Fuggetta
- Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale, Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto
di Biologia e Patologia Molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale, Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Genetica
e Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale, Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare,
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare,
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare,
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare,
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare,
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini,
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Drug Design,
School of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1 Postbus 196, 9700 AD, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Drug Design,
School of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1 Postbus 196, 9700 AD, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare,
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trav. La Crucca 3, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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Spanu P, Mannu A, Ulgheri F. An unexpected reaction of pyridine with acetyl chloride to give dihydropyridine and piperidine derivatives. Tetrahedron Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Spanu P, Candia CD, Ulgheri F. 5-Trihydroxypropyl-dihydrouracil derivatives as precursors of 1-azasugars: application to the stereoselective synthesis of d-galacto-isofagomine. Tetrahedron Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.02.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Marchetti M, Paganelli S, Carboni D, Ulgheri F, Del Ponte G. Synthesis of indole derivatives by domino hydroformylation/indolization of 2-nitrocinnamaldehydes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2008.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ulgheri F, Marchetti M, Piccolo O. Enantioselective Synthesis of (S)- and (R)-Tolterodine by Asymmetric Hydrogenation of a Coumarin Derivative Obtained by a Heck Reaction. J Org Chem 2007; 72:6056-9. [PMID: 17625882 DOI: 10.1021/jo0705667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An efficient and short enantioselective synthesis of (S)- and (R)-tolterodine was performed by asymmetric hydrogenation of a coumarin intermediate, easily obtained by a Heck reaction from inexpensive and commercially available starting materials.
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- Fausta Ulgheri
- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare-CNR, Traversa La Crucca, 3-Baldinca, I-07040 Sassari, Italy.
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Ulgheri F, Orrù G, Crisma M, Spanu P. Diastereoselective synthesis of 5-(alditol-1-C-yl)-hydantoins and their use as precursors of polyhydroxylated-α-amino acids. Tetrahedron Lett 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2003.11.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ulgheri F, Bacsa J, Nassimbeni L, Spanu P. Use of 1,3-dibenzyl-dihydrouracil in the chain extension of 2,3-O-isopropylidene-d-glyceraldehyde. Tetrahedron Lett 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(02)02701-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chelucci G, Bacchi A, Fabbri D, Saba A, Ulgheri F. Enantiomerically pure 1-(2-methoxy-1-naphthyl) and 1-(2-methylthio-1-naphthyl)isoquinoline: two new axially chiral NO and NS ligands for asymmetric catalysis. Tetrahedron Lett 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(98)02353-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Chelucci G, Berta D, Fabbri D, Pinna GA, Saba A, Ulgheri F. Enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde in the presence of sulfur-containing pyridine ligands. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0957-4166(98)00167-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rassu G, Casiraghi G, Pinna L, Spanu P, Ulgheri F, Cornia M, Zanardi F. Efficient total syntheses of (1R, 2R, 3R, 9R, 9aR)-1,2,3,9-tetrahydroxyquinolizidine and its enantiomer. Tetrahedron 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)81832-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Casiraghi G, Ulgheri F, Spanu P, Rassu G, Pinna L, Fava GG, Ferrari MB, Pelosi G. Selective reactions using N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-2-(tert-butyldimethylsiloxy)pyrrole: concise asymmetric syntheses of (+)-1-deoxy-8-epi-castanospermine and its enantiomer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1039/p19930002991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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