Synthesis and Evaluation of Analogues of N-Phthaloyl-l-tryptophan (RG108) as Inhibitors of DNA Methyltransferase 1
摘要:
DNA methyltransferases (DNMT) are promising drug targets in cancer provided that new, more specific, and chemically stable inhibitors are discovered. Among the non-nucleoside DNMT inhibitors, N-phthaloyl-L-tryptophan 1 (RG108) was first identified as inhibitor of DNMT1. Here, 1 analogues were synthesized to understand its interaction with DNMT. The indole, carboxylate, and phthalimide moieties were modified. Homologated and conformationally constrained analogues were prepared. The latter were synthesized from prolinohomotryptophan derivatives through a methodology based amino-zinc-ene-enolate cyclization. All compounds were tested for their ability to inhibit DNMT1 in vitro. Among them, constrained compounds 16-18 and NPys derivatives 10-11 were found to be at least 10-fold more potent than the reference compound. The cytotoxicity on the tumor, DU145 cell line of the most potent inhibitors was correlated to their inhibitory potency. Finally, docking studies were conducted in order to understand their binding mode. This study provides insights for the design of the next-generation of DNMT inhibitors.
Disclosed are 2-quinoxalinol salen compounds and in particular 2-quinoxalinol salen Schiff-base ligands. The disclosed 2-quinoxalinol salen compounds may be utilized as ligands for forming complexes with cations, and further, the formed complexes may be utilized as catalysts for oxidation reactions. The disclosed 2-quinoxalinol salen compounds also may be conjugated to solid supports and utilized in methods for selective solid-phase extraction or detection of cations.
This invention relates to a macrostructure that includes an antiparallel coiled-coil structure shown below or a parallel coiled-coil structure shown below and described in the present application.
Provided herein are peptides and peptide analogs and methods of treating a metabolic disease, e.g., obesity, diabetes, methods of treating cancer, methods of treating a liver disease, and methods of modulating fatty acid metabolism.
Peptide inhibitors of transcription factor aggregation
申请人:ADRX, INC.
公开号:US11117930B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-14
This invention relates to materials, such as peptides, and methods to inhibit the aggregation transcription factors, for example p53 inhibitors, p63 inhibitors and p73 inhibitors. More specifically, the invention relates to cancer chemotherapeutics. More specifically, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating cancer with certain peptides.