Structure-activity relationship study of hypoxia-activated prodrugs for proteoglycan-targeted chemotherapy in chondrosarcoma
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Due to an abundant chondrogenic, poorly vascularized and particularly hypoxic extracellular matrix, chondrosarcoma, a malignant cartilaginous tumour, is chemo- and radio-resistant. Surgical resection with wide margins remains the mainstay of treatment. To address the lack of therapy, our strategy aims to increase anticancer drugs targeting and delivery in the tumour, by leveraging specific chondrosarcoma hallmarks: an extensive cartilaginous extracellular matrix, namely the high negative fixed charge density and severe chronic hypoxia. A dual targeted therapy for chondrosarcoma was investigated by conjugation of a hypoxia-activated prodrug (HAP) to quaternary ammonium (QA) functions which exhibit a high affinity for polyanionic sites of proteoglycans (PGs), the major components of the chondrosarcoma extracellular matrix. Based on preclinical results, an imidazole prodrug, ICF05016, was identified and provided the basis for a lead optimization study. A series of 27 QA-phosphoramide mustard conjugates, differing by the type of QA function and the length of the alkyl linker, was yielded by a common multistep sequence involving phosphorylation of a key 2-nitroimidazole alcohol. Then, a screening was realized by surface plasmon resonance technology to assess biomolecular interactions between QA derivatives and aggrecan, the most abundant PG in chondrosarcoma. Results revealed that affinity depends more on the type of QA function, than on the linker length. Moreover, the presence of a benzyl group enhanced affinity to aggrecan. Twelve compounds were shortlisted and evaluated for antiproliferative activity (i.e., growth inhibiting concentration 50), under normoxic and hypoxic conditions using the human extraskeletal myeloid chondrosarcoma cell line (HEMC-SS). For all prodrugs, hypoxic selectivity was maintained and even increased, compared with the lead. From this study, compound 31f emerged as the most effective PG-targeted HAPs with a dissociation constant of 2.10 mu M in the SPR experiment, a hypoxia cytotoxicity ratio of 24 and an efficient reductive cleavage under chemical and enzymatic conditions. (C) 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of coumarin alkylamines as potent and selective dual binding site inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase
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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) are currently the drugs of choice, although only symptomatic and palliative, for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Donepezil is one of most used AChEIs in AD therapy, acting as a dual binding site, reversible inhibitor of AChE with high selectivity over butyrylcholinesterase (BChE). Through a combined target-and ligand-based approach, a series of coumarin alkylamines matching the structural determinants of donepezil were designed and prepared. 6,7-Dimethoxycoumarin derivatives carrying a protonatable benzylamino group, linked to position 3 by suitable linkers, exhibited fairly good AChE inhibitory activity and a high selectivity over BChE. The inhibitory potency was strongly influenced by the length and shape of the spacer and by the methoxy substituents on the coumarin scaffold. The inhibition mechanism, assessed for the most active compound 13 (IC50 7.6 nM) resulted in a mixed-type, thus confirming its binding at both the catalytic and peripheral binding sites of AChE. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Pterostilbene-O-acetamidoalkylbenzylamines derivatives as novel dual inhibitors of cholinesterase with anti-β-amyloid aggregation and antioxidant properties for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
作者:Yuxing Li、Xiaoming Qiang、Yan Li、Xia Yang、Li Luo、Ganyuan Xiao、Zhongcheng Cao、Zhenghuai Tan、Yong Deng
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.02.079
日期:2016.4
designed, synthesized and evaluated as dual inhibitors of AChE and BuChE. To further explore the multifunctional properties of the new derivatives, their antioxidant activities and inhibitory effects on self-induced Aβ1–42 aggregation and HuAChE-induced Aβ1–40 aggregation were also tested. The results showed that most of these compounds could effectively inhibit AChE and BuChE. Particularly, compound 21d
Herein is described a new class of selective sigma1 ligands consisting of tetrahydroisoquinoline-hydantoin (Tic-hydantoin) derivatives. Compound 1a has high affinity (IC50 = 16 nM) for sigma1 receptor and is selective in a large panel of therapeutic targets. This study presents structural changes on the side chain of the Tic-hydantoin core. Analogs of higher affinity could be identified (IC50 approximately
A series of novel benzamide-derived compounds was designed, synthesized and pharmacologicallyevaluated. Among all 37 synthesized compounds, two series were developed with the modulation of the nature, the position of atoms or groups on the benzamide scaffold, but also the nature of the amine group separated from the benzamide with 2, 3 or 4 methylene groups. In vitro competition binding assays against
Aminopyridazines as Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors
作者:Jean-Marie Contreras、Yveline M. Rival、Said Chayer、Jean-Jacques Bourguignon、Camille G. Wermuth
DOI:10.1021/jm981101z
日期:1999.2.1
Following the discovery of the weak, competitive and reversible acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-inhibiting activity of minaprine (3c) (IC50 = 85 microM on homogenized rat striatum AChE), a series of 3-amino-6-phenylpyridazines was synthesized and tested for inhibition of AChE. A classical structure-activity relationship exploration suggested that, in comparison to minaprine, the critical elements for high
ferulic acid-memoquin hybrids were designed, synthesized and evaluated as multifunctionalagents for the treatment of Alzheimer’sdisease (AD). The in vitro studies showed that most of the compounds exhibited a significant ability to inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AChE) (IC50 of 3.2–34.7 μM) and self-induced β-amyloid (Aβ1–42) aggregation (30.8–39.1%, 25 μM), to act as potential antioxidants (ORAC-FL