Ten esters each of caffeic acid and dihydrocaffeicacid have recently been synthesized. Cytotoxicity evaluations of these esters versus L1210 leukemia and MCF-7 breast cancer cells in culture have led to the delineation of substantially different QSAR for each series. The L1210 QSAR for dihydrocaffeicacidesters resembles the QSAR obtained for simple phenols and estrogenic phenols. However, the QSAR
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of small molecular polyphenols as entry inhibitors against H5N1
作者:Jian Yang、Jing Xiang Yang、Fang Zhang、Gang Chen、Wei Pan、Rui Yu、Shuwen Wu、Po Tien
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.04.057
日期:2014.6
To find novel compounds against H5N1, three series of known or novel small molecular polyphenols were synthesized and tested in vitro for anti-H5N1 activity. In addition, the preliminary structure-antiviral activity relationships were elaborated. The results showed that some small molecular polyphenols had better anti-H5N1 activity, and could serve as novel virus entry inhibitors against H5N1, likely targeting to HA2 protein. Noticeably, compound 4a showed the strongest activity against H5N1 among these compounds, and the molecular modeling analysis also suggested that this compound might target to HA2 protein. Therefore, compound 4a is well qualified to serve as a lead compound or scaffold for the further development of H5N1 entry inhibitor. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Catechol-based substrates of chalcone synthase as a scaffold for novel inhibitors of PqsD
作者:Giuseppe Allegretta、Elisabeth Weidel、Martin Empting、Rolf W. Hartmann
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.11.055
日期:2015.1
A new strategy for treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections could be disrupting the Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal (PQS) quorum sensing (QS) system. The goal is to impair communication among the cells and, hence, reduce the expression of virulence factors and the formation of biofilms. PqsD is an essential enzyme for the synthesis of PQS and shares some features with chalcone synthase (CHS2), an enzyme expressed in Medicago sativa. Both proteins are quite similar concerning the size of the active site, the catalytic residues and the electrostatic surface potential at the entrance of the substrate tunnel. Hence, we evaluated selected substrates of the vegetable enzyme as potential inhibitors of the bacterial protein. This similarity-guided approach led to the identification of a new class of PqsD inhibitors having a catechol structure as an essential feature for activity, a saturated linker with two or more carbons and an ester moiety bearing bulky substituents. The developed compounds showed PqsD inhibition with IC50 values in the single-digit micromolar range. The binding mode of these compounds was investigated by Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) experiments revealing that their interaction with the protein is not influenced by the presence of the anthranilic acid bound to active site cysteine. Importantly, some compounds reduced the signal molecule production in cellulo. (C) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.