- Synthesis of Multifunctional Spirocyclic Azetidines and Their Application in Drug Discovery
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The synthesis of multifunctional spirocycles was achieved from common cyclic carboxylic acids (cyclobutane carboxylate, cyclopentane carboxylate, l-proline, etc.). The whole sequence included only two chemical steps—synthesis of azetidinones, and reduction into azetidines. The obtained spirocyclic amino acids were incorporated into a structure of the known anesthetic drug Bupivacaine. The obtained analogues were more active and less toxic than the original drug. We believe that this discovery will lead to a wide use of spirocyclic building blocks in drug discovery in the near future.
- Kirichok, Alexander A.,Shton, Irina O.,Pishel, Irina M.,Zozulya, Sergey A.,Borysko, Petro O.,Kubyshkin, Vladimir,Zaporozhets, Olha A.,Tolmachev, Andrei A.,Mykhailiuk, Pavel K.
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- Optimization of a Benzoylpiperidine Class Identifies a Highly Potent and Selective Reversible Monoacylglycerol Lipase (MAGL) Inhibitor
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Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) is the enzyme degrading the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol, and it is involved in several physiological and pathological processes. The therapeutic potential of MAGL is linked to several diseases, including cancer. The development of MAGL inhibitors has been greatly limited by the side effects associated with the prolonged MAGL inactivation. Importantly, it could be preferable to use reversible MAGL inhibitors in vivo, but nowadays only few reversible compounds have been developed. In the present study, structural optimization of a previously developed class of MAGL inhibitors led to the identification of compound 23, which proved to be a very potent reversible MAGL inhibitor (IC50 = 80 nM), selective for MAGL over the other main components of the endocannabinoid system, endowed of a promising antiproliferative activity in a series of cancer cell lines and able to block MAGL both in cell-based as well as in vivo assays.
- Granchi, Carlotta,Lapillo, Margherita,Glasmacher, Sandra,Bononi, Giulia,Licari, Cristina,Poli, Giulio,El Boustani, Maguie,Caligiuri, Isabella,Rizzolio, Flavio,Gertsch, Jürg,Macchia, Marco,Minutolo, Filippo,Tuccinardi, Tiziano,Chicca, Andrea
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p. 1932 - 1958
(2019/02/26)
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- Rational Design, Pharmacomodulation, and Synthesis of Dual 5-Hydroxytryptamine 7 (5-HT7)/5-Hydroxytryptamine 2A (5-HT2A) Receptor Antagonists and Evaluation by [18F]-PET Imaging in a Primate Brain
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We report the synthesis of 46 tertiary amine-bearing N-alkylated benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-ones, imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2(3H)-ones, imidazo[4,5-c]pyridin-2(3H)-ones, benzo[d]oxazol-2(3H)-ones, oxazolo[4,5-b]pyridin-2(3H)-ones and N,N′-dialkylated benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-ones. These compounds were evaluated against 5-HT7R, 5-HT2AR, 5-HT1AR, and 5-HT6R as potent dual 5-HT7/5-HT2A serotonin receptors ligands. A thorough study of the structure-activity relationship of the aromatic rings and their substituents, the alkyl chain length and the tertiary amine was conducted. 1-(4-(4-(4-Fluorobenzoyl)piperidin-1-yl)butyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one (79) and 1-(6-(4-(4-fluorobenzoyl)piperidin-1-yl)hexyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one (81) were identified as full antagonist ligands on cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP, KB = 4.9 and 5.9 nM, respectively) and inositol monophosphate (IP1, KB = 0.6 and 16 nM, respectively) signaling pathways of 5-HT7R and 5-HT2AR. Both antagonists crossed the blood-brain barrier as evaluated with [18F] radiolabeled compounds [18F]79 and [18F]81 in a primate's central nervous system using positron emission tomography. Both radioligands showed standard uptake values ranging from 0.8 to 1.1, a good plasmatic stability, and a distribution consistent with 5-HT7R and 5-HT2AR in the CNS.
- Deau, Emmanuel,Robin, Elodie,Voinea, Raluca,Percina, Nathalie,Sata?a, Grzegorz,Finaru, Adriana-Luminita,Chartier, Agnès,Tamagnan, Gilles,Alagille, David,Bojarski, Andrzej J.,Morisset-Lopez, Séverine,Suzenet, Franck,Guillaumet, Gérald
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p. 8066 - 8096
(2015/11/09)
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- Alkyl piperidine and piperazine hydroxamic acids as HDAC inhibitors
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We report here the strategy used in our research group to find a new class of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors. A series of N-substituted 4-alkylpiperazine and 4-alkylpiperidine hydroxamic acids, corresponding to the basic structure of HDAC inhibitors (zinc binding moiety-linker-capping group) has been designed, prepared, and tested for HDAC inhibition. Linker length and aromatic capping group connection were systematically varied to find the optimal geometric parameters. A new series of submicromolar inhibitors was thus identified, which showed antiproliferative activity on HCT-116 colon carcinoma cells.
- Rossi, Cristina,Porcelloni, Marina,D'Andrea, Piero,Fincham, Christopher I.,Ettorre, Alessandro,Mauro, Sandro,Squarcia, Antonella,Bigioni, Mario,Parlani, Massimo,Nardelli, Federica,Binaschi, Monica,Maggi, Carlo A.,Fattori, Daniela
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p. 2305 - 2308
(2011/05/15)
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- Synthesis and in vitro biological evaluation of carbonyl group-containing inhibitors of vesicular acetylcholine transporter
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To identify selective high-affinity inhibitors of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT), we have interposed a carbonyl group between the phenyl and piperidyl groups of the prototypical VAChT ligand vesamicol and its more potent analogues benzovesamicol and 5-aminobenzovesamicol. Of 33 compounds synthesized and tested, 6 display very high affinity for VAChT (K i, 0.25-0.66 nM) and greater than 500-fold selectivity for VAChT over σ1 and σ2 receptors. Twelve compounds have high affinity (Ki, 1.0-10 nM) and good selectivity for VAChT. Furthermore, 3 halogenated compounds, namely, trans-3-[4-(4-fluorobenzoyl) piperidinyl]-2-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (28b) (Ki = 2.7 nM, VAChT/sigma selectivity index = 70), trans-3-[4-(5-iodothienylcarbonyl) piperidinyl]-2-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (28h) (Ki = 0.66 nM, VAChT/sigma selectivity index = 294), and 5-amino-3-[4-(p-fluorobenzoyl) piperidinyl]-2-hydroxy-1,2,3,4,-tetrahydronaphthalene (30b) (Ki = 2.40 nM, VAChT/sigma selectivity index = 410) display moderate to high selectivity for VAChT. These three compounds can be synthesized with the corresponding radioisotopes so as to serve as PET/SPECT probes for imaging the VAChT in vivo.
- Efange, Simon M. N.,Khare, Anil B.,Von Hohenberg, Krystyna,MacH, Robert H.,Parsons, Stanley M.,Tu, Zhude
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(2010/08/05)
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- Synthesis and in vitro and in vivo evaluation of18F-labeled positron emission tomography (PET) ligands for imaging the vesicular acetylcholine transporter
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A new class of vesicular acetylcholine transporter inhibitor that incorporates a carbonyl group into the benzovesamicol structure was synthesized, and analogues were evaluated in vitro. (±)-trans-2-Hydroxy-3- (4-(4-[18F]fluorobenzoyl)piperidino)tetralin (9e) has Ki values of 2.70 nM for VAChT, 191 nM for σ1 and 251 nM for σ2. The racemic precursor (9d) was resolved via chiral HPLC, and (±)-[18F]9e,(-)-[18F]9e, and (+)-[ 18F]9e were respectively radiolabeled via microwave irradiation of the appropriate precursors with [18F]/F- and Kryptofix/K 2CO3 in DMSO with radiochemical yields of ~50-60% and specific activities of >2000 mCi/μmol. (-)-[18F]9e uptake in rat brain was consistent with in vivo selectivity for the VAChT with an initial uptake of 0.911 %ID/g in rat striatum and a striatum/cerebellum ratio of 1.88 at 30 min postinjection (p.i.). MicroPET imaging of macaques demonstrated a 2.1 ratio of (-)-[18F]9e in putamen versus cerebellum at 2 h p.i. (-)-[18F]9e has potential to be a PET tracer for clinical imaging of the VAChT.
- Tu, Zhude,Efange, Simon M. N.,Xu, Jinbin,Li, Shihong,Jones, Lynne A.,Parsons, Stanley M.,Mach, Robert H.
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experimental part
p. 1358 - 1369
(2009/12/26)
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- Novel piperidinylpyrimidine derivatives as inhibitors of HIV-1 LTR activation
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Piperidinylpyrimidine derivatives, previously prepared as inhibitors of TNF-α production, were evaluated for their inhibitory activity against HIV-1 LTR activation. Some of these derivatives inhibited activation of HIV-1 LTR-directed CAT gene expression i
- Fujiwara, Norio,Nakajima, Takashi,Ueda, Yutaka,Fujita, Hitoshi,Kawakami, Hajime
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p. 9804 - 9816
(2009/04/06)
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- Syntheses and SAR studies of 4-(heteroarylpiperdin-1-yl-methyl)-pyrrolidin- 1-yl-acetic acid antagonists of the human CCR5 chemokine receptor
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Efforts toward the exploration of the title compounds as CCR5 antagonists are disclosed. The basis for such work stems from the fact that cellular proliferation of HIV-1 requires the cooperative assistance of both CCR5 and CD4 receptors. The synthesis and SAR of pyrrolidineacetic acid derivatives as CCR5 antagonists displaying potent binding and antiviral properties in a HeLa cell-based HIV-1 infectivity assay are discussed.
- Shankaran,Donnelly, Karla L.,Shah, Shrenik K.,Guthikonda, Ravindra N.,MacCoss, Malcolm,Mills, Sander G.,Gould, Sandra L.,Malkowitz, Lorraine,Siciliano, Salvatore J.,Springer, Martin S.,Carella, Anthony,Carver, Gwen,Hazuda, Daria,Holmes, Karen,Kessler, Joseph,Lineberger, Janet,Miller, Michael D.,Emini, Emilio A.,Schleif, William A.
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p. 3419 - 3424
(2007/10/03)
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- Synthesis and bioactivities of novel piperidylpyrimidine derivatives: Inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor-alpha production
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New piperidylpyrimidine derivatives, including quinazolines, were prepared, and their abilities to inhibit TNF-α production evaluated. Some compounds showed potent inhibitory activity in mouse macrophages stimulated with LPS. The synthesis and structure-activity relationships of these compounds are described. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Fujiwara, Norio,Fujita, Hitoshi,Iwai, Kiyotaka,Kurimoto, Ayumu,Murata, Shinobu,Kawakami, Hajime
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p. 1317 - 1320
(2007/10/03)
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- Rapid synthesis of F-18 and H-2 dual-labeled altanserin. A metabolically resistant PET ligand for 5-HT(2A) receptors
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F-18 and H-2 dual-labeled altanserin (3, [18F]d-ALT), a novel PET tracer for 5-HT(2A) receptors with metabolically resistant properties, was synthesized by [18F]fluoride displacement of the corresponding deuterated nitro precursor in 32% yield (EOB) in 108 min with radiochemical purity 95% and specific activity > 1000 mCi/μmol (EOS). The key intermediate ethyl N-(2-chloroethyl-2,2-d2)carbamate (7) was obtained by LiAID4 reduction of a glycine ester (93%), chlorination and carbamoylation (79%). 4-(4-Nitrobenzoyl)piperidine (13) was synthesized (60%) by improving the published coupling reaction of p-nitrophenyltrimethylstannane (10), obtained from p-iodonitrobenzene and (CH3)6Sn2 (94%), with 1-benzoylisonipecotic acid chloride (11) followed by acid hydrolysis. 13 was alkylated with 7 (82%), hydrolyzed and condensed with methyl o-isothiocyanatobenzoyate to provide with the precursor deuteronitroaltanserin (4, 75%).
- Tan, Ping-Zhong,Baldwin, Ronald M.,Fu, Tao,Charney, Dennis S.,Innis, Robert B.
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p. 457 - 467
(2007/10/03)
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- Piperidinylpyrimidine derivatives
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A compound of formula (1) STR1 wherein X1 is amino or hydroxyl, X2 is carbonyl and the like R1 is an alkyl, an aryl and the like, R2 is hydrogen and the like, and R3 is an alkyl and the like, or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof is effective for inibiting the production and/or secretion of tumor necrosis factor in a patient in need of such inhibition.
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- Substituted thiazoles as immunoregulants
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Thiazole derivatives have been made, for example, by reacting a 2-aryl-2,2-dialkoxyethylamine with an appropriately substituted aryl acetyl halide followed by treating the resulting amide with diphosphoryl pentasulfide. The thiazole derivatives are found to be effective immunoregulants.
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