- Phenothiazine-Tacrine Heterodimers: Pursuing Multitarget Directed Approach in Alzheimer's Disease
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Since 2002, no clinical candidate against Alzheimer's disease has reached the market; hence, an effective therapy is urgently needed. We followed the so-called "multitarget directed ligand"approach and designed 36 novel tacrine-phenothiazine heterodimers which were in vitro evaluated for their anticholinesterase properties. The assessment of the structure-activity relationships of such derivatives highlighted compound 1dC as a potent and selective acetylcholinesterase inhibitor with IC50 = 8 nM and 1aA as a potent butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor with IC50 = 15 nM. Selected hybrids, namely, 1aC, 1bC, 1cC, 1dC, and 2dC, showed a significant inhibitory activity toward τ(306-336) peptide aggregation with percent inhibition ranging from 50.5 to 62.1%. Likewise, 1dC and 2dC exerted a remarkable ability to inhibit self-induced Aβ1-42 aggregation. Notwithstanding, in vitro studies displayed cytotoxicity toward HepG2 cells and cerebellar granule neurons; no pathophysiological abnormality was observed when 1dC was administered to mice at 14 mg/kg (i.p.). 1dC was also able to permeate to the CNS as shown by in vitro and in vivo models. The maximum brain concentration was close to the IC50 value for acetylcholinesterase inhibition with a relatively slow elimination half-time. 1dC showed an acceptable safety and good pharmacokinetic properties and a multifunctional biological profile.
- Gorecki, Lukas,Uliassi, Elisa,Bartolini, Manuela,Janockova, Jana,Hrabinova, Martina,Hepnarova, Vendula,Prchal, Lukas,Muckova, Lubica,Pejchal, Jaroslav,Karasova, Jana Z.,Mezeiova, Eva,Benkova, Marketa,Kobrlova, Tereza,Soukup, Ondrej,Petralla, Sabrina,Monti, Barbara,Korabecny, Jan,Bolognesi, Maria Laura
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- Bacterial Biosynthetic P450 Enzyme PikCD50N: A Potential Biocatalyst for the Preparation of Human Drug Metabolites
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Human drug metabolites (HDMs) are important chemicals widely used in drug-related studies. However, acquiring these enzyme-derived and regio-/stereo-selectively modified compounds through chemical approaches is complicated. PikC is a biosynthetic P450 enz
- Cheng, Fangyuan,Du, Lei,Durairaj, Pradeepraj,Guo, Jiawei,Li, Fengwei,Li, Shengying,Liu, Xiaohui,Long, Xiangtian,Ma, Li,Tang, Dandan,Zhang, Gang,Zhang, Wei,Zhang, Xingwang
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(2021/11/12)
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- A Focused Library of Psychotropic Analogues with Neuroprotective and Neuroregenerative Potential
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Overcoming the lack of effective treatments and the continuous clinical trial failures in neurodegenerative drug discovery might require a shift from the prevailing paradigm targeting pathogenesis to the one targeting simultaneously neuroprotection and neuroregeneration. In the studies reported herein, we sought to identify small molecules that might exert neuroprotective and neuroregenerative potential as tools against neurodegenerative diseases. In doing so, we started from the reported neuroprotective/neuroregenerative mechanisms of psychotropic drugs featuring a tricyclic alkylamine scaffold. Thus, we designed a focused-chemical library of 36 entries aimed at exploring the structural requirements for efficient neuroprotective/neuroregenerative cellular activity, without the manifestation of toxicity. To this aim, we developed a synthetic protocol, which overcame the limited applicability of previously reported procedures. Next, we evaluated the synthesized compounds through a phenotypic screening pipeline, based on primary neuronal systems. Phenothiazine 2Bc showed improved neuroregenerative and neuroprotective properties with respect to reference drug desipramine (2Aa). Importantly, we have also shown that 2Bc outperformed currently available drugs in cell models of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and attenuates microglial activation by reducing iNOS expression.
- Uliassi, Elisa,Pena-Altamira, Luis Emiliano,Morales, Aixa V.,Massenzio, Francesca,Petralla, Sabrina,Rossi, Michele,Roberti, Marinella,Martinez Gonzalez, Loreto,Martinez, Ana,Monti, Barbara,Bolognesi, Maria Laura
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(2018/10/20)
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- POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
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The present disclosure provides compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for inhibiting the growth of a microbe; treating a mammal having a microbial infection, malaria, mucositis, an ophthalmic infection, an otic infection, a cancer, or a Mycobacterium infection; killing or inhibiting the growth of a Plasmodium species; inhibiting the growth of a Mycobacterium species; modulating an immune response in a mammal; or antagonizing unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin, or a heparin/low molecular weight heparin derivative.
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- Antimicrobial activity of N-acylphenothiazines and their influence on lipid model membranes and erythrocyte membranes
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The antibacterial activity and influence on lipid model membranes and erythrocyte membranes of 24 N-acylphenothiazines and trifluoperazine were studied. (1) Among 24 phenothiazines, the antimicrobial activity of amino maleates was the highest. (2) The influence of phenothiazines on model liposome and erythrocyte membranes was studied using N-phenyl-1naphthylamine (NPN) as fluorescence probe. From the three types of phenothiazine substitution (H, CI, CF3) at position 2, CF3-phenothiazines were the most effective in the interaction with liposomal membranes. (3) As measured by the polarization degree of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) fluorescence, the alteration of membrane fluidity induced by CF3-phenothiazines was the biggest. Surprisingly, phenothiazines induced stomatocytic shape alterations (invaginations) in erythrocytes and at higher concentrations, also hemolysis of erythrocytes was observed. (4) The microcalorimetic measurements of influence of phenothiazines on thermal behaviour of synthetic lipid systems confirmed the previously obtained results. The main transition temperature and enthalpy of transition of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) were significantly modified by CF3-phenothiazines, suggesting their penetration of the lipid bilayer. Above results show that phenothiazine maleates were generally more effective than other phenothiazines used in this study.
- Motohashi, Noboru,Kawase, Masami,Molnar, Joseph,Ferenczy, Lajos,Wesolowska, Olga,Hendrich, Andrzej B.,Bobrowska-Haegerstrand, Malgorzata,Haegerstrand, Henry,Michalak, Krystyna
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(2007/10/03)
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