- Design and synthesis of tricyclic terpenoid derivatives as novel PTP1B inhibitors with improved pharmacological property and in vivo antihyperglycaemic efficacy
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Overexpression of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) induces insulin resistance in various basic and clinical research. In our previous work, a synthetic oleanolic acid (OA) derivative C10a with PTP1B inhibitory activity has been reported. However, C10a has some pharmacological defects and cytotoxicity. Herein, a structure-based drug design approach was used based on the structure of C10a to elaborate the smaller tricyclic core. A series of tricyclic derivatives were synthesised and the compounds 15, 28 and 34 exhibited the most PTP1B enzymatic inhibitory potency. In the insulin-resistant human hepatoma HepG2 cells, compound 25 with the moderate PTP1B inhibition and preferable pharmaceutical properties can significantly increase insulin-stimulated glucose uptake and showed the insulin resistance ameliorating effect. Moreover, 25 showed the improved in vivo antihyperglycaemic potential in the nicotinamide–streptozotocin-induced T2D. Our study demonstrated that these tricyclic derivatives with improved molecular architectures and antihyperglycaemic activity could be developed in the treatment of T2D.
- Chen, Feng,Chen, Jiabao,Gao, Cheng,Li, Junyan,Liu, Siyan,Qian, Shan,Wang, Zhouyu,Yang, Lingling,Zhang, Yuanyuan
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p. 152 - 164
(2019/11/25)
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- Assembly of [2]Rotaxanes in Water
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Two [2]rotaxanes have been assembled in water from modular subunits through CuI-catalyzed azide–alkyne “click” chemistry. For this purpose, 2,6-disubstituted naphthalene axles with solubilizing oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG) chains (n = 1–5) and propargyl terminal groups were synthesized and examined for their propensity to form inclusion complexes with a dicationic Diederich-type cyclophane host. The dependence of pseudorotaxane formation on the linkers between the naphthalene core and OEG chains, and in the case of ester linkers on different spacer lengths, was analyzed by titration experiments. In addition, the inclusion complexes of two [2]rotaxanes were trapped by using a water-soluble azide-functionalized stopper. Repetitive chromatography finally enabled the isolation of both mechanically interlocked [2]rotaxanes.
- Aeschi, Yves,Drayss-Orth, Sylvie,Valá?ek, Michal,Raps, Felix,H?ussinger, Daniel,Mayor, Marcel
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p. 4091 - 4103
(2017/08/07)
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