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Mechanistic Studies into the Oxidative Addition of Co(I) Complexes: Combining Electroanalytical Techniques with Parameterization
Sandford, Christopher,Fries, Lydia R.,Ball, Tyler E.,Minteer, Shelley D.,Sigman, Matthew S.
, p. 18877 - 18889 (2019/11/28)
The oxidative addition of organic electrophiles into electrochemically generated Co(I) complexes has been widely utilized as a strategy to produce carbon-centered radicals when cobalt is ligated by a polydentate ligand. Changing to a bidentate ligand prov
Optimization of Novel 1-Methyl-1 H-Pyrazole-5-carboxamides Leads to High Potency Larval Development Inhibitors of the Barber's Pole Worm
Le, Thuy G.,Kundu, Abhijit,Ghoshal, Atanu,Nguyen, Nghi H.,Preston, Sarah,Jiao, Yaqing,Ruan, Banfeng,Xue, Lian,Huang, Fei,Keiser, Jennifer,Hofmann, Andreas,Chang, Bill C. H.,Garcia-Bustos, Jose,Jabbar, Abdul,Wells, Timothy N. C.,Palmer, Michael J.,Gasser, Robin B.,Baell, Jonathan B.
, p. 10875 - 10894 (2019/01/04)
A phenotypic screen of a diverse library of small molecules for inhibition of the development of larvae of the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus led to the identification of a 1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide derivative with an IC50 of 0.29 μM. Medicinal chemistry optimization targeted modifications on the left-hand side (LHS), middle section, and right-hand side (RHS) of the scaffold in order to elucidate the structure-activity relationship (SAR). Strong SAR allowed for the iterative and directed assembly of a focus set of 64 analogues, from which compound 60 was identified as the most potent compound, inhibiting the development of the fourth larval (L4) stage with an IC50 of 0.01 μM. In contrast, only 18% inhibition of the mammary epithelial cell line MCF10A viability was observed, even at concentrations as high as 50 μM.
Optimization of Substrate-Analogue Furin Inhibitors
Ivanova, Teodora,Hardes, Kornelia,Kallis, Stephanie,Dahms, Sven O.,Than, Manuel E.,Künzel, Sebastian,B?ttcher-Friebertsh?user, Eva,Lindberg, Iris,Jiao, Guan-Sheng,Bartenschlager, Ralf,Steinmetzer, Torsten
, p. 1953 - 1968 (2017/11/22)
The proprotein convertase furin is a potential target for drug design, especially for the inhibition of furin-dependent virus replication. All effective synthetic furin inhibitors identified thus far are multibasic compounds; the highest potency was found for our previously developed inhibitor 4-(guanidinomethyl)phenylacetyl-Arg-Tle-Arg-4-amidinobenzylamide (MI-1148). An initial study in mice revealed a narrow therapeutic range for this tetrabasic compound, while significantly reduced toxicity was observed for some tribasic analogues. This suggests that the toxicity depends at least to some extent on the overall multibasic character of this inhibitor. Therefore, in a first approach, the C-terminal benzamidine of MI-1148 was replaced by less basic P1 residues. Despite decreased potency, a few compounds still inhibit furin in the low nanomolar range, but display negligible efficacy in cells. In a second approach, the P2 arginine was replaced by lysine; compared to MI-1148, this furin inhibitor has slightly decreased potency, but exhibits similar antiviral activity against West Nile and Dengue virus in cell culture and decreased toxicity in mice. These results provide a promising starting point for the development of efficacious and well-tolerated furin inhibitors.
