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Design, synthesis, evaluation, and molecular modeling studies of indolyl oxoacetamides as potential pancreatic lipase inhibitors
Sridhar,Palawat, Saksham,Paul, Atish T.
, (2020)
A series of indolyl oxoacetamide analogs was synthesized, characterized, and evaluated for their pancreatic lipase inhibitory activity using porcine pancreatic lipase (type II) and 4-nitrophenyl butyrate. Compound 8d exhibited a potent inhibition, with an IC50 value of 4.53 μM, followed by 8c (IC50 = 5.12 μM), compared with the standard drug, orlistat (IC50 = 0.99 μM). Furthermore, analogs 8c and 8d exhibited a reversible competitive inhibition, similar to orlistat. Molecular docking studies of the compounds 7a–f and 8a–f were in agreement with the in vitro results, wherein 8d exhibited a potential MolDock score of ?163.052 kcal/mol. A 10-ns molecular dynamics simulation of 8d complexed with pancreatic lipase confirmed the role of π–π stacking and π–cation interactions with the lid domain and Arg 256, respectively, in stabilizing the ligand at the active site (maximum observed root mean square deviation ≈ 2 ?). The present study led to the identification of novel indolyl oxoacetamides (8a–d) as potential pancreatic lipase inhibitory leads that might further result in enhanced potency through lead optimization.
Anti-leukemic properties of aplysinopsin derivative ee-84 alone and combined to bh3 mimetic a-1210477
Song, Sungmi,Kim, Sua,El-Sawy, Eslam R.,Cerella, Claudia,Orlikova-Boyer, Barbora,Kirsch, Gilbert,Christov, Christo,Dicato, Mario,Diederich, Marc
, (2021/06/11)
Aplysinopsins are a class of marine indole alkaloids that exhibit a wide range of biological activities. Although both the indole and N-benzyl moieties of aplysinopsins are known to possess antiproliferative activity against cancer cells, their mechanism of action remains unclear. Through in vitro and in vivo proliferation and viability screening of newly synthesized aplysinopsin analogs on myelogenous leukemia cell lines and zebrafish toxicity tests, as well as analysis of differential toxicity in noncancerous RPMI 1788 cells and PBMCs, we identified EE-84 as a promising novel drug candidate against chronic myeloid leukemia. This indole derivative demonstrated drug-likeness in agreement with Lipinski’s rule of five. Furthermore, EE-84 induced a senescent-like phenotype in K562 cells in line with its cytostatic effect. EE-84-treated K562 cells underwent morphological changes in line with mitochondrial dysfunction concomitant with autophagy and ER stress induction. Finally, we demonstrated the synergistic cytotoxic effect of EE-84 with a BH3 mimetic, the Mcl-1 inhibitor A-1210477, against imatinib-sensitive and resistant K562 cells, highlighting the inhibition of antiapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins as a promising novel senolytic approach against chronic myeloid leukemia.
Transition-Metal-Free and Base-Promoted Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation via C-N Cleavage of Benzyl Ammonium Salts
Liu, Long,Tang, Yuanyuan,Wang, Kunyu,Huang, Tianzeng,Chen, Tieqiao
, p. 4159 - 4170 (2021/03/09)
A facile and general method for constructing carbon-heteroatom (C-P, C-O, C-S, and C-N) bonds via C-N cleavage of benzyl ammonium salts under transition-metal-free conditions was reported. The combination of t-BuOK and 18-crown-6 enabled a wide range of substituted benzyl ammonium salts to couple readily with different kinds of heteroatom nucleophiles, i.e. hydrogen phosphoryl compounds, alcohols, thiols, and amines. Good functional group tolerance was demonstrated. The scale-up reaction and one-pot synthesis were also successfully performed.