Medicinal Chemistry - Volume 11, Issue 6, 2015

The synthesis and antitumor activity screening of 4-aminothiazol-2(5H)-one derivatives were performed. The absence of possible 4-amino-imino tautomerism of thiazolidinones-2 has been confirmed based on the study of the molecule structures. The existence of the alone amino-form was confirmed. An anticancer activity screening was performed within the Developmental Therapeutics Program (National Cancer Institute/ Read More

Prostate cancer (PC) is a major health issue in the world. Treatments of localized PC are quite efficient and usually involve surgery, radiotherapy and/or hormonal therapy. Metastatic PC is however rarely curable to this day. Treatments of metastatic PC involve radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormonal treatment such as orchiectomy, antiandrogens and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists. The suppression of tumo Read More

The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of a four platinum complexes of formula [Pt2L4(berenil)2]Cl4 where L is 3-ethylpyridine (Pt10), 3-(n-butyl)pyridine (Pt11), 4- ethylpyridine (Pt12) and 4-(t-butyl)pyridine (Pt13) on viability of Ishikawa endometrial cancer cells using the MTT assay and inhibition of [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA. Our results confirm that compounds Pt10-Pt13 are more potent antip Read More

Cutaneous melanoma (CM) is a malignant skin cancer with the high incidence in whiteskinned populations. Host genetic factors (such as: genes in nucleotide excision repair system or cell proliferation regulation system) interacted with ultraviolet radiation are potential reasons for CM. Previous studies about associations between CM and the rs4444903 (+61A>G) in the Epidermal growth factor gene (EGF) or rs13181 (+35931 A> Read More

Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) is one of the most important transcription factors whose modulation triggers a cascade of signaling events, namely the expression of many cytokines, enzymes, chemokines, and adhesion molecules, some of which being potential key targets for intervention in the treatment of inflammatory conditions. The 2-styrylchromones (2-SC) designation represents a well-recognized group of natural and synt Read More

37 acetylenic chalcones were designed, synthesized by the Pd/Cu catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reaction, and evaluated for anti-inflammatory activities. A majority of these compounds showed remarkable inhibitions of the expression of inflammatory cytokines in LPS-stimulated macrophages. Six of them demonstrated the dose-dependent inhibition of inflammatory cytokines, and 4f is the most potent antiinflam Read More

MK2 (or MAPKAPK2) was already known for its role in the inflammatory response, however recent studies indicate the involvement of this protein kinase in the DNA damage response mechanism. Within its kinase family the enzyme MK3 shows the highest identity with MK2. Here we report a theoretical study on the binding of two molecules, 05B and P4O, to the proteins MK2 and MK3. The data here obtained may shed light o Read More

Mitochondrial enzymes monoamine oxidases were thought to be an emerging and useful therapeutic target for neurodegenerative disorders. Monoamine oxidases have two isoforms, A and B. MAO-A is related with metabolism of amine neurotransmitters in the brain whereas MAO-B is concerned with aging related neurodegenerative disorders. Therefore the identification, characterization and discovery of potent MAO- Read More

A method of detecting Escherichia coli (EC) in in vivo blood with septicemia was sought using a handmade macro three-electrode (ME) system. Towards this end, an analytical ME probe was prepared using mercury immobilized on a carbon nanotube working electrode, and two graphite pencils were used as counter and reference electrodes instead of the expensive Ag/AgCl standard and Pt counter electrode. Under the o Read More

Aim to find new compounds with stronger anticonvulsant activity and lower neurotoxicity, a novel series of 6-substituted-pyrido[3,2-d]pyridazine derivatives was synthesized using furo[3,4-b]pyridine-5,7-dione as the starting material. We evaluated their anticonvulsant activity and neurotoxicity using by maximal electroshock (MES) and rotarod neurotoxicity (TOX) tests. The results showed that N-m-chlorophenyl-[1,2,4]triazolo- [4 Read More

Undoubtedly, efficient cancer treatment has been a significant challenge for the scientific community over the last decades. Despite tremendous progress made towards this direction, there are still efforts needed to discover new anticancer drugs. In this work, a series of N-substituted pyrrolebased scaffolds have been synthesized and evaluated for antiproliferative activity against a panel of cancer cell lines (L1210, CE Read More