Medicinal Chemistry - Volume 12, Issue 4, 2016

Background: Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptors (FGFRs) play a key role in tumor growth and angiogenesis. The present report describes our search for an extracellularly binding FGFR inhibitor using a combined molecular modeling and de novo design strategy. Methods: Based upon crystal structures of the receptor with its native ligand and knowledge of inhibiting peptides, we have developed a computational protocol that Read More

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) may be attributed to altered composition of polyunsaturated fatty acids. We examined the relationships between the plasma ratios of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)/arachidonic acid (AA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)/AA, and biomarkers of AA-related signaling mediators, i.e., ceruloplasmin, transferrin and superoxide dismutase, with the behavioral symptoms of 30 individuals with ASD (mean ag Read More

Kinase insert Domain-containing Receptor (KDR) is one of the currently validated targets for anticancer drug discovery and development. Herein, a series of o-amino-arylurea derivatives have been synthesized and evaluated for their kinase inhibitory activity. The optimization on the basis of biological screening and molecular modeling resulted in obvious increase in KDR kinase inhibitory activity compared with the hit compou Read More

Hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a key mediator during cancer cells to adapt tumor hypoxic condition. In this study, a series of adamantane-based compounds were synthesized and evaluated as potential inhibitors of HIF-1α. Examination of their structure-activity relationship (SAR) identified the adamantane-containing indole derivative 20a as a potent inhibitor of HIF-1α in Hep3B cell lines under tumor hypoxia (IC50 Read More

Background: Human SIRT1 is a class III histone deacetylase (HDAC) family protein. As the overexpression of hSIRT1 leads to cancer, inhibiting its HDAC function may be a better strategy for the treatment of cancer. Till now, only a few reported inhibitor compounds have reached the stage of animal studies; hence, identifying high efficacy inhibitors of hSIRT1 is essential. Objective: The main objective of the study is to obtain a Read More

Nine novel mono-oxime reactivators bearing xylene linker were synthesized in an effort to improve previously prepared xylene bisoximes and monocarbamoyl-monooximes. The novel compounds were tested in vitro on the model of tabun-, paraoxon-, methylparaoxon- and DFP-inhibited human erythrocyte AChE. Their reactivation ability was compared to pralidoxime, asoxime, obidoxime and two previously prepared xyle Read More

Neuronal Nitric Oxide synthase (nNOS) is an attractive challenging target for the treatment of various neurodegenerative disorders. To date, several structure-based studies were conducted to search novel selective nNOS inhibitors. Objective: Discovery of novel nNOS lead scaffolds through the integration of ligand-based threedimensional (3D) pharmacophore (s) with quantitative structure-activity relationship model. Read More

Background: Triaryl oxadiazoles have been proven to be useful agents against various types of cancer cell lines. Nevertheless, their mechanism of action is not fully understood. Objective: Synthesis and cytotoxic activity of a new group of triaryl oxadiazoles; 3,4-diaryl-5-(4- pyridinyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives, will be discussed in this study. Their cytotoxic activity has been examined in 4 different cell lines by MTT method. Read More