Selective, High Affinity Peptide Antagonists of α-Melanotropin Action at Human Melanocortin Receptor 4:  Their Synthesis and Biological Evaluation in Vitro†

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (22) ◽  
pp. 3665-3672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria A. Bednarek ◽  
Tanya MacNeil ◽  
Rubana N. Kalyani ◽  
Rui Tang ◽  
Lex H. T. Van der Ploeg ◽  
...  
2001 ◽  
Vol 286 (3) ◽  
pp. 641-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria A. Bednarek ◽  
Tanya MacNeil ◽  
Rui Tang ◽  
Rubana N. Kalyani ◽  
Lex H.T. Van der Ploeg ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-375
Author(s):  
Vasyl Kovalishyn ◽  
Diana Hodyna ◽  
Vitaliy O. Sinenko ◽  
Volodymyr Blagodatny ◽  
Ivan Semenyuta ◽  
...  

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infection disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) bacteria. One of the main causes of mortality from TB is the problem of Mtb resistance to known drugs. Objective: The goal of this work is to identify potent small molecule anti-TB agents by machine learning, synthesis and biological evaluation. Methods: The On-line Chemical Database and Modeling Environment (OCHEM) was used to build predictive machine learning models. Seven compounds were synthesized and tested in vitro for their antitubercular activity against H37Rv and resistant Mtb strains. Results: A set of predictive models was built with OCHEM based on a set of previously synthesized isoniazid (INH) derivatives containing a thiazole core and tested against Mtb. The predictive ability of the models was tested by a 5-fold cross-validation, and resulted in balanced accuracies (BA) of 61–78% for the binary classifiers. Test set validation showed that the models could be instrumental in predicting anti- TB activity with a reasonable accuracy (with BA = 67–79 %) within the applicability domain. Seven designed compounds were synthesized and demonstrated activity against both the H37Rv and multidrugresistant (MDR) Mtb strains resistant to rifampicin and isoniazid. According to the acute toxicity evaluation in Daphnia magna neonates, six compounds were classified as moderately toxic (LD50 in the range of 10−100 mg/L) and one as practically harmless (LD50 in the range of 100−1000 mg/L). Conclusion: The newly identified compounds may represent a starting point for further development of therapies against Mtb. The developed models are available online at OCHEM http://ochem.eu/article/11 1066 and can be used to virtually screen for potential compounds with anti-TB activity.


2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Afzal Azam ◽  
Loganathan Dharanya ◽  
Charu Chandrakant Mehta ◽  
Sumit Sachdeva

In the present study, a series of benzothiazol derivatives 3a-l containing pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine moiety at the second position were synthesized and characterized by analytical and spectral data. The compounds were tested for their in vitro antimicrobial activity. Compounds 1-(1,3-benzothiazol-2- yl)-3-methyl-4-phenyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine (3a), 1- (1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-1H-pyrazolo[ 3,4-d]pyrimidine (3d) and 1-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)- 3-methyl-4-substituted phenyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines (3h-j) showed significant inhibitory activity against P. aeruginosa whereas compounds 1-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-4- (2-chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine (3b), 2-[1-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-3-methyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin- 4-yl]phenol (3e), 1-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)- 3-methyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine (3h), 4-[1-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-3-methyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyri midin-4-yl]-N,N-dimethylaniline (3j) and 1-(1,3-benzothiazol- 2-yl)-3-methyl-4-[2-phenylvinyl]-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine (3k) were found to be active against C. albicans. Some of these synthesized compounds were evaluated for their in vivo acute toxicity, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and ulcerogenic actions. The tested compound 4-[1-(1,3-benzothiazol- 2-yl)-3-methyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-yl]-N, N-dimethylaniline (3j) exhibited maximum analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities. Compounds 1-(1,3-benzothiazol- -2-yl)-3-methyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine (3i) and 3j showed a significant gastrointestinal protection compared to the standard drug diclofenac sodium.


2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (21) ◽  
pp. 7005-7019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin W. J. Harper ◽  
Emanuele Petruzzella ◽  
Roman Sirota ◽  
Fernanda Fabiola Faccioli ◽  
Janice R. Aldrich-Wright ◽  
...  

Synthesis and biological evaluation in vitro and in vivo of functionalized Pt(iv) derivatives of Pt56MeSS.


Author(s):  
Asma D. Ambekari ◽  
Shrinivas K. Mohite

Series of novel substituted Synthesis of N-{[5-(substituted)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-yl] carbamothioyl} derivatives containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole moiety were synthesized by microwave as a green chemistry method and conventional method by using pyridine 3- carboxylic acid as a starting material. The structures of the synthesized compounds were characterized by physicochemical data, IR, Mass spectra and 1HNMR. All the newly synthesized compound screened for their antimicrobial and In-vivo and In-vitro Anti-inflammatory studies. Anti-inflammatory studies revealed that compound 4f showed significant in-vivo and in-vitro anti-inflammatory activity as well potent antimicrobial activity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 564-564
Author(s):  
Ju liu Ju liu ◽  
Jun Li Jun Li ◽  
Jian tao Shi Jian tao Shi ◽  
Jie Li Jie Li ◽  
Xue chen Hao Xue chen Hao ◽  
...  

A series of novel 4-phenylaminobenzofuro[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives had been prepared and assessed for their in vitro antiproliferative activities against three lung cancer cell lines (A549, H460 and H1975). The bioassay results showed most of the designed compounds exhibited potential antiproliferation activities. Among them, compound 8f exhibited remarkable inhibitory activity against A549 and H460 cell lines with IC50 value of 2.54 μM and 2.68 μM, respectively, which was comparable to that of the positive control sorafenib (IC50 = 2.69 μM for A549 and 3.71 μM for H460). AO/EB staining suggests that compound 8f could induce apoptosis in A549 cells. Furthermore, cell cycle analyses show that compound 8f increased G0/G1 A549 cells arrest in a concentration-dependent manner. The preliminary structure-activity relationships (SARs) studies indicated that mono-electron-withdrawing groups (mono-EWGs) on the phenyl ring are positive on the antitumor activity.


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