Five new compounds from Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens and their anti-apoptotic activity

Author(s):  
Xiao-Juan Zhang ◽  
Zhi-Min Song ◽  
Pei-Pei Yuan ◽  
Yan-Zhi Wang ◽  
Man-Qian Li ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-462
Author(s):  
Jarosław Lewkowski ◽  
Edyta Rzeszotarska ◽  
Agnieszka Matusiak ◽  
Marta Morawska ◽  
Gabriela Gajek ◽  
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Background: The anticancer activity of aminophosphonic derivatives has been described extensively, some recent papers included furan-derived aminophosphonates and their cytostatic action against various cancer cells. Objective: A series of twelve furan-derived dibenzyl and diphenyl aminophosphonates 2a-f and 3a-f was synthesized and tested in aspect of their cytotoxic action on two cell lines of colorectal cancer: HT29 and HCT116. Seven of them are new compounds, while the rest five have already been published by us, together with their cytotoxic action against squamous esophageal cancer cells. Methods: To estimate the cytotoxicity effect of tested compounds MTT test was used. Pro-apoptotic activity of five selected compounds was evaluated using APC Annexin V Apoptosis Detection Kit on a flow cytometer. Quantification of caspases 3/7 activity was performed using Caspase-Glo® 3/7 Assay Kit. Results: Five of these aminophosphonates showed significant cytotoxicity higher than those of cisplatin. Simultaneous evaluation of their cytotoxicity against PBLs revealed that these compounds are rather not harmful for regular human lymphocytes. Tests on apoptosis vs. their necrotic actions on cells were performed with selected compounds showing the most significant cytotoxicity against cancer cells and all tested compounds did not induce significant increase of necrosis in cells, whereas they showed moderate-to-strong proapoptotic actions even at the lowest applied concentration. Caspase 3/7 activity results confirmed proapoptotic properties of tested aminophosphonates. Conclusion: From among studied compounds, dibenzyl N-phenyl substituted amino(2-furyl)methylphsophonates were found to be more potent compounds in aspect of their antiproliferative action than the corresponding diphenyl derivatives.


Author(s):  
Maryvonne Hervieu

Four years after the discovery of superconductivity at high temperature in the Ba-La-Cu-O system, more than thirty new compounds have been synthesized, which can be classified in six series of copper oxides: La2CuO4 - type oxides, bismuth cuprates, YBa2Cu3O7 family, thallium cuprates, lead cuprates and Nd2CuO4 - type oxides. Despite their quite different specific natures, close relationships allow their structures to be simply described through a single mechanism. The fifth first families can indeed be described as intergrowths of multiple oxygen deficient perovskite slabs with multiple rock salt-type slabs, according to the representation [ACuO3-x]m [AO]n.The n and m values are integer in the parent structures, n varying from 0 to 3 and m from 1 to 4; every member of this large family can thus be symbolized by [m,n]. The oxygen deficient character of the perovskite slabs involves the existence or the co-existence of several types of copper environment: octahedral, pyramidal and square planar.Both mechanisms, oxygen deficiency and intergrowth, are well known to give rise easily to nonstoichiometry phenomena. Numerous and various phenomena have actually been characterized in these cuprates, strongly depending on the thermal history of the samples.


1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Woods ◽  
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C. P. France ◽  
F. Medzihradsky ◽  
C. B. Smith ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohit S. Verma ◽  
Michael J. Fink ◽  
Gabriel L Salmon ◽  
Nadine Fornelos ◽  
Takahiro E. Ohara ◽  
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Two biological activities of butyrate in the colon (suppression of proliferation of colonic epithelial stem cells and inflammation) correlate with inhibition of histone deacetylases. Cellular and biochemical studies of molecules similar in structure to butyrate, but different in molecular details (functional groups, chain-length, deuteration, oxidation level, fluorination, or degree of unsaturation) demonstrated that these activities were sensitive to molecular structure, and were compatible with the hypothesis that butyrate acts by binding to the Zn<sup>2+</sup> in the catalytic site of histone deacetylases. Structure-activity relationships drawn from a set of 36 compounds offer a starting point for the design of new compounds targeting the inhibition of histone deacetylases. The observation that butyrate was more potent than other short-chain fatty acids is compatible with the hypothesis that crypts evolved (at least in part), to separate stem cells at the base of crypts from butyrate produced by commensal bacteria.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niclas Ståhl ◽  
Göran Falkman ◽  
Alexander Karlsson ◽  
Gunnar Mathiason ◽  
Jonas Boström

<p>In medicinal chemistry programs it is key to design and make compounds that are efficacious and safe. This is a long, complex and difficult multi-parameter optimization process, often including several properties with orthogonal trends. New methods for the automated design of compounds against profiles of multiple properties are thus of great value. Here we present a fragment-based reinforcement learning approach based on an actor-critic model, for the generation of novel molecules with optimal properties. The actor and the critic are both modelled with bidirectional long short-term memory (LSTM) networks. The AI method learns how to generate new compounds with desired properties by starting from an initial set of lead molecules and then improve these by replacing some of their fragments. A balanced binary tree based on the similarity of fragments is used in the generative process to bias the output towards structurally similar molecules. The method is demonstrated by a case study showing that 93% of the generated molecules are chemically valid, and a third satisfy the targeted objectives, while there were none in the initial set.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 484 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-108
Author(s):  
G. F. Makhaeva ◽  
E. F. Shevtsova ◽  
N. P. Boltneva ◽  
N. V. Kovaleva ◽  
E. V. Rudakova ◽  
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This study presents the synthesis of binary tetrohydro-γ-carbolines with ditriazol spacers of varying length, which exhibit anticholinesterase and antioxidant activity, as compared to the original Dimebon prototype. Anticholinesterase activity suggests the potential ability of the new compounds to block β-amyloid aggregation induced by anticholinesterase, making them promising candidates for further research preparations for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Particular attention should be paid to the conjugate with an intertriazol hexamethylene spacer, which can be regarded as the leading compound in this series.


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