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Gramine-based structure optimization to enhance anti-gastric cancer activity
Zhang, Xin-Hui,Guo, Qian,Wang, Heng-Ying,Li, Yi-Han,Khamis, Mussa Yussuf,Ma, Li-Ying,Wang, Bo,Liu, Hong-Min
, (2021/01/07)
Gramine is a natural indole alkaloid with a wide range of biological activities, but its anti-gastric cancer activity is poor. Herein, a pharmacophore fusion strategy was adopted to design and synthesize a new series of indole-azole hybrids on the structural basis of gramine. Based on our previous studies, different nitrogen-containing five-membered heterocyclic rings and terminal alkyne group were introduced into the indole-based scaffold to investigate their effect on improving the anti-gastric cancer activity of gramine derivatives. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies highlighted the role played by terminal alkyne in enhancing the inhibitory effect, and compound 16h displayed the best antiproliferative activity against gastric cancer MGC803 cells with IC50 value of 3.74 μM. Further investigations displayed compound 16h could induce mitochondria-mediated apoptosis, and caused cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase. Besides, compound 16h could inhibit the metastasis ability of MGC803 cells. Our studies may provide a new strategy for structural optimization of gramine to enhance anti-gastric cancer activity, and provide a potential candidate for the treatment of gastric cancer.
Identification of diphenylalkylisoxazol-5-amine scaffold as novel activator of cardiac myosin
Boggu, Pulla Reddy,Venkateswararao, Eeda,Manickam, Manoj,Sharma, Niti,Kang, Jong Seong,Jung, Sang-Hun
, (2020/09/16)
To identify novel potent cardiac myosin activator, a series of diphenylalkylisoxazol-5-amine compounds 4–7 have been synthesized and evaluated for cardiac myosin ATPase activation. Among the 37 compounds, 4a (CMA at 10 μM = 81.6%), 4w (CMA at 10 μM = 71.2%) and 6b (CMA at 10 μM = 67.4%) showed potent cardiac myosin activation at a single concentration of 10 μM. These results suggested that the introduction of the amino-isoxazole ring as a bioisostere for urea group is acceptable for the cardiac myosin activation. Additional structure–activity relationship (SAR) studies were conducted. Para substitution (-Cl, –OCH3, -SO2N(CH3)2) to the phenyl rings or replacement of a phenyl ring with a heterocycle (pyridine, piperidine and tetrahydropyran) appeared to attenuate cardiac myosin activation at 10 μM. Additional hydrogen bonding acceptor next to the amino group of the isoxazoles did not enhance the activity. The potent isoxazole compounds showed selectivity for cardiac myosin activation over skeletal and smooth muscle myosin, and therefore these potent and selective isoxazole compounds could be considered as a new series of cardiac myosin ATPase activators for the treatment of systolic heart failure.
In Situ Generated Magnesium Cyanide as an Efficient Reagent for Nucleophilic Cyanation of Nitrosoalkenes and Parent Nitronates
Ushakov, Pavel Yu.,Tabolin, Andrey A.,Ioffe, Sema L.,Sukhorukov, Alexey Yu.
supporting information, p. 1888 - 1892 (2019/01/30)
In situ generated magnesium cyanide [NaCN/Mg(ClO4)2] is suggested as a convenient, readily available, non-volatile and organic-soluble reagent for hydrocyanation reactions. It was successfully used for nucleophilic cyanation of nitrosoalkenes, nitronates, as well as other typical π-electrophiles, such as imines, α,β-unsaturated ketones, alkylidenemalonates and azoalkenes.
