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Heroin overdose and addiction remain significant health and economic burdens in the world today costing billions of dollars annually. Moreover, only limited pharmacotherapeutic options are available for treatment of heroin addiction. In our efforts to combat the public health threat posed by heroin addiction, we have developed vaccines against heroin. To expand upon our existing heroin-vaccine arsenal, we synthesized new aryl and alkyl sulfonate ester haptens; namely aryl-mono-sulfonate (HMsAc) and Aryl/alkyl-di-sulfonate (H(Ds)2) as carboxyl-isosteres of heroin then compared them to our model heroin-hapten (HAc) through vaccination studies. Heroin haptens were conjugated to the carrier protein CRM197 and the resulting CRM-immunoconjugates were used to vaccinate Swiss Webster mice following an established immunization protocol. Binding studies revealed that the highest affinity anti-heroin antibodies were generated by the HMsAc vaccine followed by the HAc and H(Ds)2 vaccines, respectively (HMsAc > HAc≫HDs2). However, neither the HMsAc nor H(Ds)2 vaccines were able to generate high affinity antibodies to the psychoactive metabolite 6-acetyl morphine (6-AM), in comparison to the HAc vaccine. Blood brain bio-distribution studies supported these binding results with vaccine efficiency following the trend HAc > HMsAc ≫ H(Ds)2 The work described herein provides insight into the use of hapten-isosteric replacement in vaccine drug design.P21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1) plays a vital role in the proliferation, survival and migration of cancer cells, which has emerged as a promising drug target for cancer therapy. In this study, a series of 2-indolinone derivatives were designed and synthesized through a structure-based strategy. A potent PAK1 inhibitor (ZMF-005) was discovered, which presented an IC50 value of 0.22 μM against PAK1 with potent antiproliferative activity. Furthermore, we predicted the binding mode of ZMF-005 and PAK1 by molecule docking and dynamic (MD) simulation. Stattic datasheet In addition, ZMF-005 was documented to induce significant apoptosis and suppress migration in MDA-MB-231 cells. Collectively, these findings revealed that ZMF-005 is a novel potent PAK1 inhibitor for breast cancer treatment.Infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa become increasingly difficult to treat because these bacteria have acquired various mechanisms for antibiotic resistance, which creates the need for mechanistically novel antibiotics. Such antibiotics might be developed by targeting enzymes involved in the iron uptake mechanism because iron is essential for bacterial survival. For P. aeruginosa, pyoverdine has been described as an important virulence factor that plays a key role in iron uptake. Therefore, inhibition of enzymes involved in the pyoverdine synthesis, such as PvdP tyrosinase, can open a new window for the treatment of P. aeruginosa infections. Previously, we reported phenylthiourea as the first allosteric inhibitor of PvdP tyrosinase with high micromolar potency. In this report, we explored structure-activity relationships (SAR) for PvdP tyrosinase inhibition by phenylthiourea derivatives. This enables identification of a phenylthiourea derivative (3c) with a potency in the submicromolar range (IC50 = 0.57 + 0.05 µM). Binding could be rationalized by molecular docking simulation and 3c was proved to inhibit the bacterial pyoverdine production and bacterial growth in P. aeruginosa PA01 cultures.Multitargeted ligands have demonstrated remarkable efficiency as potential therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases as they target multiple pathways involved in the progression of these diseases. Herein, we report first-in-class dual inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and tau aggregation as a novel class of multitargeted ligands for neurodegenerative diseases. The reported biphenyl pyrazole scaffold binds monomeric tau with submicromolar affinity and impedes the formation of tau oligomers at early stages. Additionally, the lead compound inhibited AChE activity with an IC50 value of 0.35 ± 0.02 μM. Remarkably, the neuroprotective effect of this lead in induced cytotoxicity model of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells is superior to single-targeted AChE and tau-aggregation inhibitors. This scaffold would enable development of new generation of multitargeted ligands for neurodegenerative diseases that function through dual targeting of AChE and monomeric tau.A series of thirty-one selenocompounds covering a wide chemical space was assessed for in vitro leishmanicidal activities against Leishmania infantum amastigotes. The cytotoxicity of those compounds was also evaluated on human THP-1 cells. Interestingly most tested derivatives were active in the low micromolar range and seven of them (A.I.3, A.I.7, B.I.1, B.I.2, C.I.7 C.I.8 and C.II.8) stood out for selectivity indexes higher than the ones exhibited by reference compounds mitelfosine and edelfosine. These leader compounds were evaluated against infected macrophages and their trypanothione reductase (TryR) inhibition potency was measured to further approach the mechanism by which they caused their action. Among them diselenide tested structures were pointed out for their ability to reduce infection rates. Three of the leader compounds inhibited TryR effectively, therefore this enzyme may be implicated in the mechanism of action by which these compounds cause their leishmanicidal effect.The synthesis and SAR development of a trisubstituted imidazole HDAC inhibitor is described. The compounds were synthesized with high diastereocontrol by leveraging Ellman sulfinyl imine chemistry. Structural elucidation provided insight into binding mode and supported design rational. Pharmacokinetic properties of lead compounds were determined.Antagonism of the Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 7 and TLR8 has been hypothesized to be beneficial to patients suffering from autoimmune conditions. A phenotypic screen for small molecule antagonists of TLR7/8 was carried out in a murine P4H1 cell line. Compound 1 was identified as a hit that showed antagonistic activity on TLR7 and TLR8 but not TLR9, as shown on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (hPBMCs). It was functionally cross reactive with mouse TLR7 but lacked oral exposure and had only modest potency. Chemical optimization resulted in 2, which showed in vivo efficacy following intraperitoneal administration. Further optimization resulted in 8 which had excellent in vitro activity, exposure and in vivo activity. Additional work to improve physical properties resulted in 15, an advanced lead that had favorable in vitro and exposure properties. It was further demonstrated that activity of the series tracked with binding to the extracellular domain of TLR7 implicating that the target of this series are endosomal TLRs rather than downstream signaling pathways.
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