Dima A Sabbah, Rima Hajjo, Sanaa K Bardaweel, Haizhen A Zhong
{"title":"Targeting the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in anticancer research: a recent update on inhibitor design and clinical trials (2020-2023).","authors":"Dima A Sabbah, Rima Hajjo, Sanaa K Bardaweel, Haizhen A Zhong","doi":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2338100","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2338100","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Recent years have witnessed great achievements in drug design and development targeting the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase-B (PI3K/AKT) signaling pathway, a pathway central to cell growth and proliferation. The nearest neighbor protein-protein interaction networks for PI3K and AKT show the interplays between these target proteins which can be harnessed for drug discovery. In this review, we discuss the drug design and clinical development of inhibitors of PI3K/AKT in the past three years. We review in detail the structures, selectivity, efficacy, and combination therapy of 35 inhibitors targeting these proteins, classified based on the target proteins. Approaches to overcoming drug resistance and to minimizing toxicities are discussed. Future research directions for developing combinational therapy and PROTACs of PI3K and AKT inhibitors are also discussed.</p><p><strong>Area covered: </strong>This review covers clinical trial reports and patent literature on inhibitors of PI3K and AKT published between 2020 and 2023.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>To address drug resistance and drug toxicity of inhibitors of PI3K and AKT, it is highly desirable to design and develop subtype-selective PI3K inhibitors or subtype-selective AKT1 inhibitors to minimize toxicity or to develop allosteric drugs that can form covalent bonds. The development of PROTACs of PI3Kα or AKT helps to reduce off-target toxicities.</p>","PeriodicalId":12314,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents","volume":" ","pages":"141-158"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140335336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A patent review on HMGB1 inhibitors for the treatment of liver diseases.","authors":"Richa Raj, Pingping Shen, Boyang Yu, Jian Zhang","doi":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2338105","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2338105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>HMGB1 is a non-histone chromatin protein released or secreted in response to tissue damage or infection. Extracellular HMGB1, as a crucial immunomodulatory factor, binds with several different receptors to innate inflammatory responses that aggravate acute and chronic liver diseases. The increased levels of HMGB1 have been reported in various liver diseases, highlighting that it represents a potential biomarker and druggable target for therapeutic development.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>This review summarizes the current knowledge on the structure, function, and interacting receptors of HMGB1 and its significance in multiple liver diseases. The latest patented and preclinical studies of HMGB1 inhibitors (antibodies, peptides, and small molecules) for liver diseases are summarized by using the keywords 'HMGB1,' 'HMGB1 antagonist, HMGB1-inhibitor,' 'liver disease' in Web of Science, Google Scholar, Google Patents, and PubMed databases in the year from 2017 to 2023.</p><p><strong>Expert opinions: </strong>In recent years, extensive research on HMGB1-dependent inflammatory signaling has discovered potent inhibitors of HMGB1 to reduce the severity of liver injury. Despite significant progress in the development of HMGB1 antagonists, few of them are approved for clinical treatment of liver-related diseases. Developing safe and effective specific inhibitors for different HMGB1 isoforms and their interaction with receptors is the focus of future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":12314,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents","volume":" ","pages":"127-140"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140335335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rima Hajjo, Dima A Sabbah, Sanaa K Bardaweel, Haizhen A Zhong
{"title":"Targeting the EGFR/RAS/RAF signaling pathway in anticancer research: a recent update on inhibitor design and clinical trials (2020-2023).","authors":"Rima Hajjo, Dima A Sabbah, Sanaa K Bardaweel, Haizhen A Zhong","doi":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2327307","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2327307","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Recent years have seen significant strides in drug developmenttargeting the EGFR/RAS/RAF signaling pathway which is critical forcell growth and proliferation. Protein-protein interaction networksamong EGFR, RAS, and RAF proteins offer insights for drug discovery. This review discusses the drug design and development efforts ofinhibitors targeting these proteins over the past 3 years, detailingtheir structures, selectivity, efficacy, and combination therapy.Strategies to combat drug resistance and minimize toxicities areexplored, along with future research directions.</p><p><strong>Area covered: </strong>This review encompasses clinical trials and patents on EGFR, KRAS,and BRAF inhibitors from 2020 to 2023, including advancements indesign and synthesis of proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) forprotein degradation.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>To tackle drug resistance, designing allosteric fourth-generationEGFR inhibitors is vital. Covalent, allosteric, or combinationaltherapies, along with PROTAC degraders, are key methods to addressresistance and toxicity in KRAS and BRAF inhibitors.</p>","PeriodicalId":12314,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents","volume":" ","pages":"51-69"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140049165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Barbara De Filippis, Arianna Granese, Alessandra Ammazzalorso
{"title":"Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor agonists and antagonists: an updated patent review (2020-2023).","authors":"Barbara De Filippis, Arianna Granese, Alessandra Ammazzalorso","doi":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2332661","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2332661","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The search for novel compounds targeting Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) is currently ongoing, starting from the previous successfully identification of selective, dual or pan agonists. In last years, researchers' efforts are mainly paid to the discovery of PPARγ and δ modulators, both agonists and antagonists, selective or with a dual-multitarget profile. Some of these compounds are currently under clinical trials for the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatic, and renal diseases.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>A critical analysis of patents deposited in the range 2020-2023 was carried out. The novel compounds discovered were classified as selective PPAR modulators, dual and multitarget PPAR agonists. The use of PPAR ligands in combination with other drugs was also discussed, together with novel therapeutic indications proposed for them.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>From the analysis of the patent literature, the current emerging landscape sees the necessity to obtain PPAR multitarget compounds, with a balanced potency on three subtypes and the ability to modulate different targets. This multitarget action holds great promise as a novel approach to complex disorders, as metabolic, inflammatory diseases, and cancer. The utility of PPAR ligands in the immunotherapy field also opens an innovative scenario, that could deserve further applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":12314,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents","volume":" ","pages":"83-98"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140157879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jianfeng Liu, Huangliang Shu, Qinxin Xia, Qidong You, Lei Wang
{"title":"Recent developments of HSP90 inhibitors: an updated patent review (2020-present).","authors":"Jianfeng Liu, Huangliang Shu, Qinxin Xia, Qidong You, Lei Wang","doi":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2327295","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2327295","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The 90-kDa heat shock protein (HSP90) functions as a molecular chaperone, it assumes a significant role in diseases such as cancer, inflammation, neurodegeneration, and infection. Therefore, the research and development of HSP90 inhibitors have garnered considerable attention.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>The primary references source for this review is patents obtained from SciFinder, encompassing patents on HSP90 inhibitors from the period of 2020 to 2023.This review includes a thorough analysis of their structural attributes, pharmacological properties, and potential clinical utilities.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>In the past few years, HSP90 inhibitors targeting ATP binding pocket are still predominate and one of them has been launched, besides, novel drug design strategies like C-terminal targeting, isoform selective inhibiting and bifunctional molecules are booming, aiming to improve the efficacy and safety. With expanded drug types and applications, HSP90 inhibitors may gradually becoming a sagacious option for treating various diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":12314,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140027793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Therapeutic cysteine protease inhibitors: a patent review (2018-present).","authors":"Giulia Barchielli, Antonella Capperucci, Damiano Tanini","doi":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2327299","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13543776.2024.2327299","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Cysteine proteases are involved in a broad range of biological functions, ranging from extracellular matrix turnover to immunity. Playing an important role in the onset and progression of several diseases, including cancer, immune-related and neurodegenerative disease, viral and parasitic infections, cysteine proteases represent an attractive drug target for the development of therapeutic tools.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>Recent scientific and patent literature focusing on the design and study of cysteine protease inhibitors with potential therapeutic application has been reviewed.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>The discovery of a number of effective structurally diverse cysteine protease inhibitors opened up new challenges and opportunities for the development of therapeutic tools. Mechanistic studies and the availability of X-ray crystal structures of some proteases, alone and in complex with inhibitors, provide crucial information for the rational design and development of efficient and selective cysteine protease inhibitors as preclinical candidates for the treatment of different diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":12314,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents","volume":" ","pages":"17-49"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140039075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdur Rahman M A Basher, Caleb Hallinan, Kwonmoo Lee
{"title":"Heterogeneity-Preserving Discriminative Feature Selection for Subtype Discovery.","authors":"Abdur Rahman M A Basher, Caleb Hallinan, Kwonmoo Lee","doi":"10.1101/2023.05.14.540686","DOIUrl":"10.1101/2023.05.14.540686","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The discovery of subtypes is pivotal for disease diagnosis and targeted therapy, considering the diverse responses of different cells or patients to specific treatments. Exploring the heterogeneity within disease or cell states provides insights into disease progression mechanisms and cell differentiation. The advent of high-throughput technologies has enabled the generation and analysis of various molecular data types, such as single-cell RNA-seq, proteomic, and imaging datasets, at large scales. While presenting opportunities for subtype discovery, these datasets pose challenges in finding relevant signatures due to their high dimensionality. Feature selection, a crucial step in the analysis pipeline, involves choosing signatures that reduce the feature size for more efficient downstream computational analysis. Numerous existing methods focus on selecting signatures that differentiate known diseases or cell states, yet they often fall short in identifying features that preserve heterogeneity and reveal subtypes. To identify features that can capture the diversity within each class while also maintaining the discrimination of known disease states, we employed deep metric learning-based feature embedding to conduct a detailed exploration of the statistical properties of features essential in preserving heterogeneity. Our analysis revealed that features with a significant difference in interquartile range (IQR) between classes possess crucial subtype information. Guided by this insight, we developed a robust statistical method, termed PHet (Preserving Heterogeneity) that performs iterative subsampling differential analysis of IQR and Fisher's method between classes, identifying a minimal set of heterogeneity-preserving discriminative features to optimize subtype clustering quality. Validation using public single-cell RNA-seq and microarray datasets showcased PHet's effectiveness in preserving sample heterogeneity while maintaining discrimination of known disease/cell states, surpassing the performance of previous outlier-based methods. Furthermore, analysis of a single-cell RNA-seq dataset from mouse tracheal epithelial cells revealed, through PHet-based features, the presence of two distinct basal cell subtypes undergoing differentiation toward a luminal secretory phenotype. Notably, one of these subtypes exhibited high expression of BPIFA1. Interestingly, previous studies have linked BPIFA1 secretion to the emergence of secretory cells during mucociliary differentiation of airway epithelial cells. PHet successfully pinpointed the basal cell subtype associated with this phenomenon, a distinction that pre-annotated markers and dispersion-based features failed to make due to their admixed feature expression profiles. These findings underscore the potential of our method to deepen our understanding of the mechanisms underlying diseases and cell differentiation and contribute significantly to personalized medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":12314,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10769187/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89169616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junyu Zhang, Jin Wang, Yanchen Li, Xiaoyan Pan, Jingkun Qu, Jie Zhang
{"title":"A patent perspective of antiangiogenic agents","authors":"Junyu Zhang, Jin Wang, Yanchen Li, Xiaoyan Pan, Jingkun Qu, Jie Zhang","doi":"10.1080/13543776.2023.2294808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13543776.2023.2294808","url":null,"abstract":"Angiogenesis plays a crucial role in the development of numerous vascular structures and is involved in a variety of physiologic and pathologic processes, including psoriasis, diabetic retinopathy,...","PeriodicalId":12314,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents","volume":"250 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138572019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hafiza Amna Younus, Faiza Saleem, Abdul Hameed, Mariya Al-Rashida, Raed A Al-Qawasmeh, Mohamed El-Naggar, Sobia Rana, Muhammad Saeed, Khalid Mohammed Khan
{"title":"Part-II: an update of Schiff bases synthesis and applications in medicinal chemistry-a patent review (2016-2023).","authors":"Hafiza Amna Younus, Faiza Saleem, Abdul Hameed, Mariya Al-Rashida, Raed A Al-Qawasmeh, Mohamed El-Naggar, Sobia Rana, Muhammad Saeed, Khalid Mohammed Khan","doi":"10.1080/13543776.2023.2297729","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13543776.2023.2297729","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Schiff bases are compounds with characteristic features of azomethine linkage (-C=N-). Schiff bases are capable of coordinating with metal ions via azomethine nitrogen. Schiff base derivatives and their metal complexes are known for intriguing novel therapeutic properties. In organic synthesis, the Schiff base reaction is prime in creating the C-N bond. Synthetic accessibility and structural diversity are the salient features for facile synthesis of Schiff base hybrids via a condensation reaction between an aldehyde/ketone and primary amines.</p><p><strong>Area covered: </strong>This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the commendable medicinal applications of Schiff base derivatives and their metal complexes patented from 2016 to 2023.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>Schiff base derivatives are exceptional molecules for their assorted applications in medicinal chemistry. Several Schiff base products are marketed as drugs, and plenty of room is available for the purposive synthesis of new compounds in a diverse pool of disciplines. Expansion in the derivatization of Schiff bases in innumerable directions with multitudinous applications makes them 'magical molecules.' These compounds have proved extraordinary, from medicinal chemistry to other fields outside medicine. This review covers the therapeutic importance of Schiff base derivatives and aims to cover the patents published in recent years (2016-2023).</p>","PeriodicalId":12314,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents","volume":" ","pages":"841-864"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138795504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thoraya A Farghaly, Ghada S Masaret, Hanan Gaber Abdulwahab
{"title":"The patent review of the biological activity of tropane containing compounds.","authors":"Thoraya A Farghaly, Ghada S Masaret, Hanan Gaber Abdulwahab","doi":"10.1080/13543776.2023.2299349","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13543776.2023.2299349","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Tropane-derived medications have historically played a substantial role in pharmacotherapy. Both natural and synthetic derivatives of tropane find application in addressing diverse medical conditions. Prominent examples of tropane-based drugs include hyoscine butylbromide, recognized for its antispasmodic properties, atropine, employed as a mydriatic, maraviroc, known for its antiviral effects. trospium chloride, utilized as a spasmolytic for overactive bladder, and ipratropium, a bronchodilator.</p><p><strong>Areas covered: </strong>We compiled patents pertaining to the biological activity of substances containing tropane up to the year 2023 and categorized them according to the specific type of biological activity they exhibit. ScienceFinder, ScienceDirect, and Patent Guru were used to search for scientific articles and patent literature up to 2023.</p><p><strong>Expert opinion: </strong>Pharmaceutical researchers in academic and industrial settings have shown considerable interest in tropane derivatives. Despite this, there remains a substantial amount of work to be undertaken. A focused approach is warranted for the exploration and advancement of both natural and synthetic bioactive molecules containing tropane, facilitated through collaborative efforts between academia and industry. Leveraging contemporary techniques and technologies in medicinal and synthetic chemistry, including high throughput screening, drug repurposing,and biotechnological engineering, holds the potential to unveil novel possibilities and accelerate the drug discovery process for innovative tropane-based pharmaceuticals.</p>","PeriodicalId":12314,"journal":{"name":"Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents","volume":" ","pages":"875-899"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139073820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}