Jagruti Peddapaka, Aayesha Nasreen, Tulja Sanam, Mahammad Ghouse Shaik, Baijayantimala Swain, Shweta Sanwer, Ravi Alvala, Mohammed Arifuddin, Sridhar Goud Nerella
{"title":"Facile synthesis, antimicrobial activity, and molecular docking analysis of 8-hydroxyquinoline-4-thiazolidinone hybrids.","authors":"Jagruti Peddapaka, Aayesha Nasreen, Tulja Sanam, Mahammad Ghouse Shaik, Baijayantimala Swain, Shweta Sanwer, Ravi Alvala, Mohammed Arifuddin, Sridhar Goud Nerella","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2463876","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2463876","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>8-Hydroxyquinoline and 4-thiazolidinone derivatives are promising antimicrobial agents, recognized for their activity against resistant pathogens.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study is to develop 8-hydroxyquinoline-4-thiazolidinone derivatives as potential antimicrobial agents.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a one-pot reaction with sodium tetrafluoroborate as an efficient and eco-friendly catalyst, compounds 6a - l were synthesized and subsequently screened for antibacterial and antifungal activity. Additionally, molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulations were performed to evaluate the active compounds and gain deeper insights into their potential as antimicrobial agents.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compounds 6f and 6 g showed superior antibacterial activity to ciprofloxacin, particularly against Gram-negative bacteria, while 6b, 6 g, and 6 h demonstrated strong antifungal effects. Molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, and MM-GBSA calculations highlighted strong binding interactions and stable conformations of the active compounds within binding pocket of the FabZ enzyme. The ADMET analyses further indicated that these compounds possess favorable drug-like properties.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The synthesized 8-hydroxyquinoline-4-thiazolidinone hybrids exhibit strong potential as broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents and merit further investigation as drug candidates.</p>","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"435-447"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143413808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transition metal complexes: next-generation photosensitizers for combating Gram-positive bacteria.","authors":"Lingmin Pei, Xianyi Yu, Xiaoyu Shan, Guanying Li","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2458459","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2458459","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rise of antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive bacterial infections poses a significant threat to public health, necessitating the exploration of alternative therapeutic strategies. A photosensitizer (PS) can convert energy from absorbed photon into reactive oxygen species (ROS) for damaging bacteria. This photoinactivation action bypassing conventional antibiotic mechanism is less prone to resistance development, making antibacterial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) highly efficient in combating Gram-positive bacteria. Photodynamic transition metal complexes leveraging the unique properties of metals to enhance the aPDT activity are the next-generation PS. This review provides an overview of metal-based PS for combating Gram-positive bacteria. Based on the structures, these metal-PS could be mainly classified as metal-tetrapyrrole derivatives, ruthenium complexes, iridium complexes, and zinc complexes. PS based on complexes of other transition metals such as silver, cobalt, and rhenium are also presented. Finally, we summarize the advantages and shortcomings of these metal- PS, conclude some critical aspects impacting their aPDT performances and give a perspective on their future development.</p>","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"467-484"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143058213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The next generation of drug resistant tuberculosis drug design.","authors":"Vinayak Singh","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2453406","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2453406","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"385-387"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143003252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Key advances in the development of reversible covalent inhibitors.","authors":"Faridoon, Jiyue Zheng, Guiping Zhang, Jie Jack Li","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2453407","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2453407","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"389-392"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143003320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Benzo[a]phenoselenazine-based NIR photodynamic therapy for the treatment of COX-2 overexpressing cancer cells.","authors":"Kalayou Hiluf Gebremedhin","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2463878","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2463878","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Upregulation of Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in a variety of cancer cell lines, a key enzyme of prostaglandin biosynthesis, relative to surrounding normal tissues results in the use of the COX-2 protein as an attractive molecular target for many anticancer therapeutics. This could have a significant implication for selective destruction of cancer cells via the photodynamic therapy effects, leaving the normal tissue intact.</p><p><strong>Experimental: </strong>Here, a COX-2-specific NIR photosensitizer (Se-C<sub>6</sub>-IMC) was synthesized and developed by conjugating a classic anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin (IMC) as an efficient recognition group for COX-2 protein, with benzo[a]phenoselenazine derivative photosensitizer through hexanediamine linker.</p><p><strong>Result and discussion: </strong>In this study, Se-C<sub>6</sub>-IMC exhibited a strong NIR absorption in the phototherapeutic window, relatively high <sup>1</sup>O<sub>2</sub> generation (Φ<sub>Δ</sub> = 0.74 in CH<sub>2</sub>C<sub>2</sub>), and an excellent phototoxicity (IC<sub>50</sub> = 0.04 µM, 14.4 J/cm<sup>2</sup>) against MCF-7 cells as compared to COS-7 cells lacking COX-2 protein expression.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Se-C<sub>6</sub>-IMC showed the highest intracellular localization in Golgi apparatus, making it to more effective for cellular destruction and Golgi targeted therapy. Thus, Se-C<sub>6</sub>-IMC might hold great promise as a COX-2-specific NIR photosensitizer for improving the PDT efficiency and new Golgi-targeted PDT development in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"425-434"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143425214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xinlan Hu, Yan Wu, Mengmeng Yao, Zhuo Chen, Qianbin Li
{"title":"The other side of the coin: protein deubiquitination by Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 1 in cancer progression and therapy.","authors":"Xinlan Hu, Yan Wu, Mengmeng Yao, Zhuo Chen, Qianbin Li","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2453414","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2453414","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reversible protein ubiquitination is a crucial factor in cellular homeostasis, with Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 1 (USP1) serving as a key deubiquitinase involved in DNA damage response (DDR) and repair mechanisms in cancer. While ubiquitin ligases have been extensively studied, research on the reverse process of ubiquitination, particularly the mechanisms involving USP1, remains relatively limited. USP1 is overexpressed in various cancers, influencing tumor initiation and progression by regulating multiple associated proteins. Inhibiting USP1 effectively suppresses tumor proliferation and migration and may help overcome resistance to cisplatin and PARP inhibitors. As a potential synthetic lethal target, USP1 demonstrates significant research potential. This review highlights the biological mechanisms of USP1 in cancer progression, the signaling pathways it regulates, and the latest advancements in USP1 inhibitors, while also analyzing the opportunities and challenges of targeting USP1. By adopting the perspective of \"the other side of the coin,\" this review aims to underscore the crucial yet often overlooked role of the deubiquitinase USP1, contrasting it with the extensively studied ubiquitin ligases, and emphasizing its therapeutic potential in cancer treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"329-345"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792837/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143003277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tanzeela Ahmad Shah, Aftab Alam, Zainab, Majid Khan, Ahmed A Elhenawy, Amalina Mohd Tajuddin, Muhammad Ayaz, Muhammad Said, Syed Adnan Ali Shah, Ajmal Khan, Abdul Latif, Mumtaz Ali, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Manzoor Ahmad
{"title":"Copper(II) complexes of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde Schiff bases: synthesis, <i>in vitro</i> activity and computational studies.","authors":"Tanzeela Ahmad Shah, Aftab Alam, Zainab, Majid Khan, Ahmed A Elhenawy, Amalina Mohd Tajuddin, Muhammad Ayaz, Muhammad Said, Syed Adnan Ali Shah, Ajmal Khan, Abdul Latif, Mumtaz Ali, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Manzoor Ahmad","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2458452","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2458452","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Due to the divers biological applications of Cu(II) complexes, we in this study reports the various Cu(II) complexes. The study aims to synthesize and assess new Cu(II) complexes as powerful β-glucuronidase inhibitors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Five Schiff base ligands and their complexes were synthesized, characterized, and screened against β-glucuronidase inhibitory activity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the series, compounds 3e, 3c, 2b, and 2c ascribed powerful inhibition ranging from (IC<sub>50</sub> = 3.0 ± 0.7 µM) to (IC<sub>50</sub> = 19.2 ± 0.8 µM). A precise and particular arrangement of atoms is suggested by the triclinic <i>p</i>-1 space group and the existence of a single molecule in an asymmetric unit, which are indispensable for the reactivity as well as the stability of the compounds. The analysis of the Hirshfeld surface provides information about the hydrogen intermolecular and <i>π-π</i> interactions. Based on molecular docking, binding potency increasing by complexation 3a-e compared to ligands 2a-e as well as reference Saccharic acid and uronic isofagomine inhibitor, suggesting that it may be a potent inhibitor of these receptors.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The work recognizes latent active compounds for novel β-glucoronidase inhibitors, by further support these may be harnessed for the development of potent drugs.</p>","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"313-328"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792854/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143064679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marwa Alsulaimany, Ahmed K B Aljohani, Nour E A Abd El-Sattar, Sara A Almadani, Omar M Alatawi, Hussam Y Alharbi, Majed S Aljohani, Adel H Al-Shareef, Read Alghamdi, Saeed M Tayeb, Doaa E Keshek, Khaled El-Adl, Kurls E Anwer
{"title":"Dual VEGFR-2 and EGFR<sup>T790M</sup> inhibitors of phenyldiazenes: anticancer evaluations, ADMET, docking, design and synthesis.","authors":"Marwa Alsulaimany, Ahmed K B Aljohani, Nour E A Abd El-Sattar, Sara A Almadani, Omar M Alatawi, Hussam Y Alharbi, Majed S Aljohani, Adel H Al-Shareef, Read Alghamdi, Saeed M Tayeb, Doaa E Keshek, Khaled El-Adl, Kurls E Anwer","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2453409","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2453409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>New phenyldiazene scaffold-linked heterocyclic pyrazole, pyrimidinone, pyrimidinthione, and/or triazine rings have been developed and synthesized.</p><p><strong>Methods & results: </strong>Cytotoxicity of our derivatives was estimated on four cancer and VERO normal cell lines targeting EGFR<sup>T790M</sup> (epidermal growth factor receptor) and VEGFR-2 (vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2) enzymes. Our new derivatives selectively inhibited both VEGFR-2 and EGFR as they have the essential structural requirements for inhibitors of both receptors. Derivative <b>14</b> was the most active on A549, HCT116, HepG2, and MCF-7 cancers with half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC<sub>50</sub>) = 5.50, 9.77, 7.12, and 7.85 µM respectively. The assessed derivatives <b>5</b>, <b>7</b>, <b>8, 9, 10, 12</b> and <b>14</b> showed IC<sub>50</sub> = 54.40-62.60 μM against normal VERO (normal kidney) cells with low toxicity. In addition, derivatives <b>14, 8, 10, 7</b> and <b>9</b> were discovered to be very good active inhibitors of VEGFR-2 at IC<sub>50</sub> values of 1.15, 1.35, 140, 1.78 and 1.90 µM, respectively. Furthermore, derivatives <b>14, 10, 8,</b> and <b>9</b> strongly repressed EGFR<sup>T790M</sup> with IC<sub>50</sub> = 0.28, 0.33, 0.35, and 0.50 µM correspondingly. Additionally, the highly active compounds <b>8, 10,</b> and <b>14</b> showed good ADMET profile.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our derivatives could be considered as anticancer agents with dual VEGFR-2 and EGFR<sup>T790M</sup> inhibition.</p>","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"287-300"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792794/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143003317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advances of deep Neural Networks (DNNs) in the development of peptide drugs.","authors":"Yuzhen Niu, Pingyang Qin, Ping Lin","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2463319","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2463319","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Peptides are able to bind to difficult disease targets with high potency and specificity, providing great opportunities to meet unmet medical requirements. Nevertheless, the unique features of peptides, such as their small size, high structural flexibility, and scarce data availability, bring extra challenges to the design process. Firstly, this review sums up the application of peptide drugs in treating diseases. Then, the review probes into the advantages of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) in predicting and designing peptide structures. DNNs have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in structural prediction, enabling accurate three-dimensional modeling of peptide drugs through models like AlphaFold and its successors. Finally, the review deliberates on the challenges and coping strategies of DNNs in the development of peptide drugs, along with future research directions. Future research directions focus on further improving the accuracy and efficiency of DNN-based peptide drug design, exploring novel applications of peptide drugs, and accelerating their clinical translation. With continuous advancements in technology and data accumulation, DNNs are poised to play an increasingly crucial role in the field of peptide drug development.</p>","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"485-499"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143398325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily Jordan, Marco A Arriaga, Hannah Obregon, Viviana Villalobos, Manuel A Duarte, Kristal Garcia, Arkene Levy, Sue Anne Chew
{"title":"Dual delivery of metformin and Y15 from a PLGA scaffold for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.","authors":"Emily Jordan, Marco A Arriaga, Hannah Obregon, Viviana Villalobos, Manuel A Duarte, Kristal Garcia, Arkene Levy, Sue Anne Chew","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2458457","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17568919.2025.2458457","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Drug-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) scaffolds were fabricated using a mold-less technique to investigate whether the combined delivery of both Y15 (FAK inhibitor) and metformin would result in enhanced effects on cell viability compared to the release of each drug alone for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC).</p><p><strong>Materials & methods: </strong>Scaffolds were fabricated using an easy and economical mold-less technique that combined PLGA and the drugs (i.e. metformin and/or Y15) in tetraglycol and injected in PBS, to form a globular morphology.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The exposure of cells to metformin and Y15 resulted in a significantly enhanced cytotoxic efficacy compared to single-drug treatment with either metformin or Y15. When the drugs were delivered using the PLGA scaffolds, the combination of the two drugs was significantly more cytotoxic compared to scaffolds containing metformin only and Y15 only.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The combination of metformin and Y15 can result in an increase in antitumor activity in PROC cells through apoptosis. The delivery of both drugs from the PLGA biomaterial scaffold allowed for a more enhanced combinational effect compared to the utilization of free drugs (without a scaffold) and should be further explored as a promising treatment of PROC.</p>","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"301-312"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792864/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143064620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}