Reda G Yousef, Ibrahim H Eissa, Hazem Elkady, Ahmed B M Mehany, Mariam Ali Abo-Saif, Mohamed M Radwan, Mahmoud A ElSohly, Ibrahim M Ibrahim, Alaa Elwan, Mohamed Ayman El-Zahabi
{"title":"Design and synthesis of new nicotinamides as immunomodulatory VEGFR-2 inhibitors and apoptosis inducers.","authors":"Reda G Yousef, Ibrahim H Eissa, Hazem Elkady, Ahmed B M Mehany, Mariam Ali Abo-Saif, Mohamed M Radwan, Mahmoud A ElSohly, Ibrahim M Ibrahim, Alaa Elwan, Mohamed Ayman El-Zahabi","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2024.2421150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17568919.2024.2421150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Nicotinamide-based VEGFR-2 inhibitors have good contribution in drug discovery.<b>Aim:</b> Development of novel nicotinamides as VEGFR-2 inhibitors.<b>Methods:</b> different <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in silico</i> assays were conducted to evaluate the VEGFR-2 inhibition and cytotoxicity.<b>Results:</b> Compound <b>16c</b> displayed strongest anti-VEGFR-2 potentiality and good anti-proliferative effects. Compound <b>16c</b> enhanced apoptosis and caused cell cycle arrest in the Pre-G1 and S phases. Compound <b>16c</b> boosted the level of the apoptotic caspase-3 and inhibited the level of TNF-α and IL-6 in tumor cells. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations indicated the outstanding binding potential of compound <b>16c</b> against VEGFR-2.<b>Conclusion:</b> Compound <b>16c</b> is a good candidate for the creation of a novel antiangiogenic lead anticancer medication.</p>","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142618066","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}
Faiza Seraj, Fouzia Naz, Musa Özil, Nimet Baltaş, Syeda Sumayya Tariq, Zaheer Ul-Haq, Uzma Salar, Muhammad Taha, Khalid Mohammed Khan
{"title":"Synthesis of arylated tetrahydrobenzo[<i>H</i>]quinoline-3-carbonitrile derivatives as potential hits for treatment of diabetes.","authors":"Faiza Seraj, Fouzia Naz, Musa Özil, Nimet Baltaş, Syeda Sumayya Tariq, Zaheer Ul-Haq, Uzma Salar, Muhammad Taha, Khalid Mohammed Khan","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2024.2419359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17568919.2024.2419359","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Aim:</b> Quinoline scaffolds are serving as the core structure for numerous antifungal, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory drugs as well as have also been investigated for their potential antidiabetic properties. Though further exploration is required in this area as the current antidiabetic agents, such as acarbose, miglitol and voglibose, are associated with several adverse side effects. In this context, arylated tetrahydrobenzo[<i>H</i>]quinoline-3-carbonitrile derivatives were designed and evaluated as potential antidiabetic agents.<b>Materials & methods:</b> A one-pot multicomponent reaction of 6-methoxy-1-tetralone with ethyl cyanoacetate, ammonium acetate and varying aldehydes yielded a range of new arylated tetrahydrobenzo[<i>h</i>]quinoline-3-carbonitrile molecules <b>1-36</b>.<b>Results:</b> Compounds <b>2-5</b>, <b>12</b>, <b>13</b>, <b>19</b> and <b>32-34</b> showed excellent inhibition against α-amylase (IC<sub>50</sub> = 3.42-15.14 μM) and α-glucosidase (IC<sub>50</sub> = 0.65-9.23 μM) enzymes in comparison to the standard acarbose (IC<sub>50</sub> = 14.35 μM). In addition, all compounds revealed significant to moderate DPPH radical scavenging activity (SC<sub>50</sub> = 21.30-138.30 μM) compared with BHT (SC<sub>50</sub> = 64.40 μM). Kinetic studies confirmed competitive inhibition mode, while molecular docking studies comprehend ligands' interaction with enzyme's active sites and absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion analysis confirms that all synthetic derivatives are nontoxic.<b>Conclusion:</b> This research offers a range of lead candidates to become antidiabetic agents after further advanced study.</p>","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142618084","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}
Vladislav Naumovich, Shivananda Kandagalla, Maria Grishina
{"title":"Machine learning-based prediction of bioactivity in HIV-1 protease: insights from electron density analysis.","authors":"Vladislav Naumovich, Shivananda Kandagalla, Maria Grishina","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2024.2419350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17568919.2024.2419350","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Aim:</b> To develop a model for predicting the biological activity of compounds targeting the HIV-1 protease and to establish factors influencing enzyme inhibition.<b>Materials & methods:</b> Machine learning models were built based on a combination of Richard Bader's theory of Atoms in Molecules and topological analysis of electron density using experimental x-ray 'protein-ligand' complexes and inhibition constants data.<b>Results & conclusion:</b> Among all the models tested, logistic regression achieved the highest accuracy of 0.76 on the test set. The model's ability to differentiate between less active and highly active classes was relatively good, as indicated by an AUC-ROC score of 0.77. The analysis identified several critical factors affecting the biological activity of HIV-1 protease inhibitors, including the electron density contribution of hydrogen atoms, bond-critical points and particular amino acid residues. These findings provide new insights into how these molecular factors influence HIV-1 protease inhibition, emphasizing the importance of hydrogen bonding, glycine's flexibility and hydrophobic interactions in ligand binding.</p>","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142618077","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":"Exploration of newly synthesized transition metal(II) complexes for infectious diseases.","authors":"Binesh Kumar,Jai Devi,Amit Dubey,Manish Kumar","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2024.2389766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17568919.2024.2389766","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: In the annals of human history, infectious diseases significantly influencing the collective well-being of people worldwide. Consequently, to identify effective agents for infectious ailments, the octahedral Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) complexes of 4-(3-methoxyphenyl)pyrimidin-2-amine and 2-methoxy-1-napthaldehyde based ligand were synthesized and well characterized in the current investigation.Results & methodology: The synthesized compounds were evaluated for anti-TB, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal activities by microplate Alamar blue, bovine serum albumin, serial dilution assays. The [Zn(L1)2(H2O)2] complex (5) demonstrates robust potency with 0.0040 ± 0.0007 and 0.0038 μmol/ml MIC value in anti-tuberculosis and antimicrobial activities, correspondingly while 06.57 ± 0.03 μM IC50 value in anti-inflammatory investigation.Conclusion: Complex (5) show promising potential as targets for pathogen deformities, supported by rigorous biological and computational investigations including pharmacophore modelling, molecular docking (binding score -121.018 and -59.8662 kcal/mol for 6H53 and 1CX2 proteins, respectively), DFT (Density functional theory), MESP (Molecular Electrostatic Potential) and ADMET (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity).","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":"215 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142259949","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}
Abdoullah Bimoussa,Mouhi Eddine Hachim,Khalil El Khatabi,Yassine Laamari,Ali Oubella,Mohamed F AlAjmi,Aziz Auhmani,Mohammed Aziz Ajana,Hamid Morjani,My Youssef Ait Itto
{"title":"Semicarbazone, thiosemicarbazone tailed isoxazoline-pyrazole: synthesis, DFT, biological and computational assessment.","authors":"Abdoullah Bimoussa,Mouhi Eddine Hachim,Khalil El Khatabi,Yassine Laamari,Ali Oubella,Mohamed F AlAjmi,Aziz Auhmani,Mohammed Aziz Ajana,Hamid Morjani,My Youssef Ait Itto","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2024.2394011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17568919.2024.2394011","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: A series of semicarbazone and thiosemicarbazone-tailed hybrids comprising pyrazole and acetylisoxazoline were prepared from (R)-carvone and characterized by technique spectroscopies Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), IR and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Density Functional Theory (DFT) determined the structural parameters. Their cytotoxic activity was evaluated in vitro against four human cancer cell lines.Methods & results: All the studied semi and thiosemicarbazone demonstrate a promising potential as anticancer agents. The mechanism of action of these compounds involves apoptosis in HT-1080 cells, supported by an increase in the level of caspase-3/7 activity, which also arrests the cell cycle in the G0/G1 phase. Molecular docking studies were performed to establish the potential of the most active compounds 4a and 5a. ADMET analysis showed appropriate pharmacokinetic properties, allowing structure prediction for anticancer activity.","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":"9 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142259951","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}
Michael Atef Fawzy,Karim Hagag Ibrahim,Ashraf A Aly,Asmaa H Mohamed,Sara Mohamed Naguib Abdel Hafez,Walaa Yehia Abdelzaher,Eslam B Elkaeed,Aisha A Alsfouk,El-Shimaa Mn Abdelhafez
{"title":"One-pot synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of new quinoline/pyrimido-diazepines as pulmonary antifibrotic agents.","authors":"Michael Atef Fawzy,Karim Hagag Ibrahim,Ashraf A Aly,Asmaa H Mohamed,Sara Mohamed Naguib Abdel Hafez,Walaa Yehia Abdelzaher,Eslam B Elkaeed,Aisha A Alsfouk,El-Shimaa Mn Abdelhafez","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2024.2394018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17568919.2024.2394018","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: Pulmonary fibrosis is a life threating disease which requires an immediate treatment and due to the limited medications, this study focused on synthesizing a series of quinoline-based pyrimidodiazepines 4a-f as a novel antifibrotic hit.Materials & methods: The target compounds were synthesized via a one-pot reaction then investigated in a rat model of lung fibrosis induced by bleomycin (BLM).Results: Results revealed significant attenuation of the tested pro-inflammatory cytokines, fibrotic genes and apoptotic markers; however, Bcl-2 was upregulated, indicating a protective effect against fibrosis. Moreover, the molecular docking studies highlighted promising interactions between compounds 4b and 4c and specific amino acids within the protein pockets of caspase-3 (ARG341 and THR177), malondialdehyde (LYS195, LYS118 and ARG188) and TNF-α (SER99 and NME102).Conclusion: Compounds 4b and 4c emerge as promising candidates for further preclinical investigation as pulmonary antifibrotic agents.","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":"48 1","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142259999","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}
Mohamed S Othman,Rafaqat Hussain,Fazal Rahim,Hayat Ullah,Shoaib Khan,Muhammad Taha,Mohamed A Fareid,Anas T Altaleb,Shimaa M Aboelnaga,Syed Adnan Ali Shah
{"title":"Synthesis, biological and computational evaluation of benzoxazole hybrid analogs as potential anti-Alzheimer's agents.","authors":"Mohamed S Othman,Rafaqat Hussain,Fazal Rahim,Hayat Ullah,Shoaib Khan,Muhammad Taha,Mohamed A Fareid,Anas T Altaleb,Shimaa M Aboelnaga,Syed Adnan Ali Shah","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2024.2393569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17568919.2024.2393569","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: Current study aims exploration of bis-benzoxazole bearing bis-Schiff base scaffolds (1-16) as anti-Alzheimer's agents.Materials & methods: 2-aminophenol is used as starting materials which react with different reagents in different step to give us bis-benzoxazole bearing bis-Schiff base analogs. NMR and HREI-MS techniques were used for characterization. All derivatives demonstrated varied range of activities with IC50 values 1.10 ± 0.40-24.50 ± 0.90 μM against acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and 1.90 ± 0.70-28.60 ± 0.60 μM against butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) in contrast to donepezil. In both cases, analog-3 was found most potent. Molecular docking explored modes of interactions between scaffolds and receptor sites of targeted enzymes.Conclusion: This study offering promising approach for optimization and development of potent inhibitors of cholinesterase enzymes.","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":"25 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142259952","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}
Siddaram Nadigar,Rohith Gattu,Sanjay Ramesh,Rekha N Dharmappa,Vijendra Kumar Nanjundaswamy,Suhas Ramesh
{"title":"A novel class of potent antiangiogenic and antioxidant pyrazoles: synthesis, bioactivity, docking and ADMET studies.","authors":"Siddaram Nadigar,Rohith Gattu,Sanjay Ramesh,Rekha N Dharmappa,Vijendra Kumar Nanjundaswamy,Suhas Ramesh","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2024.2394020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17568919.2024.2394020","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: Angiogenesis is the hallmark of cancer progression driven by VEGF/VEGFR-2 signalling pathway, inhibition of which could be a solution to tackle the progression of tumour cells and thus arresting their growth.Materials & methods: A novel class of pyrazoles was synthesized using arginine and dibromo ketones. Antiangiogenic activity was performed by in vivo yolk sac method. Antioxidant activity was evaluated by hydroxyl and superoxide radical scavenging assays. Docking studies were performed to determine the pyrazoles' binding potential with VEGFR-2 receptor and VEGF tyrosine kinase. ADMET properties were calculated using SwissADME and admetSAR for drug-likeness.Results: Compounds 5a-e showed significant antiangiogenic effects. Compound 5f exhibited effective hydroxyl and superoxide radical scavenging activities. Docking results confirmed the potential binding efficiency with VEGFR-2 receptor over VEGF tyrosine kinase, thus, functioning as competitive-inhibitors. ADMET studies revealed that the compounds possess favourable drug-like qualities.Conclusion: This study presents a novel class of pyrazoles as promising antioxidant and antiangiogenic agents with favourable drug-likeness properties.","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":"88 1","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142195506","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":"Discovery of novel dihydro-pyrimidine hybrids: insight into the design, synthesis, biological evaluation and absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion studies.","authors":"Uzma Arshad,Nusrat Shafiq,Shagufta Parveen,Maryam Rashid","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2024.2389767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17568919.2024.2389767","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: By keeping in aspects, the pharmacological potential of heterocyclic compounds, pyrimidine-based compounds were designed, synthesized and evaluated for α-amylase inhibitory potential.Materials & methods: Five new series 1a-l, 2a-d, 3a-d, 4a-d and 5a-d of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroprimidine-5-carboxylate derivatives were designed by de novo method by taking Alogliptin as reference compound. Here in we describe synthesis and characterization of compounds as potential α-amylase inhibitor.Results: Structure activity relationship (SAR), in vitro analysis and molecular modelling approaches generate compounds 1 h, 1i, 1k and 4c as potential lead with good α-amylase inhibitory selection. However, compound 1k failed the criteria of optimization as drug lead by ADME studies while all other compounds showed optimum range for all in silico ADME parameters.Conclusion: Therefore, these compounds can serve as potential lead candidate in developing anti-diabetic therapy.","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":"16 1","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142195505","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}
Mohamed N El-Bayaa,Eman R Kotb,Sabri Messaoudi,Hanem M Awad,Mahmoud G Saleh,Hanan A Soliman
{"title":"Synthesis, anticancer activity, docking and computational studies of new pyridyl-glycosyl hybrids and acyclic analogs.","authors":"Mohamed N El-Bayaa,Eman R Kotb,Sabri Messaoudi,Hanem M Awad,Mahmoud G Saleh,Hanan A Soliman","doi":"10.1080/17568919.2024.2389768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17568919.2024.2389768","url":null,"abstract":"New pyridine-O-glycosides and their acyclic nucleoside analogues were prepared by heterocyclization and glycosylation. The anticancer activity against HCT-116, HepG2 and MCF-7 human cancer cells and BJ-1 cell revealed that the galacto- and xylopyranosyl glycosides possessing 4-bromophenyl have superior cytotoxic activities against HepG2 cell while glycosides 7-9 resulted in superior cytotoxic activities regarding MCF-7 breast cell. In case of HCT-116 colorectal carcinoma cells, two products and the derived glycosides and acyclic analogues showed potent activities. The most potent compounds were investigated for their possible binding affinities to the active site of CDK2 enzyme via in silico molecular docking simulation in addition to computational studies. The results support the antiproliferative effect and elucidate the interactions of 3a and 8 with catalytic sites.","PeriodicalId":12475,"journal":{"name":"Future medicinal chemistry","volume":"167 1","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142195504","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}