{"title":"Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.","authors":"Klara Valko, Lukasz Ciesla","doi":"10.1016/bs.pmch.2018.12.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pmch.2018.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is caused by selective and progressive loss of spinal, bulbar and cortical motoneurons and leads to irreversible paralysis, loss of speech, inability to swallow and respiratory malfunctions with the eventual death of the affected individual in a rapid disease course. Several suggested molecular pathways are reviewed including SOD1 gene mutation, protein nitrosylation, phosphorylation and oxidative stress, excitotoxicity, glutamate transporter deprivation, mitochondrial involvement, protein aggregation and motor neuron trophic factors. The role of insulin and its receptor in the brain is described. It is very possible that in 90% of the sporadic ALS cases, the cause of the motor neuron degeneration is different or that multiple mechanisms are involved that would need drugs with multiple mechanisms or action. Several marketed drugs have been selected for clinical trials. Only two drugs have been approved by the FDA as showing positive effect in ALS: Riluzole and Edaravone. Two other drugs that have a significant benefit in ALS are Talampanel and Tamoxifen. The results for modulation of the neurotrophic factor Insulin Growth Factor-1 (IGF1) as a potential treatment are inconclusive. Several compounds are discussed that show a positive effect in the mouse model but which have failed in clinical trials. New approaches using different modalities such as peptides, proteins and stem cells are promising. Our ability to design better drugs would be enhanced by investigating the endogenous factors in neuron death, protein aggregation and oxidative stress that would improve our understanding of the potential pathways that result in neurodegeneration.</p>","PeriodicalId":20755,"journal":{"name":"Progress in medicinal chemistry","volume":"58 ","pages":"63-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/bs.pmch.2018.12.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37063943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Muraro, G. Croci, E. Cippo, G. Grosso, C. Höglund, G. Albani, R. Hall-Wilton, K. Kanaki, F. Murtas, D. Raspino, L. Robinson, Nigel Rodhes, M. Rebai, S. Schmidt, E. Schooneveld, M. Tardocchi, G. Gorini
{"title":"Performance of the high-efficiency thermal neutron BAND-GEM detector","authors":"A. Muraro, G. Croci, E. Cippo, G. Grosso, C. Höglund, G. Albani, R. Hall-Wilton, K. Kanaki, F. Murtas, D. Raspino, L. Robinson, Nigel Rodhes, M. Rebai, S. Schmidt, E. Schooneveld, M. Tardocchi, G. Gorini","doi":"10.1093/PTEP/PTY005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/PTEP/PTY005","url":null,"abstract":"Newhigh-count-rate detectors are required for future spallation neutron sources where large-area and high-efficiency (amp;gt;50%) detectors are envisaged. In this framework, Gas Electron Multiplier ...","PeriodicalId":20755,"journal":{"name":"Progress in medicinal chemistry","volume":"2018 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/PTEP/PTY005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49262863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sulejman Alihodžić, Mirjana Bukvić, Ivaylo J Elenkov, Antun Hutinec, Sanja Koštrun, Dijana Pešić, Gordon Saxty, Linda Tomašković, Dinko Žiher
{"title":"Current Trends in Macrocyclic Drug Discovery and beyond-Ro5.","authors":"Sulejman Alihodžić, Mirjana Bukvić, Ivaylo J Elenkov, Antun Hutinec, Sanja Koštrun, Dijana Pešić, Gordon Saxty, Linda Tomašković, Dinko Žiher","doi":"10.1016/bs.pmch.2018.01.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pmch.2018.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This chapter will discuss the recent literature of macrocycles and drug-like property space moving beyond the rule of five (bRo5). Trends in chemical classes that fall within this definition are discussed and the impact of the latest technologies in the field assessed. The physicochemical properties, which have provided both successes and challenges, especially in scale-up, are discussed. A recent patent literature is reviewed and the chapter concludes with a perspective on the future of macrocyclic drug discovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":20755,"journal":{"name":"Progress in medicinal chemistry","volume":"57 1","pages":"113-233"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/bs.pmch.2018.01.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36029510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Edward F Nemeth, Bradford C Van Wagenen, Manuel F Balandrin
{"title":"Discovery and Development of Calcimimetic and Calcilytic Compounds.","authors":"Edward F Nemeth, Bradford C Van Wagenen, Manuel F Balandrin","doi":"10.1016/bs.pmch.2017.12.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pmch.2017.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The extracellular calcium receptor (CaR) is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) and the pivotal molecule regulating systemic Ca<sup>2+</sup> homeostasis. The CaR was a challenging target for drug discovery because its physiological ligand is an inorganic ion (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) rather than a molecule so there was no structural template to guide medicinal chemistry. Nonetheless, small molecules targeting this receptor were discovered. Calcimimetics are agonists or positive allosteric modulators of the CaR, while calcilytics are antagonists and all to date are negative allosteric modulators. The calcimimetic cinacalcet was the first allosteric modulator of a GPCR to achieve regulatory approval and is a first-in-class treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients on dialysis, and for hypercalcemia in some forms of primary hyperparathyroidism. It is also useful in treating some rare genetic diseases that cause hypercalcemia. Two other calcimimetics are now on the market (etelcalcetide) or under regulatory review (evocalcet). Calcilytics stimulate the secretion of parathyroid hormone and were initially developed as treatments for osteoporosis. Three different calcilytics of two different chemotypes failed in clinical trials due to lack of efficacy. Calcilytics are now being repurposed and might be useful in treating hypoparathyroidism and several rare genetic diseases causing hypocalcemia. The challenges ahead for medicinal chemists are to design compounds that select conformations of the CaR that preferentially target a particular signalling pathway and/or that affect the CaR in a tissue-selective manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":20755,"journal":{"name":"Progress in medicinal chemistry","volume":"57 1","pages":"1-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/bs.pmch.2017.12.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36029508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nathan Brown, Jean Cambruzzi, Peter J Cox, Mark Davies, James Dunbar, Dean Plumbley, Matthew A Sellwood, Aaron Sim, Bryn I Williams-Jones, Magdalena Zwierzyna, David W Sheppard
{"title":"Big Data in Drug Discovery.","authors":"Nathan Brown, Jean Cambruzzi, Peter J Cox, Mark Davies, James Dunbar, Dean Plumbley, Matthew A Sellwood, Aaron Sim, Bryn I Williams-Jones, Magdalena Zwierzyna, David W Sheppard","doi":"10.1016/bs.pmch.2017.12.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pmch.2017.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interpretation of Big Data in the drug discovery community should enhance project timelines and reduce clinical attrition through improved early decision making. The issues we encounter start with the sheer volume of data and how we first ingest it before building an infrastructure to house it to make use of the data in an efficient and productive way. There are many problems associated with the data itself including general reproducibility, but often, it is the context surrounding an experiment that is critical to success. Help, in the form of artificial intelligence (AI), is required to understand and translate the context. On the back of natural language processing pipelines, AI is also used to prospectively generate new hypotheses by linking data together. We explain Big Data from the context of biology, chemistry and clinical trials, showcasing some of the impressive public domain sources and initiatives now available for interrogation.</p>","PeriodicalId":20755,"journal":{"name":"Progress in medicinal chemistry","volume":"57 1","pages":"277-356"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/bs.pmch.2017.12.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36032397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Phil R Kym, Xueqing Wang, Mathieu Pizzonero, Steven E Van der Plas
{"title":"Recent Progress in the Discovery and Development of Small-Molecule Modulators of CFTR.","authors":"Phil R Kym, Xueqing Wang, Mathieu Pizzonero, Steven E Van der Plas","doi":"10.1016/bs.pmch.2018.01.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pmch.2018.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder driven by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. While different mutations lead to varying levels of disease severity, the most common CFTR F508del mutation leads to defects in protein stability, trafficking to the cell membrane and gating of chloride ions. Recently, advances in medicinal chemistry have led to the identification small-molecule drugs that result in significant clinical efficacy in improving lung function in CF patients. Multiple CFTR modulators are required to fix the various defects in the CFTR protein. Small-molecule potentiators increase the open-channel probability and improve the gating of ions through CFTR. Small-molecule correctors stabilize the protein fold of the mutant channel, facilitating protein maturation and translocation to the cellular membrane. Recent data suggest that triple-combination therapy consisting of a potentiator and two correctors that operate through distinct mechanisms will be required to deliver highly significant clinical efficacy for most CF patients. The progress in medicinal chemistry that has led to the identification of novel CFTR potentiators and correctors is presented in this chapter.</p>","PeriodicalId":20755,"journal":{"name":"Progress in medicinal chemistry","volume":"57 1","pages":"235-276"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/bs.pmch.2018.01.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36029511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preface.","authors":"David R Witty, Brian Cox","doi":"10.1016/S0079-6468(18)30010-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6468(18)30010-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20755,"journal":{"name":"Progress in medicinal chemistry","volume":"57 1","pages":"ix-x"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0079-6468(18)30010-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36032400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicole D Harriott, John P Williams, Evan B Smith, Haig P Bozigian, Dimitri E Grigoriadis
{"title":"VMAT2 Inhibitors and the Path to Ingrezza (Valbenazine).","authors":"Nicole D Harriott, John P Williams, Evan B Smith, Haig P Bozigian, Dimitri E Grigoriadis","doi":"10.1016/bs.pmch.2017.12.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pmch.2017.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The dopaminergic system plays a key role in the central nervous system, regulating executive function, arousal, reward, and motor control. Dysregulation of this critical monoaminergic system has been associated with diseases of the central nervous system including schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, and disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorders and addiction. Drugs that modify the dopaminergic system by modulating the activity of dopamine have been successful in demonstrating clinical efficacy by providing treatments for these diseases. Specifically, antipsychotics, both typical and atypical, while acting on a number of monoaminergic systems in the brain, primarily target the dopamine system via inhibition of postsynaptic dopamine receptors. The vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) is an integral presynaptic protein that regulates the packaging and subsequent release of dopamine and other monoamines from neuronal vesicles into the synapse. Despite acting on opposing sides of the synapse, both antipsychotics and VMAT2 inhibitors act to decrease the activity of central dopaminergic systems. Tardive dyskinesia is a disorder characterized by involuntary repetitive movements and thought to be a result of a hyperdopaminergic state precipitated by the use of antipsychotics. Valbenazine (NBI-98854), a novel compound that selectively inhibits VMAT2 through an active metabolite, has been developed for the treatment of tardive dyskinesia and is the first drug approved for the treatment of this disorder. This chapter describes the process leading to the discovery of valbenazine, its pharmacological characteristics, along with preclinical and clinical evidence of its efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":20755,"journal":{"name":"Progress in medicinal chemistry","volume":"57 1","pages":"87-111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/bs.pmch.2017.12.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36032402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Vasudevan, A R Bogdan, H F Koolman, Y Wang, S W Djuric
{"title":"Enabling Chemistry Technologies and Parallel Synthesis-Accelerators of Drug Discovery Programmes.","authors":"A Vasudevan, A R Bogdan, H F Koolman, Y Wang, S W Djuric","doi":"10.1016/bs.pmch.2016.11.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pmch.2016.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a pressing need to improve overall productivity in the pharmaceutical industry. Judicious investments in chemistry technologies can have a significant impact on cycle times, cost of goods and probability of technical success. This perspective describes some of these technologies developed and implemented at AbbVie, and their applications to the synthesis of novel scaffolds and to parallel synthesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":20755,"journal":{"name":"Progress in medicinal chemistry","volume":"56 ","pages":"1-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/bs.pmch.2016.11.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34830901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Small Molecule Inhibition of Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4 (IRAK4).","authors":"N E Genung, K M Guckian","doi":"10.1016/bs.pmch.2016.11.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pmch.2016.11.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years, interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4, IRAK4, has become an attractive target for many medicinal chemistry programmes. Target inhibition is of potential therapeutic value in areas including autoimmune disorders, cancer, inflammatory diseases, and possibly neurodegenerative diseases. Results from high-throughput screening efforts have led, in conjunction with structure-based drug design, to the identification of highly potent and selective small molecule IRAK4 inhibitors from many diverse chemical series. In vitro and in vivo studies with entities from distinct structural classes have helped elucidate the downstream pharmacological responses associated with IRAK4 inhibition as a proof of concept in disease models, leading to the recent initiation of human clinical trials. Within this review, we will highlight the considerable effort by numerous groups dedicated to the development of small molecule IRAK4 inhibitors for the treatment of human disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":20755,"journal":{"name":"Progress in medicinal chemistry","volume":"56 ","pages":"117-163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/bs.pmch.2016.11.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34830902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}