{"title":"The Relaxin Family Peptide Receptor 1 (RXFP1) Agonists as Potential Treatment for Heart Failure","authors":"Ahmed F. Abdel-Magid*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c0027310.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00273https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00273","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The invention in this patent application relates to bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane derivatives represented herein by formula 1. The compounds of formula 1 are relaxin family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1) agonists and may provide treatments for heart failure, fibrotic diseases, and related diseases such as lung, kidney, and hepatic diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 6","pages":"955–958 955–958"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144261147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Relaxin Family Peptide Receptor 1 (RXFP1) Agonists as Potential Treatment for Heart Failure.","authors":"Ahmed F Abdel-Magid","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00273","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00273","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The invention in this patent application relates to bicyclo[2.2.1]-heptane derivatives represented herein by formula 1. The compounds of formula 1 are relaxin family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1) agonists and may provide treatments for heart failure, fibrotic diseases, and related diseases such as lung, kidney, and hepatic diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 6","pages":"955-958"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12169483/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144315467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel Desamide Isotryptamine Tetracycles as 5‑HT2C Agonists for Treating Brain Disorders.","authors":"Ram W Sabnis","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00286","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00286","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Provided herein are novel desamide isotryptamine tetracycles as 5-HT2C agonists, pharmaceutical compositions, use of such compounds in treating brain disorders, and processes for preparing such compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 6","pages":"976-977"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12169470/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144315529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of Free Energy Perturbation (FEP) Methodology for Predicting the Binding Affinity of Macrocyclic JAK2 Inhibitor Analogues of Pacritinib.","authors":"Natércia F Braz, Martin J Slater, Stuart Lang","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00105","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pacritinib, an orally bioavailable macrocyclic inhibitor of Janus Kinase 2, has shown efficacy for the treatment of myelofibrosis. Due to the synthetic challenges associated with synthesizing macrocyclic analogues, we applied electrostatic complementarity, 3D-field QSAR, and free energy perturbation methods for the profiling of a set of known ligands with a view to developing a prioritization method for selecting new macrocyclic designs for synthesis. The importance of understanding the 3D conformation and flexibility of a ligand is demonstrated, with these effects having a significant implication on the accuracy of predictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 6","pages":"1066-1072"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12169459/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144315509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natércia F. Braz, Martin J. Slater and Stuart Lang*,
{"title":"Application of Free Energy Perturbation (FEP) Methodology for Predicting the Binding Affinity of Macrocyclic JAK2 Inhibitor Analogues of Pacritinib","authors":"Natércia F. Braz, Martin J. Slater and Stuart Lang*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c0010510.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00105https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00105","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Pacritinib, an orally bioavailable macrocyclic inhibitor of Janus Kinase 2, has shown efficacy for the treatment of myelofibrosis. Due to the synthetic challenges associated with synthesizing macrocyclic analogues, we applied electrostatic complementarity, 3D-field QSAR, and free energy perturbation methods for the profiling of a set of known ligands with a view to developing a prioritization method for selecting new macrocyclic designs for synthesis. The importance of understanding the 3D conformation and flexibility of a ligand is demonstrated, with these effects having a significant implication on the accuracy of predictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 6","pages":"1066–1072 1066–1072"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00105","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144260899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel Ergolines as 5-HT2A Agonists for Treating Mood Disorders","authors":"Ram W. Sabnis*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c0028810.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00288https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00288","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Provided herein are novel ergolines as 5-HT2A agonists, pharmaceutical compositions, use of such compounds in treating mood disorders, and processes for preparing such compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 6","pages":"974–975 974–975"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144260895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel Tricyclic Compounds for Treating Bacterial Infections","authors":"Ram W. Sabnis*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c0028910.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00289https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00289","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Provided herein are novel tricyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, use of such compounds in treating bacterial infections, and processes for preparing such compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 6","pages":"972–973 972–973"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144260898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel Desamide Isotryptamine Tetracycles as 5-HT2C Agonists for Treating Brain Disorders","authors":"Ram W. Sabnis*, ","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c0028610.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00286https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00286","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Provided herein are novel desamide isotryptamine tetracycles as 5-HT2C agonists, pharmaceutical compositions, use of such compounds in treating brain disorders, and processes for preparing such compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 6","pages":"976–977 976–977"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144261125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel Tricyclic Compounds for Treating Bacterial Infections.","authors":"Ram W Sabnis","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00289","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00289","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Provided herein are novel tricyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, use of such compounds in treating bacterial infections, and processes for preparing such compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 6","pages":"972-973"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12169469/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144315540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of Highly Selective Aldosterone Synthase Inhibitors.","authors":"Guangyuan Shen, Zimo Yang, Yue Lv, Huisi Liu, Xiaopian Tian, Xiangyu Jia, Yuanfeng Xia, Siqin Wang, Lei Jin, Zhilong Hu, Fanglong Yang","doi":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00222","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00222","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent clinical studies have heralded aldosterone synthase inhibitors (ASIs) as a promising therapeutic option for managing resistant hypertension. The efficacy of these compounds is believed to stem from their ability to mitigate aldosterone production. Consequently, we delved into the potential of aldosterone synthase inhibition as a therapeutic strategy for patients with refractory hypertension. Our focus is on the synthesis and optimization of innovative heterocyclic compounds that exhibit aldosterone synthase inhibitory activity. The CYP11B2 inhibitor we have developed exhibits an encouraging pharmacokinetic (PK) profile, along with a robust pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) relationship. This has enabled us to meticulously evaluate the trends in aldosterone inhibition and assess the compound's efficacy in vivo using nonhuman primate models.</p>","PeriodicalId":20,"journal":{"name":"ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"16 6","pages":"1175-1181"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12169458/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144315514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}