Michael G. Darnowski, Taylor D. Lanosky, Antonio D. Spada, Jason Ma, André R. Paquette, Christopher N. Boddy
{"title":"N-alkyl substituted armeniaspirol analogs show potent antibiotic activity and have low susceptibility to resistance","authors":"Michael G. Darnowski, Taylor D. Lanosky, Antonio D. Spada, Jason Ma, André R. Paquette, Christopher N. Boddy","doi":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130137","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130137","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The armeniaspirol family of antibiotics have been shown to inhibit the ATP-dependent proteases ClpXP and ClpYQ and to disrupt the electrical membrane potential (ΔΨ) bacterial proton motive force. The synthesis and characterization of first generation armeniaspirol analogs shows the <em>N</em>-alkyl group is amenable to modification. Herein we synthesize eleven second generation <em>N</em>-alkyl analogs and show they display excellent antibiotic potency against multiple MRSA strains and retain the ability to disrupt membrane electrical potential. We also show that it is difficult to generate resistant MRSA mutants to these new compounds, making them appealing leads for new antibiotic development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":256,"journal":{"name":"Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"121 ","pages":"Article 130137"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143481894","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":"Sensitive and reliable gastric ulcer related MicroRNA detection by bridge catalytic hairpin assembly (bCHA) mediated primer exchange reaction","authors":"Ligong Wang , Shan Zhao , Pang Hui , Kaige Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130153","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130153","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>MicroRNAs (miRNA) have a significant role in the progression of gastric ulcer, and the sensitive and reliable detection of miRNAs is pivotal for the early diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. In this study, we developed a novel and efficient method for detecting miRNA-122, a crucial biomarker used to assess the prognosis of gastric ulcers. This method combines the bridge catalytic hairpin assembly (bCHA)-based target sequence recycling with the primer exchange reaction (PER), resulting in a highly sensitive and label-free approach. Specifically, the bridge CHA technique, which offers superior target recognition accuracy and increased signal amplification efficiency compared to the classic CHA procedure, can selectively identify the target miRNA and release the complementary sequence to serve as a primer to facilitate the PER. This PER process produces a large number of G-quadruplex sequences, which then bind with thioflavin T to significantly increase its fluorescence. This enhanced fluorescence is used to detect miRNA-122, with a detection limit as low as 3.12 fM. The proposed approach can achieve exact discrimination of the target miRNA-122. Due to its label-free character, high selectivity, and sensitivity, this technology can serve as a practical and universal approach for detecting different biomarkers in the early stages of gastrointestinal diseases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":256,"journal":{"name":"Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"121 ","pages":"Article 130153"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143481895","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}
Jiejie Lu , Zhenzhen Liu , Ziyan Li , Jiahui Su , Haojie Zhen , Ying Qu , Piet Herdewijn , Hongmin Liu , Ying Liu , Zhenya Wang
{"title":"A review-plant medicine and its extraction components inhibit influenza virus","authors":"Jiejie Lu , Zhenzhen Liu , Ziyan Li , Jiahui Su , Haojie Zhen , Ying Qu , Piet Herdewijn , Hongmin Liu , Ying Liu , Zhenya Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130151","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130151","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Influenza is a highly prevalent and highly contagious lung disease caused by influenza viruses. The main anti-influenza strategies are vaccination and antiviral drugs. Vaccination is an effective means of prevention, but the time lag in research and development makes it difficult to respond immediately to an outbreak. Approved drugs are mainly inhibitors of neuraminidase and M2 ion channels, but, due to the variability of influenza viruses, resistance to these drugs may emerge. Botanicals and their extracts have shown unique advantages in influenza treatment and are widely used in clinics across China. However, there are few reviews on the prevention and treatment of influenza with herbal medicines. We undertook a review of relevant literature in recent years to analyze the research progress of various botanicals and their extracts in the prevention and treatment of influenza. Our review provides theoretical support for the prevention and treatment of influenza by plant-based medicines, as well as new ideas for the development of novel low-toxicity and multi-target drugs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":256,"journal":{"name":"Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 130151"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143481890","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":"Oligonucleotide-based telomerase inhibitors with a photoresponsive α-chloroaldehyde","authors":"Kentaro Kobata, Kazuki Matsubara, Risa Nishikawa, Yuki Narita, Kazuya Matsuo, Tomonori Waku, Akio Kobori","doi":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130138","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130138","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Telomerase, a ribonucleoprotein, is a reverse transcriptase that uses telomerase RNA component (hTR) as a template to elongate telomeric DNA at the ends of chromosomes. This enzyme plays a critical role in oncogenic cellular transformation. Therefore, the telomerase is considered an attractive target for cancer therapy. In this study, we synthesized photo-cross-linking oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ODNs) with a photoresponsive α-chloroaldehyde (PCA) moiety at the 3′-end or the 5′-end of the ODNs and evaluated the inhibition efficiencies for telomerase activity. PCA-modified ODNs with a sequence complementary to the template RNA of telomerase inhibited telomerase activity upon UV irradiation, whereas those with scramble sequence showed no significant inhibition. The 50 % inhibitory concentration (IC<sub>50</sub>) of PCA-modified ODN was significantly reduced by UV irradiation. These results indicate that PCA-modified ODN inhibits telomerase activity in a sequence-selective manner and that the inhibitory activity is enhanced by the cross-linking reaction following UV irradiation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":256,"journal":{"name":"Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 130138"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143475870","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":"Studies on in vitro modulatory effects to base excision repair enzymes induced by small molecule binding to Deaminated CAG repeat hairpin","authors":"Anisa Ulhusna , Asako Murata , Kazuhiko Nakatani","doi":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130152","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130152","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Base Excision Repair (BER) pathway is correlated with nucleotide repeat instability. In this report, we investigated the modulatory effects of a DNA-binding small molecule, naphthyridine azaquinolone (NA), towards BER in an in vitro system. Thermal melting analyses demonstrated binding of NA to deaminated 5’-CAG-3′/5’-CAG-3′ triads in DNA. Furthermore, binding of NA to the deaminated CAG repeat hairpin was found to partially inhibit UNG2- and APE1-catalyzed reaction, suggesting a potential mechanism for NA-induced CAG repeat contraction via BER pathway.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":256,"journal":{"name":"Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 130152"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143472007","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":"Oxime functionalized Chalcones: Unveiling a new class of Chalcones with potent Antiplasmodial activity against blood-stages of Plasmodium falciparum in culture","authors":"Reeta Chaudhary , Ayushee , Vinoth Rajendran , T.M. Rangarajan","doi":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130143","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasite, which is responsible for malaria, has developed resistance to several first-line antimalarial drugs. To address this issue, researchers have been developing novel hybrid molecules that can inhibit parasite growth. In this study, a total of 38 chalcone oxime ethers, consisting of four different types, were evaluated for <em>in vitro</em> blood-stage antiplasmodial activity against <em>P. falciparum</em> (3D7) using SYBR green I assay. The four classes of oxime ethers showed promising to moderate antiplasmodial activity. At least one molecule from each class was potent, with the IC<sub>50</sub> values of less than 5 μg/mL. Among the four classes, chalcone-chalconeoxime ethers (CCOE) were the most effective, with the IC<sub>50</sub> values of 1.55 μg/mL and 1.4 μg/mL for <strong>CCOE-2</strong> and <strong>CCOE-5</strong>, respectively. The most potent molecules, <strong>CKOE-13</strong>, <strong>COAE-2</strong>, <strong>CCOE-2</strong>, and <strong>CCOE-5</strong>, were tested against the chloroquine-resistant strain <em>P. falciparum</em> (INDO) exhibited IC<sub>50</sub> values of less than 5 μg/mL. Notably, the most potent molecules did not induce hemolysis at concentrations up to 50 μg/mL. These findings highlight a new class of chalconeoxime ethers as potent antiplasmodial agents, warranting further exploration of their biological activities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":256,"journal":{"name":"Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"121 ","pages":"Article 130143"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143466586","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}
M.S. Ajay Krishna , K.T. Ashitha , Meghashyama Prabhakara Bhat , Muthuraj Rudrappa , K.S. Sandhya , N.C. Lima , D. Basavaraja , Sunil Varughese , Sreenivasa Nayaka , Sasidhar B. Somappa
{"title":"Dual-acting β-Aminothiochromones: Design, synthesis, and evaluation as antimicrobial and anti-angiogenic agents","authors":"M.S. Ajay Krishna , K.T. Ashitha , Meghashyama Prabhakara Bhat , Muthuraj Rudrappa , K.S. Sandhya , N.C. Lima , D. Basavaraja , Sunil Varughese , Sreenivasa Nayaka , Sasidhar B. Somappa","doi":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130140","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130140","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The quest for novel antimicrobials is critical due to emerging resistance by new microorganism strains. In these circumstances, we designed and synthesized a series of β-aminothiochromones by employing an aziridines ring-opening strategy to discover antimicrobial agents that are effective against multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. Structures of the compounds [<strong>3(a-m)</strong> and <strong>3a(a-o)</strong>] were well characterized and confirmed by the spectroscopic, analytical and single crystal X-ray analysis. Further, we conducted the in vitro antimicrobial assessment studies against selected Gram-positive, and Gram-negative bacterial strains and two fungal strains. In preliminary screening, all synthesized compounds exhibited moderate activity compared to tested standard drugs Ampicillin, Ciprofloxacin and Fluconazole wherein, <strong>3</strong> <strong>m</strong> and <strong>3ae</strong> displayed higher anti-microbial activities. In addition, these analogues exhibited anti-angiogenic properties on HepG2 cells. The in-silico studies on promising hits, <strong>3</strong> <strong>m</strong> and <strong>3ae</strong> on proteins DNA gyrase and Topoisomerase IV indicate that these hybrids possess better binding energy in comparison with standard drugs. Thus, based on in vitro and silico studies, the newly synthesized compounds appear to be potential scaffolds for antimicrobial and anti-angiogenic drug discovery initiatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":256,"journal":{"name":"Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 130140"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143456544","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}
Byul Moon , Ahra Go , Seulki Park , Hyun Jin Kim , Dongju An , Jaehoon Kim , Joo-Youn Lee , Jeong-Hoon Kim , Jong Yeon Hwang , Jung-Ae Kim
{"title":"Discovery of novel WRN inhibitors for treating MSI-H colorectal cancers","authors":"Byul Moon , Ahra Go , Seulki Park , Hyun Jin Kim , Dongju An , Jaehoon Kim , Joo-Youn Lee , Jeong-Hoon Kim , Jong Yeon Hwang , Jung-Ae Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130141","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130141","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Werner protein, WRN, is a member of the RecQ helicase family implicated in genome maintenance. Several large-scale functional genomics screens have identified WRN as a synthetic lethal target in cancer cell lines with microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H). Accordingly, WRN is considered a potential therapeutic target in MSI-H cancers. HRO761, a non-covalent WRN inhibitor developed by Novartis, entered clinical trial for patients with MSI-H colorectal cancer (CRC). In this study, we investigated bioisosteric replacement of the hydroxyl pyrimidine residue of HRO761 with several bicyclic structures to obtain a novel chemical entity. <em>In vitro</em> ATPase and cell proliferation assays revealed two candidate chemicals that showed similar or better effects than HRO761. Additionally, an <em>in vivo</em> study demonstrated that KWR095, a newly synthesized WRN inhibitor, has significant anti-proliferative effects compared with vehicle.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":256,"journal":{"name":"Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 130141"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143432076","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}
Shan Lu , Zhuang Li , Peng Jiang , Bo Jiang , Shanqin Huang , Xinhang Su , Ke Ma , Ying Xu , Lingling Ding , Di Mao
{"title":"Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of Streptazolin analogs as anti-inflammatory agents","authors":"Shan Lu , Zhuang Li , Peng Jiang , Bo Jiang , Shanqin Huang , Xinhang Su , Ke Ma , Ying Xu , Lingling Ding , Di Mao","doi":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130139","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A plant endophytic actinomycete <em>Streptomyces</em> sp. JS39–4 was isolated from the root of water spinach (<em>Ipomoea aquatica</em> Forsk.). Its main secondary metabolite streptazolin (<strong>1</strong>) was purified in a high yield under the optimized cultural condition. Sixteen analogs of streptazolin with modification at C-5 were synthesized. Among them, compound <strong>2e</strong> exhibits the most potent anti-inflammatory activity in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 mouse macrophages. The current research provides the first report on the anti-inflammatory activity of streptazolin analogs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":256,"journal":{"name":"Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 130139"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143429879","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}
Charalambos Kaittanis , Hyunjung Kim , Tyler Teceno , Yoann Petibon , Ashley Knight , Matthew Crouthamel , Anthony P. Belanger , Zhaoming Xiong , Wanida Ruangsiriluk , Meera Modi , Rizwana Islam , Madhu Natarajan , Nikolaos Papaioannou , Christopher T. Winkelmann , Johannes Tauscher , Paul McQuade
{"title":"Radiosynthesis and in vivo evaluation of [18F]BEAN as a potential mitochondria-based PET biomarker for metabolic disorders","authors":"Charalambos Kaittanis , Hyunjung Kim , Tyler Teceno , Yoann Petibon , Ashley Knight , Matthew Crouthamel , Anthony P. Belanger , Zhaoming Xiong , Wanida Ruangsiriluk , Meera Modi , Rizwana Islam , Madhu Natarajan , Nikolaos Papaioannou , Christopher T. Winkelmann , Johannes Tauscher , Paul McQuade","doi":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130142","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130142","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Changes in metabolism are associated with several prevalent and rare diseases, like Hunter syndrome (MPS II). These alterations result in changes in mitochondrial function, therefore having non-invasive imaging biomarkers to detect this pathophysiological hallmark is a key objective of translational medicine. Here we report the synthesis and <em>in vivo</em> evaluation of the [<sup>18</sup>F]berberine analogue ([<sup>18</sup>F]BEAN), in both wildtype animals and a mouse model of Hunter's disease. PET/CT imaging revealed that [<sup>18</sup>F]BEAN could detect mitochondrial dysfunction in the heart, liver, and brain of Hunter's disease (Ids KO) mice. These data suggest that [<sup>18</sup>F]BEAN may be a viable translational PET biomarker for the imaging of diverse pathologies that have impaired mitochondrial function.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":256,"journal":{"name":"Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 130142"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143432078","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}