Identification of hydrazone moiety-bearing aminopyrimidines as potent antitumor agents with selective inhibition of gefitinib-resistant H1975 cancer cells

Based on our previous work,a series of hydrazone moiety-bearing aminopyrimidines were synthesized.The compounds were evaluated for inhibitory activities against EGFRT790M/L858 R and antiproliferative activities against H1975 and A549 NSCLC cell lines harboring different forms of EGFR.Compounds 7f and7 k exhibited potent and selective activity in inhibition of gefitinib-resistant H1975 cancer cells(IC_(50);0.45,0.2μmol/L) while were much less active on A549 cancer cells(IC_(50);52.83,100μmol/L).Both compounds could be served as promising lead compounds for further investigation.     

3-Oxodapagliflozin as a Potent and Highly Selective SGLT2 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Structural modifications of 3-OH in the glucose moiety of dapagliflozin（1）, an approved potent sodium-dependent glucose transporter 2（SGLT2） inhibitor, led to 3-oxodapagliflozin（16）, a highly potent and more selective SGLT2 inhibitor[IC50（hSGLT1）/IC50（hSGLT2）=2851 for compound 16 vs. 843 for compound 1]. 3-Oxodapagliflozin（16） exhibited in vitro（IC50=1.0nmol/L against hSGLT2 for compound 16 vs. 1.3 nmol/L for compound 1） and in vivo activities comparable to those of dapagliflozin（1）. The bioactivities of 3-oxodapagliflozin （16） warrant its further evaluation as a promising SGLT2 inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.     

Synthesis and biological evaluation of 3-amino-2-pyrones as selective cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) inhibitors

A group of 3-amino-2-pyrones were synthesized and their biological activities were evaluated for inhibiting cyclooxygenase（COX） activity.This study has led to the identification of COX-1-selective inhibitors.Among the tested compounds,the compound 5j exhibited the most potent COX-1 inhibitory activity(IC₅₀ = 19.32μg/mL) and COX-1 selectivity index（SI = 41.98）.     

Design, synthesis and antiproliferative activities of novel 5H-pyridazino[4,5-b]indoles

A novel series of 5H-pyridazino[4,5-b]indoles were designed and synthesized in order to find novel potent anticancer compounds.The structures were confirmed by ~1H NMR and MS.Their antiproliferative activities against two cancer cell lines were tested by the MTT method in vitro.Three of compounds (1e,1g,and 1h) exhibited potent antiproliferative activities,especially compound 1h (with IC_(50) values of 5.2μmol/L and 1.9μmol/L against Bel-7402 and HT-1080,respectively).The preliminary structure-activity relationships of 5H-pyridazino[4,5-b]indole derivatives were discussed.     

4,5,6,7-Tetrahydro-[1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrazine as a new scaffold for heat shock protein 90 inhibitors

Heat shock protein 90(hsp90) is a promising anticancer drug target. A library of 2,4-dihydroxyphenyl(resorcinol) substituted 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-[1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrazine compounds that target this protein were designed and prepared based on our earlier study. The compounds were tested in five cancer cell lines and seven of them showed notable anticancer activity(IC_(50)2–10 mmol/L). The active subset compounds were further subjected to a polarized fluorescent assay and exhibited high binding affinity toward purified hsp90(IC_(50)60–100 nmol/L). These results indicated that the tetrahydrotriazolopyrazine motif of the molecules may represent a novel scaffold for the development of hsp90 inhibitors.     

A NOVEL MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMER： SYNTHESIS AND ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR OF GATIFLOXACIN

A kind of molecularly imprinted polymer （MIPs） with high selectivity was prepared using methacrylic acid （MAA） as functional monomer, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate （EDMA） as crosslinker and Gatifloxacin as template. The effect of various parameters such as volume of solvent, functional monomer dosage, crosslinker dosage and polymerization time were investigated. The selective binding experiment for substrates show that the affinity and selectivity for Gatifloxacin were higher than that for blank polymer. Scatchard analysis show that the MIPs recognized template with two kinds of binding sites. The dissociation constant Kd and maximum adsorption quantity Qmax of these two kinds of binding sites were calculated： Kd1 and Qmax1 of the binding sites with high affinity were 8.67×10^-4 mol/L and 28.19μmol/g, while Kd2 and Qmax2 of the binding sites with low affinity were 1.05×10^-3 mol/L and 33.20μmol/g respectively.     

Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of Sorafenib Analogs Containing a Tetrazole Moiety

A novel series of diaryl biuret derivatives containing a tetrazole moiety was designed and synthesized.All the target compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antitumor activity against HT-29,HepG2,MCF-7 and A549 cells by MTT assay.Most of them exhibited obvious antitumor activity,and four of them(4a,4c,4h and 7a)were superior to sorafenib in general.Among them,Compound 4h displayed more potent activity than sorafenib in all tested cancer cells.Compound 4c exhibited the most outstanding activity in inhibition of growth of HepG2 cells(IC50=0.55 μmol/L).Further,they both revealed favorable metabolic stability in in vitro assay.Compounds 4c and 4h are promising candidates for further development.     

Fabrication of poly(2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid)/MWNTs modified electrode for simultaneous determination of guanine and adenine in DNA

The fabrication of poly(2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid)/MWNTs modified glass electrode(PPDA/MWNTs/GCE) was proposed and used for individual or simultaneous determination of guanine and adenine.The performances of the PPDA/MWNTs/GCE were characterized with cyclic voltammetry(CV).The modified electrode exhibited enhanced electrocatalytic behavior and good stability for the detection of guanine and adenine.Differential pulse voltammetry(DPV) was used to determine the concentration of guanine,adenine.The detection limit(S/N = 3) for guanine and adenine was 0.045μmol/L and 0.05μmol/L,respectively.The electrochemical method for the measurement of guanine and adenine in calf thymus DNA was also developed with this modified electrode and the result was satisfactory.     

Structure-based linker optimization of 6-(2-cyclohexyl-1-alkyl)-2-(2-oxo-2-phenylethylsulfanyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones as potent non-nucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors

In continuation of our efforts toward the discovery of potent HIV-1 NNRTIs with diverse structures,a series of novel S-DACO analogues of 6-(2-cyclohexyl-1-allkyl)-2-(2-oxo-2-phenyl-ethylsulfanyl)pyrimidin-4(3 H)-ones were designed,synthesized and evaluated for their antiviral activities in MT-4 cells.Most of these new compounds showed moderate to good activities against wild type HIV-1 with IC_(50) values ranging from 7.55 μmol/L to 0.018 μmol/L.Among them,compound 5 c was identified as the most promising inhibitor against HIV-1 replication with an IC_(50)=0.018 μmol/L,CC_(50)=194 μmol/L,and SI=12791,which was much more potent than the reference drugs NVP and DLV and comparable to AZT and EFV.In addition,5 c also exhibited improved activity against double mutant HIV-1 strain RES056 compared to that of the reference drugs NVP/DLV and DB02.The preliminary structure-activity relationship(SAR) and molecular modeling studies were also discussed,which provides some useful indications for guiding the further rational design of new S-DACO analogues.     

Synthesis and anti-HBV activity of S-substituted 7-mercapto-4-methylcoumarin analogs

Twelve S-substituted 7-mercapto-4-methylcoumarin analogs were synthesized and evaluated for the inhibition to HBV in HepG2 2.2.1.5 cell. Among them, ten compounds exhibited potent inhibition to HBsAg and/or HBeAg with the IC50 values of sub μmol/L level. The ICso of anti-HBsAg activities of 5c and 5j reached 0.01 μmol/L respectively which were 16 fold more potent than that of 3TC. Compounds 3, 5e, 5g, 5h and 5i showed admirable inhibitory activity to both HBsAg and HBeAg. The bioassay results indicated the S-substituted 7-mercapto-4-methylcoumarin analogs merit attention as novel anti-HBV agents.     

Design,synthesis and antiproliferative activities of diaryl urea derivatives bearing N-acylhydrazone moiety

A new series of diaryl urea derivatives bearing N-acylhydrazone moiety were designed and synthesized.All the target compounds were evaluated for their antiproliferative activities against human leukemia cell line(HL-60),human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cell line(A549) and human breast cancer cell line(MDA-MB-231) in vitro by standard MTT assay.The pharmacological results indicated that some compounds exhibited promising antitumor activities.Compound 1j showed the most potent antiproliferative activity against the tested three cell lines with IC values of 0.13 mmol/L,0.7 mmol/L and 0.5 mmol/L,respectively.     

Amino acid derivatives of pyropheophorbide-a ethers as photosensitizer: Synthesis and photodynamic activity

Ten new water-soluble amino acid conjugates of pyropheophorbide-a ethers 4a–4j were synthesized and investigated for their in vitro photodynamic antitumor activity. The results showed that all compounds exhibited higher phototoxicity and lower dark toxicity against three kinds of tumor cell lines than BPD-MA. In particular, the most phototoxic compound 4d and 4j individually showed IC_(50) values of 41 nmol/L and 33 nmol/L against HCT116 cell, which represented 7.8- and 9.7-fold increase of antitumor potency compared to BPD-MA, respectively, suggesting that they were promising photosensitizers for PDT applications because of their strong absorption at long wavelength(λ_(max) 650 nm), high phototoxicity, low dark cytotoxicity and good water-solubility.     

N-Fluorinated phenyl-N＇-pyrimidyl urea derivatives： Synthesis,biological evaluation and 3D-QSAR study

With the increase of herbicide-resistant weeds, novel, more selective and even more potent herbicides to control weeds are needed. In this paper, a series of N-fluorinated phenyl-N＇-pyrimidyl urea derivatives were synthesized and screened for their herbicidal activities against Amaranthus retroflexus （AR） and Setaria viridis （ SV）. Compound 2S （N-（3-trifluoromethylphenyl）-N＇-（2-amino-4-chloro-6-methylpyr- imidyl） urea） exhibited marked herbicidal activity against SV（IC50 =11.67 mg/L） and is more potent than bensulfuron （IC50= 27.45 mg/L）, a commercially available herbicide. A statistically significant CoMFA model with high prediction abilities （q2 = 0.869, r2 = 0.989） was obtained.     

Synthesis and evaluation of in vitro anticancer activity of novel solasodine derivatives

<正>Solasodine 11 is a steroidal alkaloid with various biological activities.Herein,8 novel solasodine derivatives were synthesized and their effect on prostate cancer cell proliferation was assessed in vitro.Significant improvement in antiproliferative activity was achieved among some of the synthetic analogs.In particular,19 exhibited the most potent inhibitory effect against the proliferation of PC-3 cell line(IC_(50) = 3.91μmol/L).     

Synthesis and in vitro Anti-hepatitis B Virus Activity of Some Ethyl 5-Hydroxy-4-substituted Aminomethyl-2-sulfinylmethyl-1H-indole-3-carboxylates

A novel series of ethyl 5-hydroxy-4-substituted aminomethyl-2-sulfinylmethyl-1H-indole-3-carboxylates 8a―8j and 11e―11f was synthesized and evaluated in HepG2.2.15 cells for their anti-hepatitits B virus(HBV) acti-vity and cytotoxicity.Among them,six compounds showed more potent inhibitory activity than lamivudine.Compound 8e exhibited the most significant anti-HBV activity with an IC50 value of 1.62 μmol/L,which was 33-times more potent than the reference drug lamivudine(IC50=54.78 μmol/L).     

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel N-(alkoxyphenyl)-aminocarbonylbenzoic acid derivatives as PTP1B inhibitors

<正>Based on the fact that petroselinic acid showed good inhibitory activity(IC_(50) = 6.99μmol/L) against protein tyrosine phophatase 1B(PTP1B) in vitro,a series of novel N-(alkoxyphenyl)-aminocarbonylbenzoic acid derivatives were designed and synthesized.The results indicated that most of the derivatives showed more potent activities against PTP1B.Especially,compound 13 had obvious activity with an IC_(50) of 106 nmol/L in vitro.     

Design,synthesis and biological evaluation of O-linked indoles as VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitors(Ⅰ)

Inhibition of VEGFR-2 signaling pathway has already become one of the most promising approaches for the treatment of cancer.In this study,we describe the design,synthesis,and biological evaluation of a series of O-linked indoles as potent inhibitors of VEGFR-2.Among these compounds,18 showed significant anti-angiogenesis activities via VEGFR-2 in enzymatic proliferation assays,with IC_(50) value of3.8 nmol/L Kinase selectivity profiling revealed that 18 was a multitargeted inhibitor,and it also exhibited good potency against VEGFR-1,PDCFR-α and β.     

高效液相色谱法测定肿瘤患者血清中唾液酸的含量

A method for the determination of sialic acid (SA) in serum with high performance liquid chromatography was established. The condition were Sheer C18 , 10μm , column, sulfuric acid solution (pH 3.0) eluent and UV-210 detection. The recovery and detection limit of SA were 99.42% and 0.003 nmol/L respectively. The calibrations curve was linear within the range of 0. 032-3.23 nmol/L. The SA in serum samples of 34 healthy subjects and 92 cancer patients were determined by this method.     

反相高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定尿液中儿茶酚胺和肾上腺素(英文)

The measurement of urine catecholamine and metanephrine concentrations is important for biochemical screening and diagnosis of pheochromocytoma.The goal of this work was to develop a simple liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(LC-MS/MS)method for determining catecholamines and metanephrines in urine to replace an existing liquid chromatographic method using electrochemical detection.Urine samples were prepared using Oasis weak-cation-exchange cartridges.The eluate was analyzed on an Agilent ZORBAX Eclipse Plus Phenyl-Hexyl column in 3 min.Adrenaline,noradrenaline,dopamine,metanephrine,normetanephrine,and their deuterated internal standards were monitored in positive electrospray ionization mode by multiple reaction monitoring(MRM).No evidence of ion suppression was observed.The assay was linear up to 5μmol/L for adrenaline,5μmol/L for noradrenaline,6.1μmol/L for dopamine,5.6μmol/L for metanephrine,and 34.6μmol/L for normetanephrine,with lower limits of quantification of 5,5,12,6 and 7nmol/L,respectively.The intra-day and inter-day precisions for all analytes ranged from 0.59%to 4.64%and1.98%to 4.80%,respectively.External quality assurance samples were assayed and showed excellent agreement with the target values.This simple method provides an improved assay for determining urine catecholamines and metanephrines.