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Claire Bourdin Christopher McGuigan Andrea Brancale Stanley Chamberlain John Vernachio Jeff Hutchins Elena Gorovits Alexander Kolykhalov Jerry Muhammad Joseph Patti Geoffrey Henson Blair Bleiman K. Dawn Bryant Babita Ganguly Damound Hunley Aleksandr Obikhod C. Robin Walters Jin Wang C. Srivinas Rao 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2013,23(7):2260-2264
7-Deazapurines are known to possess broad antiviral activity, however the 2′-C-methylguanosine analogue displays poor cell permeation and limited phosphorylation, thus is not an efficient inhibitor of hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication. We previously reported the 6-O-methyl entity as a prodrug moiety to increase liphophilicity of guanine nucleosides and the ProTide approach applied to 2′-C-methyl-6-O-methylguanosine has lead to potent HCV inhibitors now in clinical trials. In this Letter, we report the synthesis and biological evaluation of 2′-C-methyl-6-O-methyl-7-deaza guanosine and ProTide derivatives. In contrast to prior studies, removal of the N-7 of the nucleobase entirely negates anti-HCV activity compared to the 2′-C-methyl-6-O-methylguanosine analogues. To understand better this significant loss of activity, enzymatic assays and molecular modeling were carried out and suggested 2′-C-methyl-6-O-methyl-7-deaza guanosine and related ProTides do not act as efficient prodrugs of the free nucleotide, in marked contrast to the case of the parent guanine analogue. 相似文献
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Chandrabhan Seniya Harshal Mishra Ajay Yadav Nitin Sagar Babita Chaturvedi Kuldeep Uchadia Gulshan Wadhwa 《Bioinformation》2013,9(1):54-60
4-hydroxypanduratin A is a secondary metabolite of Boesenbergia pandurata Schult. (Fingerroot) plant with various pharmacological
activities such as neuroprotective, potent antioxidant, antibacterial and antifungal. Flaviviral NS2B/NS3 protease activity is
essential for polyprotein processing and viral replication for Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV), a major cause of Acute Encephaltis in
Asia. Inhibition of formation of this complex by arresting the binding of NS2B with NS3 would reduce the enzyme''s activity to
meager proportions and hence would prevent further viral proliferation. The automated 3D structure of NS2B protein of the JEV
GP78 was predicted based on the sequence-to-structure-to-function paradigm using I-TASSER and the function of NS2B protein
was inferred by matching to other known proteins. The stereochemical quality of predicted structure was checked by PROCHECK.
The antiviral activity of 4-hydroxypanduratin A against NS2B protein as a potential drug has been elucidated in this paper.
Docking simulation analysis showed 4-hydroxypanduratin A as potential inhibitor of NS2B protein/cofactor which is necessary for
NS3 protease activity. 220 derivatives of 4-hydroxypanduratin A were virtually screened with rigid criteria of Lipinski''s rule of 5
using Autodock4.2. 4-hydroxypanduratin A was found interacting with target hydrophilic domain in NS2B protein by two Hbonds
(Gly80 and Asp81) with active residues, several hydrophobic interactions, Log P value of 5.6, inhibition constant (Ki) of
51.07nM and lowest binding energy of -9.95Kcal/Mol. Hence, 4-hydroxypanduratin A targeted to Site 2 will have sufficient
profound effect to inhibit protease activity to abrogate viral replication. It could be a promising potential drug candidate for JEV
infections using NS2B Site 2 as a Drug target. 相似文献
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Sonika Patial Yogesh Saini Sitaram Parvataneni Daniel M. Appledorn Gerald W. Dorn II John J. LaPres Andrea Amalfitano Patricia Senagore Narayanan Parameswaran 《Journal of cellular physiology》2011,226(3):627-637
G‐protein‐coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) is a member of a kinase family originally discovered for its role in the phosphorylation and desensitization of G‐protein‐coupled receptors. It is expressed in high levels in myeloid cells and its levels are altered in many inflammatory disorders including sepsis. To address the physiological role of myeloid cell‐specific GRK2 in inflammation, we generated mice bearing GRK2 deletion in myeloid cells (GRK2?mye). GRK2?mye mice exhibited exaggerated inflammatory cytokine/chemokine production, and organ injury in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS, a TLR4 ligand) when compared to wild‐type littermates (GRK2fl/fl). Consistent with this, peritoneal macrophages from GRK2?mye mice showed enhanced inflammatory cytokine levels when stimulated with LPS. Our results further identify TLR4‐induced NF‐κB1p105‐ERK pathway to be selectively regulated by GRK2. LPS‐induced activation of NF‐κB1p105‐MEK‐ERK pathway is significantly enhanced in the GRK2?mye macrophages compared to GRK2fl/fl cells and importantly, inhibition of the p105 and ERK pathways in the GRK2?mye macrophages, limits the enhanced production of LPS‐induced cytokines/chemokines. Taken together, our studies reveal previously undescribed negative regulatory role for GRK2 in TLR4‐induced p105‐ERK pathway as well as in the consequent inflammatory cytokine/chemokine production and endotoxemia in mice. J. Cell. Physiol. 226: 627–637, 2011. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. 相似文献
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Sanjai Kumar Hong Zheng Bingbing Deng Babita Mahajan Bryan Grabias Yukiko Kozakai Merribeth J. Morin Emily Locke Ashley Birkett Kazutoyo Miura Carole Long 《PloS one》2014,9(12)
There is still a need for sensitive and reproducible immunoassays for quantitative detection of malarial antigens in preclinical and clinical phases of vaccine development and in epidemiology and surveillance studies, particularly in the vector host. Here we report the results of sensitivity and reproducibility studies for a research-grade, quantitative enhanced chemiluminescent-based slot blot assay (ECL-SB) for detection of both recombinant Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (rPfCSP) and native PfCSP from Oocysts (Pf Oocyst) developing in the midguts of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes. The ECL-SB detects as little as 1.25 pg of rPfCSP (linear range of quantitation 2.5–20 pg; R2 = 0.9505). We also find the earliest detectable expression of native PfCSP in Pf Oocyst by ECL-SB occurs on day 7 post feeding with infected blood meal. The ECL-SB was able to detect approximately as few as 0.5 day 8 Pf Oocysts (linear quantitation range 1–4, R2 = 0.9795) and determined that one Pf Oocyst expressed approximately 2.0 pg (0.5–3 pg) of native PfCSP, suggesting a similar range of detection for recombinant and native forms of Pf CSP. The ECL-SB is highly reproducible; the Coefficient of Variation (CV) for inter-assay variability for rPf CSP and native PfCSP were 1.74% and 1.32%, respectively. The CVs for intra-assay variability performed on three days for rPf CSP were 2.41%, 0.82% and 2% and for native Pf CSP 1.52%, 0.57%, and 1.86%, respectively. In addition, the ECL-SB was comparable to microscopy in determining the P. falciparum prevalence in mosquito populations that distinctly contained either high and low midgut Pf Oocyst burden. In whole mosquito samples, estimations of positivity for P. falciparum in the high and low burden groups were 83.3% and 23.3% by ECL-SB and 85.7% and 27.6% by microscopy. Based on its performance characteristics, ECL-SB could be valuable in vaccine development and to measure the parasite prevalence in mosquitoes and transmission-blocking interventions in endemic areas. 相似文献
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MUC1 mucin, an important protein of epithelial cells and epithelial-derived carcinomas, is also expressed on activated T cells, showing both positive and negative regulatory functions. It is currently unknown whether MUC1 is a true regulatory protein of T cells and what conditions lead to MUC1 co-stimulation versus co-inhibition. We have found that MUC1 is expressed on the majority of T-regulatory cells (CD4(+)/CD25(+)/FoxP3(+)) in humans (>90%) and that CD3/MUC1 co-stimulation leads to an increased number of T-regulatory cells. We also discovered that the immunoregulatory function is dependent upon the number of accessory (CD3(-)) cells present, with co-inhibition occurring with <5-10% accessory cells while co-stimulation begins with a reconstitution of ~50% accessory cells. Co-inhibition was also found to not be the result of the apoptosis but a separate and unknown pathway. This data further characterizes MUC1 as an immunoregulatory protein of T cells capable of giving a positive or negative stimulus. 相似文献
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A most common problem encountered in radiosterilization of solid drugs is discoloration or yellowing. By pharmacopoeia method,
discoloration can be assessed by measuring absorbance of solutions of irradiated solid samples at 450 nm. We propose to evaluate
discoloration of solid samples directly by recording their diffuse reflectance spectra. Further, the reflectance spectrum
is used to compute various color parameters: CIE XYZ tristimulus value, CIE Lab, (color difference), yellowness index (YI), dominant wavelength, and excitation purity by CIE method. The investigation of
difference reflectance spectra and color parameters revealed that for fluoroquinolones, e-beam was more damaging than gamma
radiation, whereas for cephalosporins, trend was reversed. The quantum of discoloration with gamma radiation and e-beam is
found to be nearly equal when assessed by pharmacopeia method, and it is therefore inadequate to assess small color differences.
The color parameters and ΔYI are found to be reliable indicators of discoloration. The tolerance limits proposed in terms of and ΔYI are ±2 and ±10 U, respectively. The dominant wavelength for all compounds has shifted to higher values indicating
change in hue but defining color tolerance limit with this parameter requires adjunct excitation purity value. 相似文献
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Patial S Shahi S Saini Y Lee T Packiriswamy N Appledorn DM Lapres JJ Amalfitano A Parameswaran N 《Journal of cellular physiology》2011,226(5):1323-1333
G-protein coupled receptor kinase-5 (GRK5) is a serine/threonine kinase discovered for its role in the regulation of G-protein coupled receptor signaling. Recent studies have shown that GRK5 is also an important regulator of signaling pathways stimulated by non-GPCRs. This study was undertaken to determine the physiological role of GRK5 in Toll-like receptor-4-induced inflammatory signaling pathways in vivo and in vitro. Using mice genetically deficient in GRK5 (GRK5(-/-) ) we demonstrate here that GRK5 is an important positive regulator of lipopolysaccharide (LPS, a TLR4 agonist)-induced inflammatory cytokine and chemokine production in vivo. Consistent with this role, LPS-induced neutrophil infiltration in the lungs (assessed by myeloperoxidase activity) was markedly attenuated in the GRK5(-/-) mice compared to the GRK5(+/+) mice. Similar to the in vivo studies, primary macrophages from GRK5(-/-) mice showed attenuated cytokine production in response to LPS. Our results also identify TLR4-induced NFκB pathway in macrophages to be selectively regulated by GRK5. LPS-induced IκBα phosphorylation, NFκB p65 nuclear translocation, and NFκB binding were markedly attenuated in GRK5(-/-) macrophages. Together, our findings demonstrate that GRK5 is a positive regulator of TLR4-induced IκBα-NFκB pathway as well as a key modulator of LPS-induced inflammatory response. 相似文献
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Imatinib mesylate is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the ABL, platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), and c-kit kinases. Inhibition of BCR-ABL and c-kit accounts for its clinical activity in leukemia and sarcoma, respectively. In this report, we describe other cellular targets for imatinib. Treatment of head and neck squamous carcinoma cells with clinically relevant concentrations of imatinib-induced changes in cell morphology and growth similar to changes associated with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation. Imatinib-induced changes were blocked with the EGFR antagonist cetuximab, which suggested direct involvement of EGFR in this process. Western blot analysis of cells incubated with imatinib demonstrated activation of EGFR and downstream signaling that was reduced by inhibition of mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase 1 (MEK1) and EGFR, but not Her2/ErbB2. An in vitro kinase assay showed that imatinib did not directly affect EGFR kinase activity, suggesting involvement of EGFR-activating molecules. Inhibitors and neutralizing antibodies against heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF), and to a lesser extent transforming growth factor-alpha, reduced imatinib-mediated mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation. Imatinib stimulated the rapid release of soluble HB-EGF and the subsequent induction of membrane-bound HB-EGF, which correlated with biphasic MAPK activation. Together, these results suggested that imatinib affects EGFR activation and signaling pathways through rapid release and increased expression of endogenous EGFR-activating ligands. Although, imatinib primarily inhibits tyrosine kinases, it also stimulates the activity of EGFR tyrosine kinase in head and neck squamous tumors. This finding demonstrates the need for careful use of this drug in cancer patients. 相似文献
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Babita Aneja Mohammad Irfan Md. Imtaiyaz Hassan Amresh Prakash Umesh Yadava Constantin G. Daniliuc 《Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry》2016,31(5):834-852
Novel monocyclic β-lactam derivatives bearing aryl, phenyl and heterocyclic rings were synthesized as possible antibacterial agents. Cyclization of imines (3h, 3t) with phenylacetic acid in the presence of phosphoryl chloride and triethyl amine did not afford the expected β-lactams. Instead, highly substituted 1,3-oxazin-4-ones (4h, 4t) were isolated as the only product and confirmed by single crystal X-ray analysis of 4t. The results of antibacterial activity showed that compound 4l exhibited considerable antibacterial activity with MIC and MBC values of 62.5?µg/mL against Klebsiella pneumoniae. Cytotoxicity assay on Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell line revealed non-cytotoxic behavior of compounds 4d, 4h, 4k and 4l up to 200?μg/mL conc. Molecular docking was performed for compound 4l with penicillin binding protein-5 to identify the nature of interactions. The results of both in silico and in vitro evaluation provide the basis for compound 4l to be carried as a potential lead molecule in the drug discovery pipeline against bacterial infections. 相似文献
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Pornpun Vivithanaporn Ferdinand Maingat Liang-Tzung Lin Hong Na Christopher D. Richardson Babita Agrawal éric A. Cohen Jack H. Jhamandas Christopher Power 《PloS one》2010,5(9)