Article
Immunology
Mahdieh Mehrpouri, Atieh Pourbagheri-Sigaroodi, Davood Bashash
Summary: This article outlines the role of epigenetic modulations, particularly histone deacetylases, in hematologic malignancies and their therapeutic potential. Research suggests that HDACs play a significant role in hematopoiesis and the development of blood cancers.
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marta Halasa, Kamila Adamczuk, Grzegorz Adamczuk, Syeda Afshan, Andrzej Stepulak, Marek Cybulski, Anna Wawruszak
Summary: N-ε-lysine acetylation/deacetylation is a common post-translational modification regulated by histone acetyltransferases and histone deacetylases, influencing the properties and functions of histones and non-histone proteins, including transcription factors that alter cell signaling pathways and impact cancer progression. HDACs play a significant role in deacetylating targets, leading to the regulation of proteins involved in cell cycle and apoptosis, ultimately affecting tumor growth, invasion, and drug resistance. This review highlights the clinical importance of epigenetic modifications as a potential therapeutic target in cancer treatment.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Editorial Material
Microbiology
Tom Boissavy, Dante Rotili, Thomas Mouveaux, Emmanuel Roger, El Moukthar Aliouat, Christine Pierrot, Sergio Valente, Antonello Mai, Mathieu Gissot
Summary: Toxoplasmosis is a significant health issue for immune-deficient individuals and newborns of infected mothers. New compounds with potent anti-parasitic activity have been discovered, which can serve as therapeutic targets for the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Marcel K. W. Mackwitz, Eva Hesping, Korina Eribez, Andrea Schoeler, Yevgeniya Antonova-Koch, Jana Held, Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Katherine T. Andrews, Finn K. Hansen
Summary: This study reports on a new peptoid-based HDAC inhibitor with dual-stage antiplasmodial activity, showing potential activity against malaria parasites and selectivity for human cells. These data provide a foundation for future improvements to these dual-stage inhibitors as potential drug leads for malaria.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Justine S. Habibian, Matthew J. Bolino, Bradley S. Ferguson
Summary: Skeletal muscle differentiation requires the activation of satellite cells to proliferate, differentiate, and fuse. This process is regulated by myogenic transcription factors, which are tightly controlled by intracellular signaling pathways, including the protein kinase D (PKD) family. In this study, the researchers found that inhibiting class I histone deacetylases (HDACs), specifically HDAC8, attenuated PKD phosphorylation in skeletal muscle cells, suggesting that HDAC8 may function as a feedback regulator of PKD phosphorylation during muscle differentiation.
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Anton Fruhauf, Franz-Josef Meyer-Almes
Summary: HDACs play a role in many diseases, and the hydroxamate group in HDACis may cause toxic side effects, leading to exploration of non-hydroxamic HDACis. These new inhibitors have alternative ZBGs to replace the hydroxamate group, maintaining high potency and high selectivity.
Review
Chemistry, Medicinal
Yi-Min Liu, Jing-Ping Liou
Summary: HDAC inhibitors have been widely studied and used as a strategy to reverse aberrant epigenetic changes associated with cancer. Recently, the combination use of HDAC inhibitors with other drugs has shown superior efficacy in clinical trials. Hence, there is a need for the development of new anticancer treatments and therapeutic regimens.
EXPERT OPINION ON THERAPEUTIC PATENTS
(2023)
Review
Medical Laboratory Technology
Jehan Mohammad Nazri, Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Elvin D. de Araujo, Dziyana Kraskouskaya, Patrick T. Gunning, Vinod Chandran
Summary: Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are inflammatory diseases that affect the skin and musculoskeletal system. Current treatments for these conditions are not fully effective, leading to a reduced quality of life for patients. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, originally investigated as anti-cancer agents, have shown promise as a new anti-inflammatory treatment for inflammatory diseases. However, more research is needed to determine their effectiveness for PsA patients. This review provides an overview of psoriatic disease, HDACs, and discusses the potential use of HDAC inhibitors in managing persistent inflammation in psoriatic disease.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Eleftherios Spartalis, Konstantinos Kotrotsios, Dimosthenis Chrysikos, Michael Spartalis, Stavroula A. Paschou, Dimitrios Schizas, Konstantinos Tsamakis, Dimitrios Dimitroulis, Theodore Troupis, Nikolaos Nikiteas
Summary: The study evaluates the role of HDACIs in PTC treatment and outlines the current trends in research. While HDACIs show promising anti-cancer effects on PTC cell lines, they have not shown significant responses in clinical trials. Further research is needed to explore their potential as an additional treatment modality.
CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Yuqi Jiang, Jie Xu, Kairui Yue, Chao Huang, Mengting Qin, Dongyu Chi, Qixin Yu, Yue Zhu, Xiaohan Hou, Tongqiang Xu, Min Li, C. James Chou, Xiaoyang Li
Summary: The study focused on modifying HDAC inhibitors to deactivate the Michael reaction in order to improve their potency. Compound 11h showed significant improvements in both HDAC inhibitory activity and cell-based antitumor assay, demonstrating potential for clinical application and efficacy against AML.
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Siddhartha Das Pramanik, Amit Kumar Halder, Ushmita Mukherjee, Dharmendra Kumar, Yadu Nandan Dey, R. Mogana
Summary: This review examines the role of HDACs in cancer treatment. While clinical trials with HDACi as monotherapy have had mixed results, combination therapy with other anticancer drugs has shown synergistic effects, increasing efficacy and decreasing toxicity.
FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Bartosz Bieszczad, Damian Garbicz, Marta Switalska, Marta K. Dudek, Dawid Warszycki, Joanna Wietrzyk, Elzbieta Grzesiuk, Adam Mieczkowski
Summary: In this study, a library of 19 analogues of Vorinostat was developed and tested for their HDAC inhibition and cytotoxic effects on cancer and normal cell lines. Three compounds based on dibenzo[b,f]azocin-6(5H)-one, 11,12-dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azocin-6(5H)-one, and benzo[b]naphtho[2,3-f][1,5]diazocine-6,14(5H,13H)-dione scaffolds showed better HDAC inhibition and lower IC50 values in leukemic and lymphoma cell lines compared to Vorinostat. These compounds exhibited higher activity and selectivity against specific cancer cell lines and a correlation between HDAC inhibition and cytotoxic effects was observed.
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Eva Hesping, Ming Jang Chua, Marc Pflieger, Yunan Qian, Lilong Dong, Prabhakar Bachu, Ligong Liu, Thomas Kurz, Gillian M. Fisher, Tina S. Skinner-Adams, Robert C. Reid, David P. Fairlie, Katherine T. Andrews, Alain-Dominique J. P. Gorse
Summary: Malaria, a deadly disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, claims a large number of lives every year. Due to the increasing resistance of the parasites to current antimalarials, there is a need for new drugs. Researchers have developed quantitative structure-activity relationship models to predict the antiplasmodial activity of hydroxamate-based HDAC inhibitors and identified three compounds with strong activity against the parasites.
ACS INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thais Oliveira, Evan Hermann, Daniel Lin, Winyoo Chowanadisai, Elizabeth Hull, McKale Montgomery
Summary: Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a crucial process in development and wound healing, but it can also contribute to the progression and spread of aggressive tumors in cancer, as well as increase resistance to therapy. This study used the SW13 cell line to investigate the connection between iron metabolism and EMT, finding that HDAC inhibitor treatment led to increased iron accumulation, reduced expression of iron export proteins, and enhanced sensitivity to a form of iron-mediated cell death called ferroptosis. These findings suggest potential implications for improving iron-targeted chemotherapeutic strategies in cancer treatment.
Article
Cell Biology
Ienglam Lei, Wei Huang, Pierre Emmanuel Noly, Suyash Naik, Miriyam Ghali, Liu Liu, Francis D. Pagani, Ashraf Abou El Ela, Jordan S. Pober, Bertram Pitt, Jeffrey L. Platt, Marilia Cascalho, Zhong Wang, Y. Eugene Chen, Richard M. Mortensen, Paul C. Tang
Summary: Preservation quality is crucial for successful heart transplantation, and prolonged preservation can lead to graft dysfunction. However, geographical limitations and transport time constraints limit donor heart utilization. This study demonstrates that metabolic reprogramming through up-regulation of the IRG1 gene and itaconate improves heart function after prolonged preservation.
SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Takatoshi Yogo, Hiroyuki Nagamiya, Masaki Seto, Satoshi Sasaki, Huang Shih-Chung, Yusuke Ohba, Norihito Tokunaga, Gil Nam Lee, Chul Yun Rhim, Cheol Hwan Yoon, Suk Young Cho, Robert Skene, Syunsuke Yamamoto, Yousuke Satou, Masako Kuno, Takahiro Miyazaki, Hideyuki Nakagawa, Atsutoshi Okabe, Shogo Marui, Kazuyoshi Aso, Masato Yoshida
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2016)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Saleh Ahmed, Andrew Ayscough, Greg R. Barker, Hannah E. Canning, Richard Davenport, Robert Downham, David Harrison, Kerry Jenkins, Natasha Kinsella, David G. Livermore, Susanne Wright, Anthony D. Ivetac, Robert Skene, Steven J. Wilkens, Natalie A. Webster, Alan G. Hendrick
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2017)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yoshiyuki Fukase, Ayumu Sato, Yoshihide Tomata, Atsuko Ochida, Mitsunori Kono, Kazuko Yonemori, Keiko Koga, Toshitake Okui, Masashi Yamasaki, Yasushi Fujitani, Hideyuki Nakagawa, Ryoukichi Koyama, Masaharu Nakayama, Robert Skene, Bi-Ching Sang, Isaac Hoffman, Junya Shirai, Satoshi Yamamoto
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2018)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Junya Shirai, Yoshihide Tomata, Mitsunori Kono, Atsuko Ochida, Yoshiyuki Fukase, Ayumu Sato, Shinichi Masada, Tetsuji Kawamoto, Kazuko Yonemori, Ryoukichi Koyama, Hideyuki Nakagawa, Masaharu Nakayama, Keiko Uga, Akira Shibata, Keiko Koga, Toshitake Okui, Mikio Shirasaki, Robert Skene, BiChing Sang, Isaac Hoffman, Wes Lane, Yasushi Fujitani, Masashi Yamasaki, Satoshi Yamamoto
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Mitsunori Kono, Atsuko Ochida, Tsuneo Oda, Takashi Imada, Yoshihiro Banno, Naohiro Taya, Shinichi Masada, Tetsuji Kawamoto, Kazuko Yonemori, Yoshi Nara, Yoshiyuki Fukase, Tomoya Yukawa, Hidekazu Tokuhara, Robert Skene, Bi-Ching Sang, Isaac D. Hoffman, Gyorgy P. Snell, Keiko Uga, Akira Shibata, Keiko Igaki, Yoshiki Nakamura, Hideyuki Nakagawa, Noboru Tsuchimori, Masashi Yamasaki, Junya Shirai, Satoshi Yamamoto
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Jerome C. Bressi, Andy J. Jennings, Robert Skene, Yiqin Wu, Robert Melkus, Ron De Jong, Shawn O'Connell, Charles E. Grimshaw, Marc Navre, Anthony R. Gangloff
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2010)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Betty Lam, Zhiyuan Zhang, Jeffery A. Stafford, Robert J. Skene, Lihong Shi, Stephen L. Gwaltney
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2012)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Zhe Nie, Victoria Feher, Srinivasa Natala, Christopher McBride, Andre Kiryanov, Benjamin Jones, Betty Lam, Yan Liu, Stephen Kaldor, Jeffrey Stafford, Kouki Hikami, Noriko Uchiyama, Tomohiro Kawamoto, Yuichi Hikichi, Shin-ichi Matsumoto, Nobuyuki Amano, Lilly Zhang, David Hosfield, Robert Skene, Hua Zou, Xiaodong Cao, Takashi Ichikawa
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2013)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Naoki Tomita, Yoko Hayashi, Shinkichi Suzuki, Yoshimasa Oomori, Yoshio Aramaki, Yoshihiro Matsushita, Misa Iwatani, Hidehisa Iwata, Atsutoshi Okabe, Yoshiko Awazu, Osamu Isono, Robert J. Skene, David J. Hosfield, Hiroshi Miki, Tomohiro Kawamoto, Akira Hori, Atsuo Baba
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2013)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Misa Iwatani, Hidehisa Iwata, Atsutoshi Okabe, Robert J. Skene, Naoki Tomita, Yoko Hayashi, Yoshio Aramaki, David J. Hosfield, Akira Hori, Atsuo Baba, Hiroshi Miki
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2013)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kathleen Aertgeerts, Robert Skene, Jason Yano, Bi-Ching Sang, Hua Zou, Gyorgy Snell, Andy Jennings, Keiji Iwamoto, Noriyuki Habuka, Aki Hirokawa, Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Toshimasa Tanaka, Hiroshi Miki, Yoshikazu Ohta, Satoshi Sogabe
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
(2011)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ryutaro Adachi, Kengo Okada, Robert Skene, Kazumasa Ogawa, Masanori Miwa, Kazuhiro Tsuchinaga, Shoichi Ohkubo, Tsutomu Henta, Tomohiro Kawamoto
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
(2017)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Osamu Kurasawa, Yuya Oguro, Tohru Miyazaki, Misaki Homma, Kouji Mori, Kenichi Iwai, Hideto Hara, Robert Skene, Isaac Hoffman, Akihiro Ohashi, Sei Yoshida, Tomoyasu Ishikawa, Nobuo Cho
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2017)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Andre Kiryanov, Srinivasa Natala, Benjamin Jones, Christopher McBride, Victoria Feher, Betty Lam, Yan Liu, Kouhei Honda, Noriko Uchiyama, Tomohiro Kawamoto, Yuichi Hikichi, Lilly Zhang, David Hosfield, Robert Skene, Hua Zou, Jeffrey Stafford, Xiaodong Cao, Takashi Ichikawa
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2017)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Walter Keung, Amogh Boloor, Jason Brown, Andre Kiryanov, Anthony Gangloff, J. David Lawson, Robert Skene, Isaac Hoffman, Josephine Atienza, Jason Kahana, Ron De Jong, Pamela Farrell, Deepika Balakrishna, Petro Halkowycz
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2017)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Shibin Zhao, Julian Maceren, Mia Chung, Samantha Stone, Raphael Geiben, Melissa L. Boby, Bradley S. Sherborne, Derek S. Tan
Summary: Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health, with Gram-negative bacteria presenting unique challenges due to their low permeability and efflux pumps. Limited understanding of the chemical rules for overcoming these barriers hinders antibacterial drug discovery. Efforts to address this issue, such as screening compound libraries and using cheminformatic analysis, have led to the design of sulfamidoadenosines with diverse substituents, showing potential utility in accumulation in Escherichia coli.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Jichun Li, Qing Li, Shuai Xia, Jiahuang Tu, Longbo Zheng, Qian Wang, Shibo Jiang, Chao Wang
Summary: This study successfully developed a short peptide mimetic as a MERS-CoV fusion inhibitor by reproducing the key recognition features of the HR2 helix. The resulting 23-mer lipopeptide showed comparable inhibitory effect to the 36-mer HR2 peptide HR2P-M2. This has important implications for developing short peptide-based antiviral agents to treat MERS-CoV infection.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Krista Jaunsleine, Linda Supe, Jana Spura, Sten van Beek, Anna Sandstrom, Jessica Olsen, Carina Halleskog, Tore Bengtsson, Ilga Mutule, Benjamin Pelcman
Summary: Beta(2)-adrenergic receptor agonists can stimulate glucose uptake by skeletal muscle cells and are therefore potential treatments for type 2 diabetes. The chirality of compounds has a significant impact on the activity of these agonists. This study found that certain synthesized compounds showed higher glucose uptake activity. These findings provide important information for the design of novel beta(2)AR agonists for T2D treatment.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Xin Xu, Jia Chen, Guan Wang, Xiaojuan Zhang, Qiang Li, Xiaobo Zhou, Fengying Guo, Min Li
Summary: The study focuses on EZH2, a promising therapeutic target for various types of cancers. Researchers designed and synthesized a series of novel derivatives aiming to enhance the EZH2 inhibition activity. Among them, compound 28 displayed potent EZH2 inhibition activity and showed high anti-proliferative effects in lymphoma cell lines and xenograft mouse models. The study suggests that compound 28 has potential as a therapeutic candidate for EZH2-associated cancers.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Wei Zhang, Wei Liu, Ya-Dong Zhao, Li-Zi Xing, Ji Xu, Rui-Jun Li, Yun-Xiao Zhang
Summary: This study developed a series of aromatic amide derivatives based on Rhein and investigated their inhibitory activity against alpha-Syn aggregation. Two of these compounds showed promising potential in treating Parkinson's disease by stabilizing alpha-Syn's conformation and disassembling alpha-Syn oligomers and fibrils.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Mani Sharma, S. S. S. S. Sudha Ambadipudi, Neeraj Kumar Chouhan, V. Lakshma Nayak, Srihari Pabbaraja, Sai Balaji Andugulapati, Ramakrishna Sistla
Summary: Therapeutically active lipids in drug delivery systems can enhance the safety and efficacy of treatment. The liposome formulation created using synthesized biologically active lipids showed additive anti-cancer effects and reduced tumorigenic potential.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)