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Inhibition of murine double minute 2 (MDM2)-p53 protein-protein interaction with small molecules has been shown to reactivate p53 and inhibit tumor growth. Here, we describe rational, structure-guided, design of novel isoindolinone-based MDM2 inhibitors. MDM2 X-ray crystallography, quantum mechanics ligand-based design, and metabolite identification all contributed toward the discovery of potent in vitro and in vivo inhibitors of the MDM2-p53 interaction with representative compounds inducing cytostasis in an SJSA-1 osteosarcoma xenograft model following once-daily oral administration.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Isoindóis/farmacologia , Osteossarcoma/tratamento farmacológico , Multimerização Proteica/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-mdm2/metabolismo , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/metabolismo , Animais , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ósseas/tratamento farmacológico , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Cristalografia por Raios X , Estabilidade de Medicamentos , Feminino , Humanos , Isoindóis/síntese química , Isoindóis/metabolismo , Macaca fascicularis , Masculino , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Nus , Microssomos Hepáticos/metabolismo , Estrutura Molecular , Ligação Proteica , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
In order to address the current downturn in the drug discovery pipeline, initiatives are being undertaken to synthesise screening libraries of sp3-rich, low molecular weight compounds. As part of the European Lead Factory initiative, the synthesis and derivatisation of a simple hexahydrooxazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-2(1H)-one bicyclic carbamate has been achieved. The synthetic route employed involved a telescoped hetero-Diels-Alder/[2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement/cyclisation sequence to deliver the desired core scaffold containing two points for further diversification. When applied, this synthesis was found to be robust and scalable which allowed the production of a 155 compound library.
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Oxazolidinonas/síntese química , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/síntese química , Cristalografia por Raios X , Modelos Moleculares , Estrutura Molecular , Oxazolidinonas/química , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/químicaRESUMO
The application of a tandem condensation/cyclisation/[3+2]-cycloaddition/elimination reaction gives an sp(3)-rich tricyclic pyrazoline scaffold with two ethyl esters in a single step from a simple linear starting material. The successive hydrolysis and cyclisation (with Boc anhydride) of these 3-dimensional architectures, generates unprecedented 16-membered macrocyclic bisanhydrides (characterised by XRD). Selective amidations could then be achieved by ring opening with a primary amine followed by HATU-promoted amide coupling to yield an sp(3)-rich natural product-like library.