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Eur J Pharm Sci ; 104: 366-381, 2017 Jun 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28435076

ABSTRACT

Translocator protein (TSPO) is involved in modulating mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening/closure leading to either apoptotic cell death via opening of mPTP or cell protection mediated by mPTP blocking and hence intercepting mPTP induced apoptosis. Herein, 2-(2-aryloxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydroisoquinolin-3(2H)-one derivatives have been designed and synthesized as new modulators for amyloid-ß-induced mPTP opening. Among all, compound 7c remarkably enhanced mPTP opening while compound 7e showed the highest mPTP blocking activity. Molecular modelling study revealed different binding modes which might underlie the observed opposing biological activities. Both compounds bound to the translocator protein 18kDa (TSPO) in low micromolar range and elicited good profiles on CYP2D6 and CYP1A2. Taken as a whole, this report presents compound 7e as a hit TSPO ligand for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and compound 7c as a hit TSPO ligand for promoting cell death of cells over-expressing TSPO.


Subject(s)
Amyloid beta-Peptides , Isoquinolines/chemistry , Isoquinolines/pharmacology , Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism , Models, Molecular , Animals , Cell Line , Cell Survival/drug effects , Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2/metabolism , Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6/metabolism , Ligands , Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/drug effects , Mice
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EBioMedicine ; 18: 261-273, 2017 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28396011

ABSTRACT

Nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 (NFAT5) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of various human diseases, including cancer and arthritis. However, therapeutic agents inhibiting NFAT5 activity are currently unavailable. To discover NFAT5 inhibitors, a library of >40,000 chemicals was screened for the suppression of nitric oxide, a direct target regulated by NFAT5 activity, through high-throughput screening. We validated the anti-NFAT5 activity of 198 primary hit compounds using an NFAT5-dependent reporter assay and identified the novel NFAT5 suppressor KRN2, 13-(2-fluoro)-benzylberberine, and its derivative KRN5. KRN2 inhibited NFAT5 upregulation in macrophages stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and repressed the formation of NF-κB p65-DNA complexes in the NFAT5 promoter region. Interestingly, KRN2 selectively suppressed the expression of pro-inflammatory genes, including Nos2 and Il6, without hampering high-salt-induced NFAT5 and its target gene expressions. Moreover, KRN2 and KRN5, the latter of which exhibits high oral bioavailability and metabolic stability, ameliorated experimentally induced arthritis in mice without serious adverse effects, decreasing pro-inflammatory cytokine production. Particularly, orally administered KRN5 was stronger in suppressing arthritis than methotrexate, a commonly used anti-rheumatic drug, displaying better potency and safety than its original compound, berberine. Therefore, KRN2 and KRN5 can be potential therapeutic agents in the treatment of chronic arthritis.


Subject(s)
NFATC Transcription Factors/metabolism , Animals , Arthritis/etiology , Arthritis/pathology , Arthritis/prevention & control , Berberine/analogs & derivatives , Berberine/pharmacology , Berberine/therapeutic use , Binding Sites , Cells, Cultured , Chromatin Immunoprecipitation , Collagen/toxicity , Cytokines/analysis , Disease Models, Animal , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Genetic Vectors/genetics , Genetic Vectors/metabolism , Inflammation/pathology , Joints/drug effects , Joints/metabolism , Joints/pathology , Lipopolysaccharides/toxicity , Macrophages/cytology , Macrophages/drug effects , Macrophages/metabolism , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , NF-kappa B/metabolism , NFATC Transcription Factors/antagonists & inhibitors , NFATC Transcription Factors/genetics , Nitric Oxide/metabolism , Promoter Regions, Genetic , Protein Binding , RAW 264.7 Cells , Spleen/cytology , Transcriptional Activation/drug effects
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Arch Pharm Res ; 38(6): 1019-32, 2015 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25599616

ABSTRACT

Even though nicotinic acid (niacin) appears to have beneficial effects on human lipid profiles, niacin-induced cutaneous vasodilatation called flushing limits its remedy to patient. GPR109A is activated by niacin and mediates the anti-lipolytic effects. Based on the hypothesis that ß-arrestin signaling mediates niacin-induced flushing, but not its anti-lipolytic effect, we tried to find GPR109A agonists which selectively elicit Gi-protein-biased signaling devoid of ß-arrestin internalization using a ß-lactamase assay. We identified a 4-(phenyl)thio-1H-pyrazole as a novel scaffold for GPR109A agonist in a high throughput screen, which has no carboxylic acid moiety known to be important for binding. While 1-nicotinoyl derivatives (5a-g, 6a-e) induced ß-arrestin recruitment, 1-(pyrazin-2-oyl) derivatives were found to play as G-protein-biased agonists without GPR109A receptor internalization. The activity of compound 5a (EC50 = 45 nM) was similar to niacin (EC50 = 52 nM) and MK-6892 (EC50 = 74 nM) on calcium mobilization assay, but its activity at 10 µM on ß-arrestin recruitment were around two and five times weaker than niacin and MK-6892, respectively. The development of G-protein biased GPR109A ligands over ß-arrestin pathway is attainable and might be important in differentiation of pharmacological efficacy.


Subject(s)
Nicotinic Agonists/chemical synthesis , Nicotinic Agonists/pharmacology , Pyrazoles/chemical synthesis , Pyrazoles/pharmacology , Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/agonists , Animals , Arrestins/drug effects , CHO Cells , Calcium Signaling/drug effects , Cricetinae , Cricetulus , Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids/pharmacology , High-Throughput Screening Assays , Humans , Indicators and Reagents , Niacin/pharmacology , Oxadiazoles/pharmacology , Receptors, Nicotinic , Structure-Activity Relationship , beta-Arrestins , beta-Lactamases/chemistry
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Mol Biol Rep ; 37(7): 3455-63, 2010 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19967454

ABSTRACT

Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) catalyzes the conversion of L-glutamate to γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA). A full-length cDNA encoding GAD (designated as PgGAD) was isolated and characterized from the root of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer. The length cDNA of PgGAD was 1881 bp and contained a 1491 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a glutamate decarboxylase protein of 496 amino acids, possessing a Ser-X-X-Lys active site, which belongs to the GAD group. The deduced amino acid sequence of the PgGAD was classified in the plant GAD family and has 76-85% high similarity with other plants as like petunia, Arabidopsis, tomato. Secondary structure of PgGAD was predicted by using SOPMA software program. Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA suggests that, there is more than one copy of the PgGAD gene. The organ specific gene expression pattern also studied in P. ginseng seedlings, in which the stem showed elevated expression than root, leaf, bud and rhizomes. Along with this, we also confirmed the gene expression of PgGAD under various abiotic stresses like temperature stress, osmotic stress, anoxia, oxidative stress, and mechanical damage. Temporal analysis of gene expression except exposure of oxidative stress revealed an enhanced expression after each stresses. The enzyme activity of PgGAD was stimulated to 2-fold under cold stress.


Subject(s)
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Genes, Plant/genetics , Glutamate Decarboxylase/genetics , Glutamate Decarboxylase/isolation & purification , Panax/enzymology , Panax/genetics , Stress, Physiological/genetics , Blotting, Southern , Cloning, Molecular , Cold Temperature , DNA, Complementary/genetics , Enzyme Assays , Gene Expression Profiling , Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic , Glutamate Decarboxylase/metabolism , Panax/metabolism , Protein Structure, Secondary , RNA, Messenger/genetics , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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