Table of Contents

November 3, 2005
Volume 48, Issue 22
Pages 6767-7088

About the Cover: llustration of the binding mode of a biheteroaryl inhibitor to vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (Kuo, G.-H.; et al. J. Med. Chem. 2005, 48, 1886-1900).

Letters

Design and Synthesis of Peptidomimetic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Chymotrypsin-like Protease Inhibitors

pp 6767–6771
Publication Date (Web): October 04, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050548m

A Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator Designed for the Treatment of Uterine Leiomyoma with Unique Tissue Specificity for Uterus and Ovaries in Rats

pp 6772–6775
Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050723z

6-[1-(2,6-Difluorophenyl)ethyl]pyrimidinones Antagonize Cell Proliferation and Induce Cell Differentiation by Inhibiting (a Nontelomeric) Endogenous Reverse Transcriptase

pp 6776–6778
Publication Date (Web): September 30, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0507330

First-in-Class Pan Caspase Inhibitor Developed for the Treatment of Liver Disease

pp 6779–6782
Publication Date (Web): October 06, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050307e

Synthesis of a Resveratrol Analogue with High Ceramide-Mediated Proapoptotic Activity on Human Breast Cancer Cells

pp 6783–6786
Publication Date (Web): October 04, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050528k

Lipid-Soluble 3-Pyridinol Antioxidants Spare α-Tocopherol and Do Not Efficiently Mediate Peroxidation of Cholesterol Esters in Human Low-Density Lipoprotein

pp 6787–6789
Publication Date (Web): October 12, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0507173

Articles

Scaffold Hopping with Molecular Field Points:  Identification of a Cholecystokinin-2 (CCK2) Receptor Pharmacophore and Its Use in the Design of a Prototypical Series of Pyrrole- and Imidazole-Based CCK2 Antagonists

pp 6790–6802
Publication Date (Web): October 11, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049069y

Optimization of the in Vitro and in Vivo Properties of a Novel Series of 2,4,5-Trisubstituted Imidazoles as Potent Cholecystokinin-2 (CCK2) Antagonists

pp 6803–6812
Publication Date (Web): October 11, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0490686

Molecular Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Human A2B Adenosine Receptor. The Study of the Possible Binding Modes of the A2B Receptor Antagonists

pp 6813–6820
Publication Date (Web): October 12, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049418o

PostDOCK:  A Structural, Empirical Approach to Scoring Protein Ligand Complexes

pp 6821–6831
Publication Date (Web): September 30, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0493360

A New Lead for Nonpeptidic Active-Site-Directed Inhibitors of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Main Protease Discovered by a Combination of Screening and Docking Methods

pp 6832–6842
Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0501782

Pyrazolo[3,4-c]pyridazines as Novel and Selective Inhibitors of Cyclin-Dependent Kinases

pp 6843–6854
Publication Date (Web): October 08, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm058013g

Synthesis, Structure−Activity Relationships, and Biological Properties of 1-Heteroaryl-4-[ω-(1H-indol-3-yl)alkyl]piperazines, Novel Potential Antipsychotics Combining Potent Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonism with Potent Serotonin Reuptake Inhibition

pp 6855–6869
Publication Date (Web): September 30, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050148z

Azepanone-Based Inhibitors of Human Cathepsin L

pp 6870–6878
Publication Date (Web): September 30, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0502079

Comparative Epitope Mapping with Saturation Transfer Difference NMR of Sialyl Lewisa Compounds and Derivatives Bound to a Monoclonal Antibody

pp 6879–6886
Publication Date (Web): September 30, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0502687

2-n-Butyl-9-methyl-8-[1,2,3]triazol-2-yl-9H-purin-6-ylamine and Analogues as A2A Adenosine Receptor Antagonists. Design, Synthesis, and Pharmacological Characterization

pp 6887–6896
Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm058018d

Naphtho[1,2-d]isothiazole Acetic Acid Derivatives as a Novel Class of Selective Aldose Reductase Inhibitors

pp 6897–6907
Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050382p

Selective Inhibitors of the Serine Protease Plasmin:  Probing the S3 and S3‘ Subsites Using a Combinatorial Library

pp 6908–6917
Publication Date (Web): October 11, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050488k

Biospectra Analysis:  Model Proteome Characterizations for Linking Molecular Structure and Biological Response

pp 6918–6925
Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050494g

Solvent Constraints on the Property Space of Acetylcholine. 2. Ordered Media

pp 6926–6935
Publication Date (Web): October 04, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0580306

Toward Selective Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Design:  Homology Modeling, Docking Studies, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Human Class I Histone Deacetylases

pp 6936–6947
Publication Date (Web): October 12, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0505011

Is Antagonism of E/Z-Guggulsterone at the Farnesoid X Receptor Mediated by a Noncanonical Binding Site? A Molecular Modeling Study

pp 6948–6955
Publication Date (Web): October 08, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0505056

2,5-Diketopiperazines as Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable Oxytocin Antagonists. 2. Synthesis, Chirality, and Pharmacokinetics

pp 6956–6969
Publication Date (Web): October 08, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050557v

MetaSite:  Understanding Metabolism in Human Cytochromes from the Perspective of the Chemist

pp 6970–6979
Publication Date (Web): September 30, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050529c

Fast Small Molecule Similarity Searching with Multiple Alignment Profiles of Molecules Represented in One-Dimension

pp 6980–6990
Publication Date (Web): September 30, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050563r

Structure-Based Virtual Screening for Low Molecular Weight Chemical Starting Points for Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Inhibitors

pp 6991–6996
Publication Date (Web): October 08, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0505866

Extraction and Visualization of Potential Pharmacophore Points Using Support Vector Machines:  Application to Ligand-Based Virtual Screening for COX-2 Inhibitors

pp 6997–7004
Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050619h

Total Synthesis of Two Novel Subpicomolar Sarco/Endoplasmatic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase Inhibitors Designed by an Analysis of the Binding Site of Thapsigargin

pp 7005–7011
Publication Date (Web): October 04, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm058036v

Design and Studies of Novel 5-Substituted Alkynylpyrimidine Nucleosides as Potent Inhibitors of Mycobacteria

pp 7012–7017
Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm058167w

11C-Labeling of N-[4-[4-(2,3-Dichlorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl]butyl]arylcarboxamide Derivatives and Evaluation as Potential Radioligands for PET Imaging of Dopamine D3 Receptors

pp 7018–7023
Publication Date (Web): September 30, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050171k

Synthesis of 5-Nitro-2-furancarbohydrazides and Their cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum Complexes as Bitopic and Irreversible Human Thioredoxin Reductase Inhibitors

pp 7024–7039
Publication Date (Web): October 07, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050256l

Synthesis and Structure−Activity Relationships of Suramin-Derived P2Y11 Receptor Antagonists with Nanomolar Potency

pp 7040–7048
Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050301p

Enhancing the Effectiveness of Similarity-Based Virtual Screening Using Nearest-Neighbor Information

pp 7049–7054
Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050316n

Discovery and Biological Evaluation of the Novel Naturally Occurring Diterpene Pepluanone as Antiinflammatory Agent

pp 7055–7062
Publication Date (Web): October 12, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050321r

Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of 3-Substituted-6-(3-ethyl-4-methylanilino)uracils

pp 7063–7074
Publication Date (Web): October 12, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050517r

Brief Articles

Orally Active Benzoxazole Derivative as 5-HT3 Receptor Partial Agonist for Treatment of Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome

pp 7075–7079
Publication Date (Web): October 12, 2005 (Brief Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050209t

Synthesis, Radiosynthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Carbon-11 and Fluorine-18 (N-Fluoroalkyl) Labeled 2β-Carbomethoxy-3β-(4'-(3-furyl)phenyl)tropanes and -nortropanes:  Candidate Radioligands for in Vivo Imaging of the Serotonin Transporter with Positron Emission Tomography

pp 7080–7083
Publication Date (Web): October 04, 2005 (Brief Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0504095

Pharmacophore-Based Design of HIV-1 Integrase Strand-Transfer Inhibitors

pp 7084–7088
Publication Date (Web): October 06, 2005 (Brief Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050549e