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
Arun K. Ghosh, Kai Xi, Kiira Ratia, Bernard D. Santarsiero, Wentao Fu, Brian H. Harcourt, Paul A. Rota, Susan C. Baker, Michael E. Johnson, and Andrew D. Mesecar
pp 6767–6771Publication 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
Conrad W. Hummel, Andrew G. Geiser, Henry U. Bryant, Ilene R. Cohen, Robert D. Dally, Kin Chiu Fong, Scott A. Frank, Ronald Hinklin, Scott A. Jones, George Lewis, Denis J. McCann, Daniel G. Rudmann, Timothy A. Shepherd, Hongqi Tian, Owen B. Wallace, Minmin Wang, Yong Wang, and Jeffrey A. Dodge
pp 6772–6775Publication 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
Sara Bartolini, Antonello Mai, Marino Artico, Nicola Paesano, Dante Rotili, Corrado Spadafora, and Gianluca Sbardella
pp 6776–6778Publication Date (Web): September 30, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0507330
First-in-Class Pan Caspase Inhibitor Developed for the Treatment of Liver Disease
Steven D. Linton, Teresa Aja, Robert A. Armstrong, Xu Bai, Long-Shiuh Chen, Ning Chen, Brett Ching, Patricia Contreras, Jose-Luis Diaz, Craig D. Fisher, Lawrence C. Fritz, Patricia Gladstone, Todd Groessl, Xin Gu, Julia Herrmann, Brad P. Hirakawa, Niel C. Hoglen, Kathy G. Jahangiri, Vincent J. Kalish, Donald S. Karanewsky, Lalitha Kodandapani, Joseph Krebs, Jeff McQuiston, Steven P. Meduna, Kip Nalley, Edward D. Robinson, Robert O. Sayers, Kristen Sebring, Alfred P. Spada, Robert J. Ternansky, Kevin J. Tomaselli, Brett R. Ullman, Karen L. Valentino, Suzanne Weeks, David Winn, Joe C. Wu, Pauline Yeo, and Cheng-zhi Zhang
pp 6779–6782Publication 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
Filippo Minutolo, Giusy Sala, Annalisa Bagnacani, Simone Bertini, Isabella Carboni, Giorgio Placanica, Giovanni Prota, Simona Rapposelli, Nicoletta Sacchi, Marco Macchia, and Riccardo Ghidoni
pp 6783–6786Publication 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
Hye-Young Kim, Derek A. Pratt, Jennifer R. Seal, Maikel Wijtmans, and Ned A. Porter
pp 6787–6789Publication 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
Caroline M. R. Low, Ildiko M. Buck, Tracey Cooke, Julia R. Cushnir, S. Barret Kalindjian, Atul Kotecha, Michael J. Pether, Nigel P. Shankley, J. G. Vinter, and Laurence Wright
pp 6790–6802Publication 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
Ildiko M. Buck, James W. Black, Tracey Cooke, David J. Dunstone, John D. Gaffen, Eric P. Griffin, Elaine A. Harper, Robert A. D. Hull, S. Barret Kalindjian, Elliot J. Lilley, Ian D. Linney, Caroline M. R. Low, Iain M. McDonald, Michael J. Pether, Sonia P. Roberts, Nigel P. Shankley, Mark E. Shaxted, Katherine I. M. Steel, David A. Sykes, Matthew J. Tozer, Gillian F. Watt, Martin K. Walker, Laurence Wright, and Paul T. Wright
pp 6803–6812Publication 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
Andrei A. Ivanov, Igor I. Baskin, Vladimir A. Palyulin, Laura Piccagli, Pier G. Baraldi, and Nikolai S. Zefirov
pp 6813–6820Publication Date (Web): October 12, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049418o
PostDOCK: A Structural, Empirical Approach to Scoring Protein Ligand Complexes
Clayton Springer, Helgi Adalsteinsson, Malin M. Young, Philip W. Kegelmeyer, and Diana C. Roe
pp 6821–6831Publication 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
Ulrich Kaeppler, Nikolaus Stiefl, Markus Schiller, Radim Vicik, Alexander Breuning, Werner Schmitz, Daniel Rupprecht, Carsten Schmuck, Knut Baumann, John Ziebuhr, and Tanja Schirmeister
pp 6832–6842Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0501782
Pyrazolo[3,4-c]pyridazines as Novel and Selective Inhibitors of Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
Miguel F. Braña, Mónica Cacho, M. Luisa García, Elena P. Mayoral, Berta López, Beatriz de Pascual-Teresa, Ana Ramos, Nuria Acero, Francisco Llinares, Dolores Muñoz-Mingarro, Olivier Lozach, and Laurent Meijer
pp 6843–6854Publication 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
Pieter Smid, Hein K. A. C. Coolen, Hiskias G. Keizer, Rolf van Hes, Jan-Peter de Moes, Arnold P. den Hartog, Bob Stork, Rob H. Plekkenpol, Leonarda C. Niemann, Cees N. J. Stroomer, Martin Th. M. Tulp, Herman H. van Stuivenberg, Andrew C. McCreary, Mayke B. Hesselink, Arnoud H. J. Herremans, and Chris G. Kruse
pp 6855–6869Publication Date (Web): September 30, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050148z
Azepanone-Based Inhibitors of Human Cathepsin L
Robert W. Marquis, Ian James, Jin Zeng, Robert E. Lee Trout, Scott Thompson, Attiq Rahman, Dennis S. Yamashita, Ren Xie, Yu Ru, Catherine J. Gress, Simon Blake, Michael A. Lark, Shing-Mei Hwang, Thaddeus Tomaszek, Priscilla Offen, Martha S. Head, Maxwell D. Cummings, and Daniel F. Veber
pp 6870–6878Publication 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
Lars Herfurth, Beat Ernst, Beatrice Wagner, Daniel Ricklin, Daniel S. Strasser, John L. Magnani, Andrew J. Benie, and Thomas Peters
pp 6879–6886Publication 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
Patrizia Minetti, Maria Ornella Tinti, Paolo Carminati, Massimo Castorina, Maria Assunta Di Cesare, Stefano Di Serio, Grazia Gallo, Orlando Ghirardi, Fabrizio Giorgi, Luca Giorgi, Giovanni Piersanti, Francesca Bartoccini, and Giorgio Tarzia
pp 6887–6896Publication 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
Federico Da Settimo, Giampaolo Primofiore, Concettina La Motta, Stefania Sartini, Sabrina Taliani, Francesca Simorini, Anna Maria Marini, Antonio Lavecchia, Ettore Novellino, and Enrico Boldrini
pp 6897–6907Publication 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
Fengtian Xue and Christopher T. Seto
pp 6908–6917Publication Date (Web): October 11, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050488k
Biospectra Analysis: Model Proteome Characterizations for Linking Molecular Structure and Biological Response
Anton F. Fliri, William T. Loging, Peter F. Thadeio, and Robert A. Volkmann
pp 6918–6925Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050494g
Solvent Constraints on the Property Space of Acetylcholine. 2. Ordered Media
Giulio Vistoli, Alessandro Pedretti, Luigi Villa, and Bernard Testa
pp 6926–6935Publication 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
Di-Fei Wang, Paul Helquist, Norbert L. Wiech, and Olaf Wiest
pp 6936–6947Publication 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
Udo Meyer, Gabriele Costantino, Antonio Macchiarulo, and Roberto Pellicciari
pp 6948–6955Publication 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
Alan D. Borthwick, Dave E. Davies, Anne M. Exall, David G. Livermore, Steve L. Sollis, Fabrizio Nerozzi, Michael J Allen, Marion Perren, Shalia S. Shabbir, Patrick M. Woollard, and Paul G. Wyatt
pp 6956–6969Publication Date (Web): October 08, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050557v
MetaSite: Understanding Metabolism in Human Cytochromes from the Perspective of the Chemist
Gabriele Cruciani, Emanuele Carosati, Benoit De Boeck, Kantharaj Ethirajulu, Claire Mackie, Trevor Howe, and Riccardo Vianello
pp 6970–6979Publication 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
Norman Wang, Robert K. DeLisle, and David J. Diller
pp 6980–6990Publication 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
Richard A. Ward, Tim D. J. Perkins, and Jackie Stafford
pp 6991–6996Publication 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
Lutz Franke, Evgeny Byvatov, Oliver Werz, Dieter Steinhilber, Petra Schneider, and Gisbert Schneider
pp 6997–7004Publication 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
Helmer Søhoel, Tommy Liljefors, Steven V. Ley, Steven F. Oliver, Alessandra Antonello, Martin D Smith, Carl Erik Olsen, John T. Isaacs, and S. Brøgger Christensen
pp 7005–7011Publication Date (Web): October 04, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm058036v
Design and Studies of Novel 5-Substituted Alkynylpyrimidine Nucleosides as Potent Inhibitors of Mycobacteria
Dinesh Rai, Monika Johar, Tracey Manning, B. Agrawal, Dennis Y. Kunimoto, and Rakesh Kumar
pp 7012–7017Publication 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
Elia A. Turolla, Mario Matarrese, Sara Belloli, Rosa M. Moresco, Pasquale Simonelli, Sergio Todde, Ferruccio Fazio, Fulvio Magni, Marzia Galli Kienle, Marcello Leopoldo, Francesco Berardi, Nicola A. Colabufo, Enza Lacivita, and Roberto Perrone
pp 7018–7023Publication 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
Régis Millet, Sabine Urig, Judit Jacob, Eberhard Amtmann, Jacques-Philippe Moulinoux, Stephan Gromer, Katja Becker, and Elisabeth Davioud-Charvet
pp 7024–7039Publication Date (Web): October 07, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050256l
Synthesis and Structure−Activity Relationships of Suramin-Derived P2Y11 Receptor Antagonists with Nanomolar Potency
Heiko Ullmann, Sabine Meis, Darunee Hongwiset, Claudia Marzian, Michael Wiese, Peter Nickel, Didier Communi, Jean-Marie Boeynaems, Christian Wolf, Ralf Hausmann, Günther Schmalzing, and Matthias U. Kassack
pp 7040–7048Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050301p
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Similarity-Based Virtual Screening Using Nearest-Neighbor Information
Jérôme Hert, Peter Willett, David J. Wilton, Pierre Acklin, Kamal Azzaoui, Edgar Jacoby, and Ansgar Schuffenhauer
pp 7049–7054Publication Date (Web): October 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050316n
Discovery and Biological Evaluation of the Novel Naturally Occurring Diterpene Pepluanone as Antiinflammatory Agent
Gabriella Corea, Ernesto Fattorusso, Virginia Lanzotti, Paola Di Meglio, Pasquale Maffia, Gianluca Grassia, Armando Ialenti, and Angela Ianaro
pp 7055–7062Publication Date (Web): October 12, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050321r
Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of 3-Substituted-6-(3-ethyl-4-methylanilino)uracils
Chengxin Zhi, Zheng-yu Long, Andrzej Manikowski, Neal C. Brown, Paul M. Tarantino, Jr., Karsten Holm, Edward J. Dix, George E. Wright, Kim A. Foster, Michelle M. Butler, William A. LaMarr, Donna J. Skow, Irina Motorina, Serge Lamothe, and Richard Storer
pp 7063–7074Publication 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
Satoshi Yoshida, Sojiro Shiokawa, Ken-ichi Kawano, Tomoko Ito, Hiroshi Murakami, Hisashi Suzuki, and Yasuo Sato
pp 7075–7079Publication 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
Jeffrey S. Stehouwer, Christophe Plisson, Nachwa Jarkas, Fanxing Zeng, Ronald J. Voll, Larry Williams, Laurent Martarello, John R. Votaw, Gilles Tamagnan, and Mark M. Goodman
pp 7080–7083Publication Date (Web): October 04, 2005 (Brief Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0504095
Pharmacophore-Based Design of HIV-1 Integrase Strand-Transfer Inhibitors
Maria Letizia Barreca, Stefania Ferro, Angela Rao, Laura De Luca, Maria Zappalà, Anna-Maria Monforte, Zeger Debyser, Myriam Witvrouw, and Alba Chimirri
pp 7084–7088Publication Date (Web): October 06, 2005 (Brief Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm050549e