Table of Contents
April 7, 2005
Volume 48, Issue 7
Pages 2251-2724
About the Cover: Interaction of the β-L-enantiomer of a 4'-C-ethynyl-2',3'-dideoxynucleoside analogue (ent-14-TP) at the active site of HIV reverse transcriptase (Siddiqui, M. A.; et al. J. Med. Chem. 2004, 47, 5041-5048).
Miniperspective
Adverse Cardiovascular Effects of the Coxibs
Jean-Michel Dogné, Claudiu T. Supuran, and Domenico Pratico
pp 2251–2257Publication Date (Web): March 09, 2005 (Perspective)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0402059
Letters
Discovery of a Fluoroindolo[2,3-a]carbazole Clinical Candidate with Broad Spectrum Antitumor Activity in Preclinical Tumor Models Superior to the Marketed Oncology Drug, CPT-11
Mark G. Saulnier, Balu N. Balasubramanian, Byron H. Long, David B. Frennesson, Edward Ruediger, Kurt Zimmermann, Jeffrey T. Eummer, Denis R. St. Laurent, Karen M. Stoffan, B. Narasimhulu Naidu, Mikael Mahler, Francis Beaulieu, Carol Bachand, Frank Y. Lee, Craig R. Fairchild, Linda K. Stadnick, William C. Rose, Carola Solomon, Henry Wong, Alain Martel, John J. Wright, Robert Kramer, David R. Langley, and Dolatrai M. Vyas
pp 2258–2261Publication Date (Web): February 16, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049090z
Discovery of a Novel Series of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α/γ Dual Agonists for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and Dyslipidemia
Kun Liu, Libo Xu, Joel P. Berger, Karen L. MacNaul, Gauchao Zhou, Thomas W. Doebber, Michael J. Forrest, David E. Moller, and A. Brian Jones
pp 2262–2265Publication Date (Web): March 10, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm048993p
3-Substituted Imidazo[1,2-d][1,2,4]-thiadiazoles: A Novel Class of Factor XIIIa Inhibitors
Regis Leung-Toung, Tim F. Tam, Jolanta M. Wodzinska, Yanqing Zhao, Jayme Lowrie, Craig D. Simpson, Khashayar Karimian, and Michael Spino
pp 2266–2269Publication Date (Web): February 22, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049221w
Design of Potent and Selective 2-Aminobenzimidazole-Based p38α MAP Kinase Inhibitors with Excellent in Vivo Efficacy
Alfonso de Dios, Chuan Shih, Beatriz López de Uralde, Concepción Sánchez, Miriam del Prado, Luisa M. Martín Cabrejas, Sehila Pleite, Jaime Blanco-Urgoiti, María José Lorite, C. Richard NevillJr., Rosanne Bonjouklian, Jeremy York, Michal Vieth, Yong Wang, Nicholas Magnus, Robert M. Campbell, Bryan D. Anderson, Denis J. McCann, Deborah D. Giera, Paul A. Lee, Richard M. Schultz, Li C. Li, Lea M. Johnson, and Jeffrey A. Wolos
pp 2270–2273Publication Date (Web): February 19, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm048978k
Discovery of Bicycloalkyl Urea Melanin Concentrating Hormone Receptor Antagonists: Orally Efficacious Antiobesity Therapeutics
Mark D. McBriar, Henry Guzik, Ruo Xu, Jaroslava Paruchova, Shengjian Li, Anandan Palani, John W. Clader, William J. Greenlee, Brian E. Hawes, Timothy J. Kowalski, Kim O'Neill, Brian Spar, and Blair Weig
pp 2274–2277Publication Date (Web): February 23, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049035q
Virtual Docking Approaches to Protein Kinase B Inhibition
Martino Forino, Dawoon Jung, John B. Easton, Peter J. Houghton, and Maurizio Pellecchia
pp 2278–2281Publication Date (Web): March 12, 2005 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/jm048962u
Articles
9-Hydroxyazafluorenes and Their Use in Thrombin Inhibitors
Kenneth J. Stauffer, Peter D. Williams, Harold G. Selnick, Philippe G. Nantermet, Christina L. Newton, Carl F. Homnick, Matthew M. Zrada, S. Dale Lewis, Bobby J. Lucas, Julie A. Krueger, Beth L. Pietrak, Elizabeth A. Lyle, Rominder Singh, Cynthia Miller-Stein, Rebecca B. White, Bradley Wong, Audrey A. Wallace, Gary R. Sitko, Jacquelyn J. Cook, Marie A. Holahan, Maria Stranieri-Michener, Yvonne M. Leonard, Joseph J. Lynch, Jr., Daniel R. McMasters, and Youwei Yan
pp 2282–2293Publication Date (Web): February 24, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049423s
Structure−Activity Relationships of Pregabalin and Analogues That Target the α2-δ Protein
Thomas R. Belliotti, Thomas Capiris, I. Victor Ekhato, Jack J. Kinsora, Mark J. Field, Thomas G. Heffner, Leonard T. Meltzer, Jacob B. Schwarz, Charles P. Taylor, Andrew J. Thorpe, Mark G. Vartanian, Lawrence D. Wise, Ti Zhi-Su, Mark L. Weber, and David J. Wustrow
pp 2294–2307Publication Date (Web): February 17, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049762l
Binding Mode Prediction of Cytochrome P450 and Thymidine Kinase Protein−Ligand Complexes by Consideration of Water and Rescoring in Automated Docking
Chris de Graaf, Pavel Pospisil, Wouter Pos, Gerd Folkers, and Nico P. E. Vermeulen
pp 2308–2318Publication Date (Web): February 17, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049650u
Enantiospecificity of Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II Inhibition
Takashi Tsukamoto, Pavel Majer, Dilrukshi Vitharana, Chiyou Ni, Bunda Hin, Xi-Chun M. Lu, Ajit G. Thomas, Krystyna M. Wozniak, David C. Calvin, Ying Wu, Barbara S. Slusher, David Scarpetti, and George W. Bonneville
pp 2319–2324Publication Date (Web): February 19, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049258g
A Knowledge-Based Energy Function for Protein−Ligand, Protein−Protein, and Protein−DNA Complexes
Chi Zhang, Song Liu, Qianqian Zhu, and Yaoqi Zhou
pp 2325–2335Publication Date (Web): February 16, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049314d
Structures of Three Classes of Anticancer Agents Bound to the Human Topoisomerase I−DNA Covalent Complex
Bart L. Staker, Michael D. Feese, Mark Cushman, Yves Pommier, David Zembower, Lance Stewart, and Alex B. Burgin
pp 2336–2345Publication Date (Web): February 24, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049146p
Novel Cyano- and N-Isopropylamidino-Substituted Derivatives of Benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxanilides and Benzo[b]thieno[2,3-c]quinolones: Synthesis, Photochemical Synthesis, Crystal Structure Determination, and Antitumor Evaluation. 2
Ivana Jarak, Marijeta Kralj, Lidija Šuman, Gordana Pavlović, Jasna Dogan, Ivo Piantanida, Mladen Žinić, Krešimir Pavelić, and Grace Karminski-Zamola
pp 2346–2360Publication Date (Web): February 17, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049541f
A Comparison of the Binding Sites of Matrix Metalloproteinases and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Converting Enzyme: Implications for Selectivity
Viera Lukacova, Yufen Zhang, Daniel M. Kroll, Soumyendu Raha, Dogan Comez, and Stefan Balaz
pp 2361–2370Publication Date (Web): March 02, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0491703
Pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-ones as Specific Inhibitors of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4
Scott N. VanderWel, Patricia J. Harvey, Dennis J. McNamara, Joseph T. Repine, Paul R. Keller, John Quin III, R. John Booth, William L. Elliott, Ellen M. Dobrusin, David W. Fry, and Peter L. Toogood
pp 2371–2387Publication Date (Web): March 02, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049355+
Discovery of a Potent and Selective Inhibitor of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4/6
Peter L. Toogood, Patricia J. Harvey, Joseph T. Repine, Derek J. Sheehan, Scott N. VanderWel, Hairong Zhou, Paul R. Keller, Dennis J. McNamara, Debra Sherry, Tong Zhu, Joanne Brodfuehrer, Chung Choi, Mark R. Barvian, and David W. Fry
pp 2388–2406Publication Date (Web): March 02, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049354h
Sulfur-Substituted α-Alkyl Phenethylamines as Selective and Reversible MAO-A Inhibitors: Biological Activities, CoMFA Analysis, and Active Site Modeling
Alejandra Gallardo-Godoy, Angélica Fierro, Thomas H. McLean, Mariano Castillo, Bruce K. Cassels, Miguel Reyes-Parada, and David E. Nichols
pp 2407–2419Publication Date (Web): February 16, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0493109
Synthesis of 3-Arylpiperazinylalkylpyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine-2,4-dione Derivatives as Novel, Potent, and Selective α1-Adrenoceptor Ligands
Emanuele Patanè, Valeria Pittalà, Francesco Guerrera, Loredana Salerno, Giuseppe Romeo, Maria Angela Siracusa, Filippo Russo, Fabrizio Manetti, Maurizio Botta, Ilario Mereghetti, Alfredo Cagnotto, and Tiziana Mennini
pp 2420–2431Publication Date (Web): February 25, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm040870h
Hierarchical Database Screenings for HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Using a Pharmacophore Model, Rigid Docking, Solvation Docking, and MM−PB/SA
Junmei Wang, Xinshan Kang, Irwin D. Kuntz, and Peter A. Kollman
pp 2432–2444Publication Date (Web): February 19, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049606e
A New Class of Selective Myocardial Calcium Channel Modulators. 2. Role of the Acetal Chain in Oxadiazol-3-one Derivatives
Roberta Budriesi, Emanuele Carosati, Alberto Chiarini, Barbara Cosimelli, Gabriele Cruciani, Pierfranco Ioan, Domenico Spinelli, and Raffaella Spisani
pp 2445–2456Publication Date (Web): February 24, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0493414
LEA3D: A Computer-Aided Ligand Design for Structure-Based Drug Design
Dominique Douguet, Hélène Munier-Lehmann, Gilles Labesse, and Sylvie Pochet
pp 2457–2468Publication Date (Web): February 25, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0492296
Predicting Human Serum Albumin Affinity of Interleukin-8 (CXCL8) Inhibitors by 3D-QSPR Approach
Loretta Aureli, Gabriele Cruciani, Maria Candida Cesta, Roberto Anacardio, Lucio De Simone, and Alessio Moriconi
pp 2469–2479Publication Date (Web): March 08, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049227l
Architecture of the Human Urotensin II Receptor: Comparison of the Binding Domains of Peptide and Non-Peptide Urotensin II Agonists
Antonio Lavecchia, Sandro Cosconati, and Ettore Novellino
pp 2480–2492Publication Date (Web): February 22, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049110x
CoMFA and CoMSIA Investigations Revealing Novel Insights into the Binding Modes of Dopamine D3 Receptor Agonists
Frank Boeckler, Ursula Ohnmacht, Thomas Lehmann, Wolfgang Utz, Harald Hübner, and Peter Gmeiner
pp 2493–2508Publication Date (Web): March 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049269+
Substituted 5,5‘-Diphenyl-2-thioxoimidazolidin-4-one as CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Ligands: Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation
Giulio G. Muccioli, Diana Martin, Gerhard K. E. Scriba, Wolfgang Poppitz, Jacques H. Poupaert, Johan Wouters, and Didier M. Lambert
pp 2509–2517Publication Date (Web): February 25, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049263k
Druggability Indices for Protein Targets Derived from NMR-Based Screening Data
Philip J. Hajduk, Jeffrey R. Huth, and Stephen W. Fesik
pp 2518–2525Publication Date (Web): February 24, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049131r
Identification of 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexabromocyclohexane as a Small Molecule Inhibitor of Jak2 Tyrosine Kinase Autophophorylation
Eric M. Sandberg, Xianyue Ma, Kai He, Stuart J. Frank, David A. Ostrov, and Peter P. Sayeski
pp 2526–2533Publication Date (Web): February 26, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049470k
Virtual Screening Workflow Development Guided by the “Receiver Operating Characteristic” Curve Approach. Application to High-Throughput Docking on Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 4
Nicolas Triballeau, Francine Acher, Isabelle Brabet, Jean-Philippe Pin, and Hugues-Olivier Bertrand
pp 2534–2547Publication Date (Web): March 08, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049092j
Synthesis and Structure−Activity Relationships of a New Model of Arylpiperazines. 8.1 Computational Simulation of Ligand−Receptor Interaction of 5-HT1AR Agonists with Selectivity over α1-Adrenoceptors
María L. López-Rodríguez, Maria José Morcillo, Esther Fernández, Bellinda Benhamú, Ignacio Tejada, David Ayala, Alma Viso, Mercedes Campillo, Leonardo Pardo, Mercedes Delgado, Jorge Manzanares, and José A. Fuentes
pp 2548–2558Publication Date (Web): March 12, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm048999e
Fluorinated Diaryl Sulfides as Serotonin Transporter Ligands: Synthesis, Structure−Activity Relationship Study, and in Vivo Evaluation of Fluorine-18-Labeled Compounds as PET Imaging Agents
Yiyun Huang, Sung-A Bae, Zhihong Zhu, Ningning Guo, Bryan L. Roth, and Marc Laruelle
pp 2559–2570Publication Date (Web): March 11, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0400808
High-Throughput Lipophilicity Measurement with Immobilized Artificial Membranes
Bernard Faller, Hans Peter Grimm, Frédérique Loeuillet-Ritzler, Sabine Arnold, and Xavier Briand
pp 2571–2576Publication Date (Web): February 19, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049377w
N-[18F]Fluoroethylpiperidin-4ylmethyl Acetate, a Novel Lipophilic Acetylcholine Analogue for PET Measurement of Brain Acetylcholinesterase Activity
Tatsuya Kikuchi, Ming-Rong Zhang, Nobuo Ikota, Kiyoshi Fukushi, Toshimitsu Okamura, Kazutoshi Suzuki, Yasushi Arano, and Toshiaki Irie
pp 2577–2583Publication Date (Web): March 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049100w
Discovery of 2-Arylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic Acid Amides as a New Class of Cytotoxic Agents for Prostate Cancer
Veeresa Gududuru, Eunju Hurh, James T. Dalton, and Duane D. Miller
pp 2584–2588Publication Date (Web): February 22, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049208b
Lipopolysaccharide Sequestrants: Structural Correlates of Activity and Toxicity in Novel Acylhomospermines
Kelly A. Miller, E. V. K. Suresh Kumar, Stewart J. Wood, Jens R. Cromer, Apurba Datta, and Sunil A. David
pp 2589–2599Publication Date (Web): February 19, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049449j
Syntheses and Biological Activities of Rebeccamycin Analogues with Uncommon Sugars
Guisheng Zhang, Jie Shen, Hao Cheng, Lizhi Zhu, Lanyan Fang, Sanzhong Luo, Mark T. Muller, Gun Eui Lee, Lijun Wei, Yuguo Du, Duxin Sun, and Peng George Wang
pp 2600–2611Publication Date (Web): February 18, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0493764
From 1-Acyl-β-lactam Human Cytomegalovirus Protease Inhibitors to 1-Benzyloxycarbonylazetidines with Improved Antiviral Activity. A Straightforward Approach To Convert Covalent to Noncovalent Inhibitors
Guillermo Gerona-Navarro, M. Jesús Pérez de Vega, M. Teresa García-López, Graciela Andrei, Robert Snoeck, Erik De Clercq, Jan Balzarini, and Rosario González-Muñiz
pp 2612–2621Publication Date (Web): February 23, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0492812
Sodium Nitroprusside: Mechanism of NO Release Mediated by Sulfhydryl-Containing Molecules
Loris Grossi and Sandra D'Angelo
pp 2622–2626Publication Date (Web): February 23, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049857n
Synthesis and Pharmacology of N1-Substituted Piperazine-2,3-dicarboxylic Acid Derivatives Acting as NMDA Receptor Antagonists
Richard M. Morley, Heong-Wai Tse, Bihua Feng, Jacqueline C. Miller, Daniel T. Monaghan, and David E. Jane
pp 2627–2637Publication Date (Web): February 18, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0492498
Synthesis, Structure−Activity Relationships at the GABAA Receptor in Rat Brain, and Differential Electrophysiological Profile at the Recombinant Human GABAA Receptor of a Series of Substituted 1,2-Diphenylimidazoles
Battistina Asproni, Giuseppe Talani, Fabio Busonero, Amedeo Pau, Sebastiano Sanna, Riccardo Cerri, Maria Paola Mascia, Enrico Sanna, and Giovanni Biggio
pp 2638–2645Publication Date (Web): February 25, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049120y
Preparation and Pharmacological Characterization of trans-2-Amino-5(6)-fluoro-6(5)-hydroxy-1-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-indenes as D2-like Dopamine Receptor Agonists
Antonio Di Stefano, Piera Sozio, Ivana Cacciatore, Alessandra Cocco, Gianfabio Giorgioni, Barbara Costa, Marina Montali, Antonio Lucacchini, Claudia Martini, Giuseppe Spoto, Francesco Di Pietrantonio, Elisabetta Di Matteo, and Francesco Pinnen
pp 2646–2654Publication Date (Web): March 09, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm040889k
No Auxiliary, No Byproduct Strategy for Water-Soluble Prodrugs of Taxoids: Scope and Limitation of O−N Intramolecular Acyl and Acyloxy Migration Reactions
Mariusz Skwarczynski, Youhei Sohma, Mayo Noguchi, Maiko Kimura, Yoshio Hayashi, Yoshio Hamada, Tooru Kimura, and Yoshiaki Kiso
pp 2655–2666Publication Date (Web): March 03, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049344g
Cationic Chalcone Antibiotics. Design, Synthesis, and Mechanism of Action
Simon F. Nielsen, Mogens Larsen, Thomas Boesen, Kristian Schønning, and Hasse Kromann
pp 2667–2677Publication Date (Web): March 04, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049424k
Discovery of the α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonists. (R)-3‘-(5-Chlorothiophen-2-yl)spiro-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane-3,5‘-[1‘,3‘]oxazolidin-2‘-one as a Novel, Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable Ligand
Ryo Tatsumi, Masakazu Fujio, Hiroyuki Satoh, Jiro Katayama, Shin-ichi Takanashi, Kenji Hashimoto, and Hiroshi Tanaka
pp 2678–2686Publication Date (Web): February 25, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049188d
Anchor−GRIND: Filling the Gap between Standard 3D QSAR and the GRid-INdependent Descriptors
Fabien Fontaine, Manuel Pastor, Ismael Zamora, and Ferran Sanz
pp 2687–2694Publication Date (Web): March 02, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm049113+
Synthesis of 2‘,3‘-Dideoxynucleoside 5‘-α-P-Borano-β,γ-(difluoromethylene)triphosphates and Their Inhibition of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase
Nicholas A. Boyle, Vivek K. Rajwanshi, Marija Prhavc, Guangyi Wang, Patrick Fagan, Fu Chen, Gregory J. Ewing, Jennifer L. Brooks, Tiffany Hurd, Janet M. Leeds, Thomas W. Bruice, and P. Dan Cook
pp 2695–2700Publication Date (Web): February 25, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm040101y
Synthesis of Some Cryptolepine Analogues, Assessment of Their Antimalarial and Cytotoxic Activities, and Consideration of Their Antimalarial Mode of Action
Onyeka Onyeibor, Simon L. Croft, Hilary I. Dodson, Mohammad Feiz-Haddad, Howard Kendrick, Nicola J. Millington, Silvia Parapini, Roger M. Phillips, Scott Seville, Steven D. Shnyder, Donatella Taramelli, and Colin W. Wright
pp 2701–2709Publication Date (Web): March 03, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm040893w
Synthesis, Biological Activity, and SAR of Antimycobacterial 9-Aryl-, 9-Arylsulfonyl-, and 9-Benzyl-6-(2-furyl)purines
Anne Kristin Bakkestuen, Lise-Lotte Gundersen, and Bibigul T. Utenova
pp 2710–2723Publication Date (Web): March 01, 2005 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/jm0408924
Additions and Corrections
Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines: Estrogen Receptor Ligands Possessing Estrogen Receptor β Antagonist Activity.
Dennis R. Compton, Shubin Sheng, Kathryn E. Carlson, Natalie A. Rebacz, In Young Lee, Benita S. Katzenellenbogen, and John A. Katzenellenbogen:
p 2724Publication Date (Web): February 05, 2005 (Addition/Correction)
DOI: 10.1021/jm058162z
Liver-Selective Glucocorticoid Antagonists: A Novel Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes.
Thomas W. von Geldern, Noah Tu, Philip R. Kym, James T. Link, Hwan-Soo Jae, Chunqiu Lai, Theresa Apelqvist, Patrik Rhonnstad, Lars Hagberg, Konrad Koehler, Marlena Grynfarb, Annika Goos-Nilsson, Johnny Sandberg, Marie Österlund, Tomas Barkhem, Marie Höglund, Jiahong Wang, Steven Fung, Denise Wilcox, Phong Nguyen, Clarissa Jakob, Charles Hutchins, Mathias Färnegårdh, Björn Kauppi, Lars Öhman, and Peer B. Jacobson:
p 2724Publication Date (Web): March 03, 2005 (Addition/Correction)
DOI: 10.1021/jm058170f