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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2021

From Far West to East: Joining the Molecular Architecture of Imidazole-like Ligands in HO-1 Complexes.

Giuseppe Floresta, Antonino Nicolò Fallica, Vincenzo Patamia, Valeria Sorrenti, Khaled Greish, Antonio Rescifina, Valeria Pittalà

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Giuseppe FlorestaDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0668-1260
Antonino Nicolò FallicaDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1899-8414
Vincenzo PatamiaDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0048-2631
Valeria SorrentiDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5973-1495
Khaled GreishDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Nanomedicine Unit, Princess Al-Jawhara Center for Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 329, Bahrain.ORCID 0000-0002-0787-7070
Antonio RescifinaDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5039-2151
Valeria PittalàDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1856-0308

Funding

University of Catania, Programma Ricerca di Ateneo Pia.Ce.Ri 2020-2022 linea 2 57722172126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HO-1 overexpression has been reported in several cases/types of human malignancies. Unfortunately, poor clinical outcomes are reported in most of these cases, and the inhibition of HO-1 is considered a valuable and proven anticancer approach. To identify novel hit compounds suitable as HO-1 inhibitors, we report here a fragment-based approach where ligand joining experiments were used. The two most important parts of the classical structure of the HO-1 inhibitors were used as a starting point, and 1000 novel compounds were generated and then virtually evaluated by structure and ligand-based approaches. The joining experiments led us to a novel series of indole-based compounds. A synthetic pathway for eight selected molecules was designed, and the compounds were synthesized. The biological activity revealed that some molecules reach the micromolar activity, whereas molecule

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fragment-based ligand designfragment growingheme oxygenaseHO-1 inhibitorsimidazoleligand joiningstructure-based drug design

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PMCPMC8704944

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