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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Properly Substituted Benzimidazoles as a New Promising Class of Nicotinate Phosphoribosyltransferase (NAPRT) Modulators.

Cecilia Baldassarri, Gianfabio Giorgioni, Alessandro Piergentili, Wilma Quaglia, Stefano Fontana, Valerio Mammoli, Gabriele Minazzato, Elisa Marangoni, Massimiliano Gasparrini, Leonardo Sorci and 4 more

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. 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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3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The role of NADnpj metabolic health and disease · 2025
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  3. Inhibitors of NADInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Cecilia BaldassarriMedicinal Chemistry Unit, School of Pharmacy, Chemistry Interdisciplinary Project (ChIP), University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy.
Gianfabio GiorgioniMedicinal Chemistry Unit, School of Pharmacy, Chemistry Interdisciplinary Project (ChIP), University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9576-6580
Alessandro PiergentiliMedicinal Chemistry Unit, School of Pharmacy, Chemistry Interdisciplinary Project (ChIP), University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy.
Wilma QuagliaMedicinal Chemistry Unit, School of Pharmacy, Chemistry Interdisciplinary Project (ChIP), University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy.
Stefano FontanaCenter for Drug Discovery and Development-DMPK, Aptuit, an Evotec Company, Via A. Fleming 4, 37135 Verona, Italy.
Valerio MammoliCenter for Drug Discovery and Development-DMPK, Aptuit, an Evotec Company, Via A. Fleming 4, 37135 Verona, Italy.
Gabriele MinazzatoDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2768-4310
Elisa MarangoniDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
Massimiliano GasparriniDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9738-2663
Leonardo SorciDivision of Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4356-8873
Nadia RaffaelliDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4458-1789
Loredana CappellacciMedicinal Chemistry Unit, School of Pharmacy, Chemistry Interdisciplinary Project (ChIP), University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8155-7211
Riccardo PetrelliMedicinal Chemistry Unit, School of Pharmacy, Chemistry Interdisciplinary Project (ChIP), University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4760-1204
Fabio Del BelloMedicinal Chemistry Unit, School of Pharmacy, Chemistry Interdisciplinary Project (ChIP), University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6538-6029
Università di Camerino · ITMarche Polytechnic University · ITAptuit (Italy) · IT

Funding

This work was supported by the Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca to N.R. and R.P. PRIN 2017CBNCYT
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevention of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis is considered an attractive therapeutic approach against cancer, considering that tumor cells are characterized by an increased need for NAD to fuel their reprogrammed metabolism. On the other hand, the decline of NAD is a hallmark of some pathological conditions, including neurodegeneration and metabolic diseases, and boosting NAD biosynthesis has proven to be of therapeutic relevance. Therefore, targeting the enzymes nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) and nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase (NAPRT), which regulate NAD biosynthesis from nicotinamide (NAM) and nicotinic acid (NA), respectively, is considered a promising strategy to modulate intracellular NAD pool. While potent NAMPT inhibitors and activators have been developed, the search for NAPRT modulators is still in its infancy. In this work, we report on the identification of a new class of NAPRT modulators bearing the 1,2-dimethylbenzimidazole scaffold properly substituted in position 5. In particular, compounds

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NAD biosynthesisNAPRT activatorsNAPRT inhibitorsnicotinate phosphoribosyltransferasepharmacokineticssubstituted benzimidazoles

Identifiers

PMID37259338
PMCPMC9967085
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