Papers - Tanaka Tomohiro

Amodiaquine Analogs Are Potent Inhibitors of Interleukin-6 Production Induced by Activation of Toll-Like Receptors Recognizing Pathogen Nucleic Acids

Yohei Takenaka, Tomohiro Tanaka, Shotaro Otaki, Azusa Kanbe, Tomoe Morita, Kenta Yokoi, Saki Sekiguchi, Koki Nakamura, Hidetoshi Satoh, Toshifumi Tojo, Fumiaki Uchiumi, Kazuki Kitabatake, Shin Aoki, Mitsutoshi Tsukimoto

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin   47 ( 12 )   2101 - 2118   2024.12

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DOI： 10.1248/bpb.b24-00639

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Design and Synthesis of Poly(2,2′-Bipyridyl) Ligands for Induction of Cell Death in Cancer Cells: Control of Anticancer Activity by Complexation/Decomplexation with Biorelevant Metal Cations

Chandrasekar Balachandran, Masumi Hirose, Tomohiro Tanaka, Jun Jie Zhu, Kenta Yokoi, Yosuke Hisamatsu, Yasuyuki Yamada, Shin Aoki

Inorganic Chemistry   2023.8

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DOI： 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01738

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Post-complexation Functionalization of Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes and Applications to Biomedical and Material Sciences

Shin Aoki, Kenta Yokoi, Yosuke Hisamatsu, Chandrasekar Balachandran, Yuichi Tamura, Tomohiro Tanaka

Topics in Current Chemistry   380 ( 5 )   2022.10

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DOI： 10.1007/s41061-022-00401-w

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Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Boron‐Containing Macrocyclic Polyamine Dimers and Their Zinc(II) Complexes for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

Hiroki Ueda, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinori Sakurai, Tomohiro Tanaka, Shin Aoki

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry   2022 ( 5 )   2022.2

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DOI： 10.1002/ejic.202100949

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The structure of POMGNT2 provides new insights into the mechanism to determine the functional O ‐mannosylation site on α‐dystroglycan

Rieko Imae, Naoyuki Kuwabara, Hiroshi Manya, Tomohiro Tanaka, Masato Tsuyuguchi, Mamoru Mizuno, Tamao Endo, Ryuichi Kato

Genes to Cells   26 ( 7 )   485 - 494   2021.7

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DOI： 10.1111/gtc.12853

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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Boron-Containing Macrocyclic Polyamines and Their Zinc(II) Complexes for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

Hiroki Ueda, Minoru Suzuki, Reiko Kuroda, Tomohiro Tanaka, Shin Aoki

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry   64 ( 12 )   8523 - 8544   2021.6

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DOI： 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00445

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Mefloquine, a Potent Anti-severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Drug as an Entry Inhibitor in vitro

Kaho Shionoya, Masako Yamasaki, Shoya Iwanami, Yusuke Ito, Shuetsu Fukushi, Hirofumi Ohashi, Wakana Saso, Tomohiro Tanaka, Shin Aoki, Kouji Kuramochi, Shingo Iwami, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Tadaki Suzuki, Masamichi Muramatsu, Makoto Takeda, Takaji Wakita, Koichi Watashi

Frontiers in Microbiology   12   2021.4

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused serious public health, social, and economic damage worldwide and effective drugs that prevent or cure COVID-19 are urgently needed. Approved drugs including Hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir or Interferon were reported to inhibit the infection or propagation of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), however, their clinical efficacies have not yet been well demonstrated. To identify drugs with higher antiviral potency, we screened approved anti-parasitic/anti-protozoal drugs and identified an anti-malarial drug, Mefloquine, which showed the highest anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity among the tested compounds. Mefloquine showed higher anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity than Hydroxychloroquine in VeroE6/TMPRSS2 and Calu-3 cells, with IC₅₀ = 1.28 μM, IC₉₀ = 2.31 μM, and IC₉₉ = 4.39 μM in VeroE6/TMPRSS2 cells. Mefloquine inhibited viral entry after viral attachment to the target cell. Combined treatment with Mefloquine and Nelfinavir, a replication inhibitor, showed synergistic antiviral activity. Our mathematical modeling based on the drug concentration in the lung predicted that Mefloquine administration at a standard treatment dosage could decline viral dynamics in patients, reduce cumulative viral load to 7% and shorten the time until virus elimination by 6.1 days. These data cumulatively underscore Mefloquine as an anti-SARS-CoV-2 entry inhibitor.

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Potential anti-COVID-19 agents, cepharanthine and nelfinavir, and their usage for combination treatment

Hirofumi Ohashi, Koichi Watashi, Wakana Saso, Kaho Shionoya, Shoya Iwanami, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Tsuyoshi Shirai, Shigehiko Kanaya, Yusuke Ito, Kwang Su Kim, Takao Nomura, Tateki Suzuki, Kazane Nishioka, Shuji Ando, Keisuke Ejima, Yoshiki Koizumi, Tomohiro Tanaka, Shin Aoki, Kouji Kuramochi, Tadaki Suzuki, Takao Hashiguchi, Katsumi Maenaka, Tetsuro Matano, Masamichi Muramatsu, Masayuki Saijo, Kazuyuki Aihara, Shingo Iwami, Makoto Takeda, Jane A. McKeating, Takaji Wakita

iScience   24 ( 4 )   102367 - 102367   2021.4

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DOI： 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102367

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Development of metallosupramolecular phosphatases based on the combinatorial self-assembly of metal complexes and organic building blocks for the catalytic hydrolysis of phosphate monoesters

Shin Aoki, Akib Bin Rahman, Yosuke Hisamatsu, Yuya Miyazawa, Mohd Zulkefeli, Yutaka Saga, Tomohiro Tanaka

Results in Chemistry   3   100133 - 100133   2021.1

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DOI： 10.1016/j.rechem.2021.100133

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Crystal structures of fukutin-related protein (FKRP), a ribitol-phosphate transferase related to muscular dystrophy

Naoyuki Kuwabara, Rieko Imae, Hiroshi Manya, Tomohiro Tanaka, Mamoru Mizuno, Hiroki Tsumoto, Motoi Kanagawa, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Tatsushi Toda, Toshiya Senda, Tamao Endo, Ryuichi Kato

Nature Communications   11 ( 1 )   2020.1

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α-Dystroglycan (α-DG) is a highly-glycosylated surface membrane protein. Defects in the O-mannosyl glycan of α-DG cause dystroglycanopathy, a group of congenital muscular dystrophies. The core M3 O-mannosyl glycan contains tandem ribitol-phosphate (RboP), a characteristic feature first found in mammals. Fukutin and fukutin-related protein (FKRP), whose mutated genes underlie dystroglycanopathy, sequentially transfer RboP from cytidine diphosphate-ribitol (CDP-Rbo) to form a tandem RboP unit in the core M3 glycan. Here, we report a series of crystal structures of FKRP with and without donor (CDP-Rbo) and/or acceptor [RboP-(phospho-)core M3 peptide] substrates. FKRP has N-terminal stem and C-terminal catalytic domains, and forms a tetramer both in crystal and in solution. In the acceptor complex, the phosphate group of RboP is recognized by the catalytic domain of one subunit, and a phosphate group on O-mannose is recognized by the stem domain of another subunit. Structure-based functional studies confirmed that the dimeric structure is essential for FKRP enzymatic activity.

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Efficient synthesis of N- and O-linked glycopeptides using acid-labile Boc groups for the protection of carbohydrate moieties

Tomohiro Tanaka, Mika Shiraishi, Akio Matsuda, Mamoru Mizuno

Tetrahedron Letters   60 ( 40 )   151106 - 151106   2019.10

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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of low molecular weight CXCR4 ligands. Reviewed

Sakyiamah MM, Kobayakawa T, Fujino M, Konno M, Narumi T, Tanaka T, Nomura W, Yamamoto N, Murakami T, Tamamura H

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry   27 ( 6 )   1130 - 1138   2019.3

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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of low molecular weight CXCR4 ligands

Sakyiamah MM, Kobayakawa T, Fujino M, KonnoM, Narumi T, Tanaka T, Nomura W, Yamamoto N, Murakami T, Tamamura H

ChemMedChem   8 ( 1 )   118 - 124   2019

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Design and synthesis of boron containing monosaccharides by the hydroboration of d-glucal for use in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). Reviewed

Itoh T, Tamura K, Ueda H, Tanaka T, Sato K, Kuroda R, Aoki S

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry   26 ( 22 )   5922 - 5933   2018.12

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CDP-glycerol inhibits the synthesis of the functional O-mannosyl glycan of α-dystroglycan

Rieko Imae, Hiroshi Manya, Hiroki Tsumoto, Kenji Osumi, Tomohiro Tanaka, Mamoru Mizuno, Motoi Kanagawa, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Tatsushi Toda, Tamao Endo

Journal of Biological Chemistry   293 ( 31 )   12186 - 12198   2018.8

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Bivalent 14-mer peptide ligands of CXCR4 with polyproline linkers with anti-chemotactic activity against Jurkat cells Reviewed

Tomohiro Tanaka, Toru Aoki, Wataru Nomura, Hirokazu Tamamura

JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE   23 ( 7-8 )   574 - 580   2017.7

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Interaction of CXCR4 with its endogenous ligand, stromal-cell derived factor-1 (SDF-1)/CXCL12, induces various physiological functions involving chemotaxis. Bivalent ligands with a polyproline helix bearing a cyclic pentapeptide, FC131, were previously shown to have higher binding affinities for CXCR4 than the corresponding monovalent ligands. Bivalent ligands based on a 14-mer peptide T140 derivative with polyproline linkers have been designed and synthesized. The activity of these peptides as well as the effect of bivalency of the ligand on CXCR4 binding has been assessed. The binding affinity of these series of bivalent ligands is increased as the linker length increases up to the 12-/15-mer proline linker. The inhibitory activity against chemotaxis on Jurkat cells also depends on the linker length. The T140-derived bivalent ligands with the 9- and 12-mer proline linkers showed the most effective inhibition against chemotaxis at 1000nM, which is even higher than that of known CXCR4 antagonists in the monomer structure. The effective metastatic inhibition by bivalent T140 derivatives indicates the therapeutic potential. Copyright (c) 2017 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Concise and Versatile Synthesis of Sulfoquinovosyl Acyl Glycerol Derivatives for Biological Applications Reviewed

Tomohiro Tanaka, Yasuhiro Sawamoto, Shin Aoki

CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN   65 ( 6 )   566 - 572   2017.6

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Sulfoquinovosyl acylpropanediol (SQAP), a chemically modified analogue of sulfoquinovosyl acylglycerol (SQAG) that occurs in sea algae, has been reported to show a variety of biological activities, including accumulation in tumor cells and the inhibition of tumor cell growth. We report herein on a new concise and versatile synthesis of SQAP itself and derivatives bearing iodoaryl groups and boronclusters. This method should be useful for the design and synthesis of SQAG/SQAP derivatives for diagnosis and the treatment of cancer and related diseases.

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B-11 NMR Probes of Copper(II): Finding and Implications of the Cu2+-Promoted Decomposition of ortho-Carborane Derivatives Reviewed

Tomohiro Tanaka, Yukiko Nishiura, Rikita Araki, Takaomi Saido, Ryo Abe, Shin Aoki

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   ( 12 )   1819 - 1834   2016.4

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The development of noninvasive methodologies for the detection of d-block metal ions such as copper (Cu2+), zinc (Zn2+), and manganese (Mn2+) is important for understanding their biological roles and relationship with diseases. We have been interested in the use of B-11 NMR probes for the detection of d-block metal ions, because B-11 is an ultratrace element in living systems. o-Carboranes, which consist of ten boron and two carbon atoms, have been applied to numerous drugs and biological active agents. In this work, we found that the o-carborane-pendant cyclens (L-3-L-5) (cyclen = 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) are decomposed in the presence of Mn2+ or Cu2+ in aqueous solution at neutral pH, accompanied by the release of 4-9 equiv. of B(OH)(3). Furthermore, it was found that o-carborane derivatives that contain hydroxyl groups instead of a cyclen unit also undergo decomposition in the presence of Cu2+ and the corresponding complexes such as Cu(bpy) to afford 10 equiv. of B(OH)(3), as confirmed by B-11 NMR spectroscopic analysis and an azomethine-H assay. These reactions are applied to B-11 MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) probes for Cu2+.

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Development of a fluoride-responsive amide bond cleavage device that is potentially applicable to a traceable linker Reviewed

Yamamoto, J, Maeda, N, Komiya, C, Tanaka, T, Denda, M, Ebisuno, K, Nomura, W, Tamamura, H, Sato, Y, Yamauchi, A, Shigenaga, A, Otaka, A

Tetrahedron   70   5122 - 5127   2014

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Development of a traceable linker containing a thiol-responsive amino acid for the enrichment and selective labelling of target proteins Reviewed

Jun Yamamoto, Masaya Denda, Nami Maeda, Miku Kita, Chiaki Komiya, Tomohiro Tanaka, Wataru Nomura, Hirokazu Tamamura, Youichi Sato, Aiko Yamauchi, Akira Shigenaga, Akira Otaka

ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   12 ( 23 )   3821 - 3826   2014

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A traceable linker that is potentially applicable to identification of a target protein of bioactive compounds was developed. It enabled not only thiol-induced cleavage of the linker for enrichment of the target protein but also selective labelling to pick out the target from contaminated non-target proteins for facile identification.

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Cell-permeable stapled peptides based on HIV-1 integrase inhibitors derived from HIV-1 Gene products Reviewed

Wataru Nomura, Haruo Aikawa, Nami Ohashi, Emiko Urano, Mathieu Métifiot, Masayuki Fujino, Kasthuraiah Maddali, Taro Ozaki, Ami Nozue, Tetsuo Narumi, Chie Hashimoto, Tomohiro Tanaka, Yves Pommier, Naoki Yamamoto, Jun A. Komano, Tsutomu Murakami, Hirokazu Tamamura

ACS Chemical Biology   8 ( 10 )   2235 - 2244   2013.10

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HIV-1 integrase (IN) is an enzyme which is indispensable for the stable infection of host cells because it catalyzes the insertion of viral DNA into the genome and thus is an attractive target for the development of anti-HIV agents. Earlier, we found Vpr-derived peptides with inhibitory activity against HIV-1 IN. These Vpr-derived peptides are originally located in an α-helical region of the parent Vpr protein. Addition of an octa-arginyl group to the inhibitory peptides caused significant inhibition against HIV replication associated with an increase in cell permeability but also relatively high cytotoxicity. In the current study, stapled peptides, a new class of stabilized α-helical peptidomimetics were adopted to enhance the cell permeability of the above lead peptides. A series of stapled peptides, which have a hydrocarbon link formed by a ruthenium-catalyzed ring-closing metathesis reaction between successive turns of α-helix, were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for biological activity. In cell-based assays some of the stapled peptides showed potent anti-HIV activity comparable with that of the original octa-arginine-containing peptide (2) but with lower cytotoxicity. Fluorescent imaging experiments revealed that these stapled peptides are significantly cell permeable, and CD analysis showed they form α-helical structures, whereas the unstapled congeners form β-sheet structures. The application of this stapling strategy to Vpr-derived IN inhibitory peptides led to a remarkable increase in their potency in cells and a significant reduction of their cytotoxicity. © 2013 American Chemical Society.

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Expressed protein ligation at methionine: N-terminal attachment of homocysteine, ligation, and masking. International journal

Tomohiro Tanaka, Anne M Wagner, John B Warner, Yanxin J Wang, E James Petersson

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)   52 ( 24 )   6210 - 3   2013.6

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Biological Effects of Bivalent-type CXCR4 Ligands with Rigid Linkers Reviewed

Nomura W, Tanaka T, Aoki T, Narumi T, Tamamura H

BIOPOLYMERS   100 ( 3 )   296 - 296   2013.5

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腫瘍認識プローブ・HIV阻害剤としてのケモカイン受容体リガンド Reviewed

野村 渉, 田中 智博, 大橋 南美, 玉村 啓和

生体材料工学研究所年報   46   28 - 31   2013.3

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Low-Molecular-Weight CXCR4 Ligands with Variable Spacers Reviewed

Tetsuo Narumi, Haruo Aikawa, Tomohiro Tanaka, Chie Hashimoto, Nami Ohashi, Wataru Nomura, Takuya Kobayakawa, Hikaru Takano, Yuki Hirota, Tsutomu Murakami, Naoki Yamamoto, Hirokazu Tamamura

ChemMedChem   8 ( 1 )   118 - 124   2013.1

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Low-molecular-weight CXCR4 ligands based on known lead compounds including the 14-mer peptide T140, the cyclic pentapeptide FC131, peptide mimetics, and dipicolylamine-containing compounds were designed and synthesized. Three types of aromatic spacers, 1,4-phenylenedimethanamine, naphthalene-2,6-diyldimethanamine, and [1,1′-biphenyl]-4,4′-diyldimethanamine, were used to build four pharmacophore groups. As pharmacophore groups, 2-pyridylmethyl and 1-naphthylmethyl are present in all of the compounds, and several aromatic groups and a cationic group from 1-propylguanidine and 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-2-propylguanidine were also used. Several compounds showed significant CXCR4 binding affinity, and zinc(II) complexation of bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amine moieties resulted in a remarkable increase in CXCR4 binding affinity. © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH &amp
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Bivalent ligands for the chemokine receptor CXCR4 dimer and their function Reviewed

Nomura W, Tanaka T, Aikawa H, Narumi T, Tamamura H

JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE   18   S47 - S47   2012.9

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HIV inhibitors targeting entry, fusion, and integrase Reviewed

Narumi Tetsuo, Tanaka Tomohiro, Nomura Wataru, Aikawa Haruo, Tamamura Hirokazu

ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY   244   2012.8

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Pharmacophore-based small molecule CXCR4 ligands Reviewed

Tetsuo Narumi, Tomohiro Tanaka, Chie Hashimoto, Wataru Nomura, Haruo Aikawa, Akira Sohma, Kyoko Itotani, Miyako Kawamata, Tsutomu Murakami, Naoki Yamamoto, Hirokazu Tamamura

BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS   22 ( 12 )   4169 - 4172   2012.6

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Low molecular weight CXCR4 ligands were developed based on the peptide T140, which has previously been identified as a potent CXCR4 antagonist. Some compounds with naphthyl, fluorobenzyl and pyridyl moieties as pharmacophore groups in the molecule showed significant CXCR4-binding activity and anti-HIV activity. Structure-activity relationships were studied and characteristics of each of these three moieties necessary for CXCR4 binding were defined. In this way, CXCR4 ligands with two types of recognition modes for CXCR4 have been found. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Conjugation of cell-penetrating peptides leads to identification of anti-HIV peptides from matrix proteins Reviewed

Tetsuo Narumi, Mao Komoriya, Chie Hashimoto, Honggui Wu, Wataru Nomura, Shintaro Suzuki, Tomohiro Tanaka, Joe Chiba, Naoki Yamamoto, Tsutomu Murakami, Hirokazu Tamamura

BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY   20 ( 4 )   1468 - 1474   2012.2

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Compounds which inhibit the HIV-1 replication cycle have been found amongst fragment peptides derived from an HIV-1 matrix (MA) protein. Overlapping peptide libraries covering the whole sequence of MA were designed and constructed with the addition of an octa-arginyl group to increase their cell membrane permeability. Imaging experiments with fluorescent-labeled peptides demonstrated these peptides with an octa-arginyl group can penetrate cell membranes. The fusion of an octa-arginyl group was proven to be an efficient way to find active peptides in cells such as HIV-inhibitory peptides. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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A Synthetic C34 Trimer of HIV-1 gp41 Shows Significant Increase in Inhibition Potency Reviewed

Wataru Nomura, Chie Hashimoto, Aki Ohya, Kosuke Miyauchi, Emiko Urano, Tomohiro Tanaka, Tetsuo Narumi, Toru Nakahara, Jun A. Komano, Naoki Yamamoto, Hirokazu Tamamura

CHEMMEDCHEM   7 ( 2 )   205 - 208   2012.2

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The successes and failures of HIV drug discovery Reviewed

Chie Hashimoto, Tomohiro Tanaka, Tetsuo Narumi, Wataru Nomura, Hirokazu Tamamura

EXPERT OPINION ON DRUG DISCOVERY   6 ( 10 )   1067 - 1090   2011.10

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Introduction: To date, several anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drugs, including reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors, have been developed and used clinically for the treatment of patients infected with HIV. Recently, novel drugs have been discovered which have different mechanisms of action from those of the above inhibitors, including entry inhibitors and integrase (IN) inhibitors; the clinical use of three of these inhibitors has been approved. Other inhibitors are still in development.
Areas covered: This review article summarizes the history of the development of anti-HIV drugs and also focuses on successes in the development of these entry and IN inhibitors, along with looking at exploratory approaches for the development of other inhibitors.
Expert opinion: Currently used highly active antiretroviral therapy can be subject to a loss of efficacy, due to the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains; a change of regimens of the drug combination is required to combat this, along with careful monitoring of the virus and CD4 in the blood, by methods such as cellular tropism testing. In such a situation, entry inhibitors such as CCR5/CXCR4 antagonists, CD4 mimics, fusion inhibitors and IN inhibitors might be optional agents for an expansion of the drug repertoire available to patients at all stages of HIV infection.

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Azamacrocyclic Metal Complexes as CXCR4 Antagonists Reviewed

Tomohiro Tanaka, Tetsuo Narumi, Taro Ozaki, Akira Sohma, Nami Ohashi, Chie Hashimoto, Kyoko Itotani, Wataru Nomura, Tsutomu Murakami, Yamamoto B. Naoki, Hirokazu Tamamura

CHEMMEDCHEM   6 ( 5 )   834 - 839   2011.5

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The chemokine receptor CXCR4 is a member of the seven transmembrane GPCR family, which is implicated in multiple diseases, including HIV infection, cancers, and rheumatoid arthritis. Low-molecular-weight nonpeptidic compounds, including AMD3100 and various pyridyl macrocyclic zinc(II) complexes, have been identified as selective antagonists of CXCR4. In the present study, structure-activity relationship studies were performed by combining the common structural features of alkylamino and pyridiyl macrocyclic antagonists. Several new zinc(II) or copper(II) complexes demonstrated potent anti-HIV activity, strong CXCR4-binding activity, and significant inhibitory activity against Ca(2+) mobilization induced by CXCL12 stimulation. These results may prove useful in the design of novel CXCR4 antagonists, and the compounds described could potentially be developed as therapeutics against CXCR4-relevant diseases or chemical probes to study the biological activity of CXCR4.

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Design and Synthesis of Traceable Linker for Efficient Enrichment and Specific Labeling of Target Proteins Reviewed

Yamamoto Jun, Tanaka Tomohiro, Denda Masaya, Shigenaga Akira, Nomura Wataru, Tamamura Hirokazu, Otaka Akira

BIOPOLYMERS   96 ( 4 )   492   2011

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Development of Bivalent Ligands for CXCR4 with Rigid Linkers and Application to Detection of Cancer Cells Reviewed

Nomura Wataru, Tomohiro Tanaka, Akemi Masuda, Tetsuo Narumi, Hirokazu Tamamura

BIOPOLYMERS   96 ( 4 )   510 - 511   2011

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Synthesis and Application of Fluorescent-labeled Bivalent-type CXCR4 Ligands

Aikawa Haruo, Nomura Wataru, Narumi Tetsuo, Tanaka Tomohiro, Tamamura Hirokazu

Proceedings of the Symposium on Progress in Organic Reactions and Syntheses   37   109 - 109   2011

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We have synthesized bivalent CXCR4 ligands consisting of two molecules of a cyclic pentapeptide cFC131 connected by poly(L-prolines), and the maximum increase in their binding affinity for CXCR4 was observed when the length of linker were 5.5 to 6.5 nm. Here, we synthesized a bivalent ligand with a cyanine dye which would have a property of light absorption and emission in near infrared (NIR) region. Two molecules of cFC131 were conjugated with proline linker through the reaction between the thiol group of cFC131 and the chloroacetyl moiety of proline linker terminals. The obtained azido-peptide was coupled with alkynylcyanine by copper(I)-catalyzed azido/alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction. The fluorescent-labeled bivalent ligand was purified by HPLC and characterized by ESI-MS.

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Bivalent Ligands of CXCR4 with Rigid Linkers for Elucidation of the Dimerization State in Cells Reviewed

Tomohiro Tanaka, Wataru Nomura, Tetsuo Narumi, Akemi Masuda, Hirokazu Tamamura

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY   132 ( 45 )   15899 - 15901   2010.11

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To date, challenges in the design of bivalent ligands for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have revealed difficulties stemming from lack of knowledge of the state of oligomerization of the GPCR. The synthetic bivalent ligands with rigid linkers that are presented here can predict the dimer form of CXCR4 and be applied to molecular probes in cancerous cells. This "molecular ruler" approach would be useful in elucidating the details of CXCR4 oligomer formation.

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HIV-1遺伝子産物由来のインテグラーゼ阻害剤の創出 Reviewed

橋本 知恵, 田中 智博, 浦野 恵美子, 尾崎 太郎, 新井 啓之, 鳴海 哲夫, 野村 渉, Maddali Kasthuraiah, Pommier Yves, 山本 直樹, 駒野 淳, 玉村 啓和

日本エイズ学会誌   12 ( 4 )   370 - 370   2010.11

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gp120のCD4結合サイトを模倣した新規抗原分子の創製 Reviewed

尾崎 太郎, 田中 智博, 宮内 浩典, 橋本 知恵, 鳴海 哲夫, 野村 渉, 山本 直樹, 駒野 淳, 玉村 啓和

日本エイズ学会誌   12 ( 4 )   484 - 484   2010.11

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HIV-1侵入過程の動的超分子機構を基にした新規エイズワクチンの創製 Reviewed

橋本 知恵, 鳴海 哲夫, 野村 渉, 中原 徹, 田中 智博, 大庭 賢二, 相馬 晃, 長谷山 正樹, 村上 努, 山本 直樹, 玉村 啓和

日本エイズ学会誌   12 ( 4 )   483 - 483   2010.11

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CD4 mimics targeting the HIV entry mechanism and their hybrid molecules with a CXCR4 antagonist Reviewed

Tetsuo Narumi, Chihiro Ochiai, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, Shigeyoshi Harada, Tomohiro Tanaka, Wataru Nomura, Hiroshi Arai, Taro Ozaki, Nami Ohashi, Shuzo Matsushita, Hirokazu Tamamura

BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS   20 ( 19 )   5853 - 5858   2010.10

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Small molecules behaving as CD4 mimics were previously reported as HIV-1 entry inhibitors that block the gp120-CD4 interaction and induce a conformational change in gp120, exposing its co-receptor-binding site. A structure-activity relationship (SAR) study of a series of CD4 mimic analogs was conducted to investigate the contribution from the piperidine moiety of CD4 mimic 1 to anti-HIV activity, cytotoxicity, and CD4 mimicry effects on conformational changes of gp120. In addition, several hybrid molecules based on conjugation of a CD4 mimic analog with a selective CXCR4 antagonist were also synthesized and their utility evaluated. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Peptidic HIV integrase inhibitors derived from HIV gene products: Structure-activity relationship studies Reviewed

Shintaro Suzuki, Kasthuraiah Maddali, Chie Hashimoto, Emiko Urano, Nami Ohashi, Tomohiro Tanaka, Taro Ozaki, Hiroshi Arai, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Tetsuo Narumi, Wataru Nomura, Naoki Yamamoto, Yves Pommier, Jun A. Komano, Hirokazu Tamamura

BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY   18 ( 18 )   6771 - 6775   2010.9

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Structure-activity relationship studies were conducted on HIV integrase (IN) inhibitory peptides which were found by the screening of an overlapping peptide library derived from HIV-1 gene products. Since these peptides located in the second helix of Vpr are considered to have an alpha-helical conformation, Glu-Lys pairs were introduced into the i and i + 4 positions to increase the helicity of the lead compound possessing an octa-arginyl group. Ala-scan was also performed on the lead compound for the identification of the amino acid residues responsible for the inhibitory activity. The results indicated the importance of an a-helical structure for the expression of inhibitory activity, and presented a binding model of integrase and the lead compound. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Peptide HIV-1 integrase inhibitors from HIV-1 gene products. Reviewed

Suzuki S, Urano E, Hashimoto C, Tsutsumi H, Nakahara T, Tanaka T, Nakanishi Y, Maddali K, Han Y, Hamatake M, Miyauchi K, Pommier Y, Beutler JA, Sugiura W, Fuji H, Hoshino T, Itotani K, Nomura W, Narumi T, Yamamoto N, Komano JA, Tamamura H

Journal of medicinal chemistry   53 ( 14 )   5356 - 5360   2010.7

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Remodeling of Dynamic Structures of HIV-1 Envelope Proteins Leads to Synthetic Antigen Molecules Inducing Neutralizing Antibodies Reviewed

Toru Nakahara, Wataru Nomura, Kenji Ohba, Aki Ohya, Tomohiro Tanaka, Chie Hashimoto, Tetsuo Narumi, Tsutomu Murakami, Naoki Yamamoto, Hirokazu Tamamura

BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY   21 ( 4 )   709 - 714   2010.4

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A synthetic antigen targeting membrane-fusion mechanism of HIV-1 has a newly designed template with C3-symmetric linkers mimicking N36 trimeric form. The antiserum produced by immunization of the N36 trimeric form antigen showed structural preference in binding to N36 trimer and stronger inhibitory activity against HIV-1 infection than the N36 monomer. Our results suggest an effective strategy of HIV vaccine design based on a relationship to the native structure of proteins involved in HIV fusion mechanisms.

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エイズワクチンを指向した宿主受容体CXCR4由来抗原分子の創製 Reviewed

橋本 知恵, 野村 渉, 田中 智博, 中原 徹, 鳴海 哲夫, 大庭 賢二, 村上 努, 山本 直樹, 玉村 啓和

日本薬学会年会要旨集   130年会 ( 2 )   71 - 71   2010.3

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合成抗原ペプチドによるHIV-1 gp41の三量体構造を認識する抗体の誘導 Reviewed

野村 渉, 中原 徹, 大矢 亜紀, 大庭 賢二, 田中 智博, 橋本 知恵, 鳴海 哲夫, 村上 努, 山本 直樹, 玉村 啓和

日本薬学会年会要旨集   130年会 ( 2 )   114 - 114   2010.3

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CD4 mimics targeting the mechanism of HIV entry. Reviewed

Yamada Y, Ochiai C, Yoshimura K, Tanaka T, Ohashi N, Narumi T, Nomura W, Harada S, Matsushita S, Tamamura H

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters   20 ( 1 )   354 - 358   2010.1

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Beyond antibodyという研究領域 ペプチドミメティクを基盤とした阻害剤と新規概念によるワクチン Reviewed

玉村 啓和, 野村 渉, 鳴海 哲夫, 田中 智博, 駒野 淳, 山本 直樹

日本生化学会大会プログラム・講演要旨集   82回   1S4a - 4   2009.9

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センシングバイオロジーを指向した蛍光性CXCR4プローブの創出とリガンドスクリーニング法の開発 Reviewed

堤 浩, 野村 渉, 田中 智博, 田部 泰章, 糸谷 恭子, 玉村 啓和

生体材料工学研究所年報   42   3 - 7   2009.3

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Fluorogenically Active Leucine Zipper Peptides as Tag-Probe Pairs for Protein Imaging in Living Cells Reviewed

Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Wataru Nomura, Seiichiro Abe, Tomoaki Mino, Akemi Masuda, Nami Ohashi, Tomohiro Tanaka, Kenji Ohba, Naoki Yamamoto, Kazunari Akiyoshi, Hirokazu Tamamura

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION   48 ( 48 )   9164 - 9166   2009

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Development of chemokine receptor CXCR4 antagonists using bio-mimetic strategy. Reviewed

Tamamura H, Tanaka T, Tsutsumi H, Ohashi N, Hiramatsu K, Araki T, Ojida A, Hamachi I, Wang Z, Peiper SC, Trent JO, Ueda S, Oishi S, Fujii N

Advances in experimental medicine and biology   611   145 - 146   2009

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Stereoselective synthesis of peptidomimetics based on acid-catalyzed ring-opening of beta-aziridinyl-alpha,beta-enoates. Reviewed

Tamamura H, Tanaka T, Tsutsumi H, Nemoto K, Mizokami S, Ohashi N, Oishi S, Fujii N

Advances in experimental medicine and biology   611   149 - 150   2009

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Structure-activity relationship study on artificial CXCR4 ligands possessing the cyclic pentapeptide scaffold: the exploration of amino acid residues of pentapeptides by substitutions of several aromatic amino acids Reviewed

Tomohiro Tanaka, Wataru Nomura, Tetsuo Narumi, Ai Esaka, Shinya Oishi, Nami Ohashi, Kyoko Itotani, Barry J. Evans, Zi-xuan Wang, Stephen C. Peiper, Nobutaka Fujii, Hirokazu Tamamura

ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   7 ( 18 )   3805 - 3809   2009

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Previously, downsizing of a 14-residue peptidic CXCR4 antagonist 1 has led to the development of a highly potent CXCR4 antagonist 2 [cyclo(-D-Tyr(1)-Arg(2)-Arg(3)-Nal(4)-Gly(5)-)]. In the present study, cyclic pentapeptide libraries that were designed by substitutions of several amino acids for D-Tyr(1) and Arg(2) in peptide 2 were prepared and screened to evaluate binding activity for CXCR4. The above structure-activity relationship study led to the finding of several potent CXCR4 ligands.

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A future perspective on the development of chemokine receptor CXCR4 antagonists Reviewed

Hirokazu Tamamura, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Wataru Nomura, Tomohiro Tanaka, Nobutaka Fujii

EXPERT OPINION ON DRUG DISCOVERY   3 ( 10 )   1155 - 1166   2008.10

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Background: In the postgenome era, G-protein-coupled receptor families have been recognized as significant drug targets in medicinal chemistry. A specific chemokine receptor, CXCR4, has multiple critical functions in normal physiologies including embryonic development of the cardiovascular, hemopoietic and central nervous systems, and underlies problematic pathologies such as HIV infection, cancer metastasis, leukemia progression and rheumatoid arthritis. Methods and results: A tetradecamer peptide, T140, derived from the horseshoe crab, and its biologically stable derivative, 4F-benzoyl-TN14003, were found to be powerful CXCR4 antagonists that block HIV entry to cells. These peptides have also shown remarkable inhibitory activity against cancer metastasis and progression in a variety of cancers. Slow release administration of 4F-benzoyl-TN14003, for example, was found to significantly reduce pulmonary metastasis of breast cancer cells in severe combined immunodeficient mice. This peptide also shows inhibitory effects against melanoma metastasis and Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferation in mice, suppresses the delayed-type hypersensitivity response induced by sheep red blood cells and reduced collagen-induced arthritis in both mouse models of arthritis. Conclusion: T140 analogues have the potential to become promising agents for chemotherapy of AIDS, cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. This review summarizes the development of low molecular weight CXCR4 antagonists based on pharmacophore identification in T140 analogues and also provides an opinion on the future of the development of CXCR4 antagonists.

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Fluorophore labeling enables imaging and evaluation of specific CXCR4-ligand interaction at the cell membrane for fluorescence-based screening Reviewed

Wataru Nomura, Yasuaki Tanabe, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Tomohiro Tanaka, Kenji Ohba, Naoki Yamamoto, Hirokazu Tamamura

BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY   19 ( 9 )   1917 - 1920   2008.9

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Development of CXCR4-specific ligands is an important issue in chemotherapy of HIV infection, cancer metastasis, and rheumatoid arthritis, and numerous potential ligands have been developed to date. However, it is difficult to assess their binding mode and specificity because of uncertainties in the structure of the CXCR4-ligand complexes. To address this problem, we have synthesized fluorophore labeled Ac-TZ14011, which is derived from T140, a powerful CXCR4 antagonist. Binding of Ac-TZ14011 to CXCR4 on the cell membrane was observed by fluorescence microscope, and analysis of the binding data produced IC50 values of several ligands comparable to those obtained in RI-based assays. This fluorescence-based assay is applicable to explore new pharmacophores of CXCR4-specific ligands with high-throughput screening and also to screening of the other GPCR binding ligands.

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HIV侵入の動的超分子機構を標的としたCD4 mimic small moleculeの創製 Reviewed

山田 裕子, 吉村 和久, 田中 智博, 堤 浩, 野村 渉, 糸谷 恭子, 増野 弘幸, 柴田 潤二, 畑田 万紀子, 松下 修三, 玉村 啓和

日本薬学会年会要旨集   128年会 ( 2 )   84 - 84   2008.3

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Structure-activity relationship study of CXCR4 antagonists bearing the cyclic pentapeptide scaffold: identification of the new pharmacophore Reviewed

Tomohiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Wataru Nomura, Yasuaki Tanabe, Nami Ohashi, Ai Esaka, Chihiro Ochiai, Jun Sato, Kyoko Itotani, Tsutomu Murakami, Kenji Ohba, Naoki Yamamoto, Nobutaka Fujii, Hirokazu Tamamura

ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   6 ( 23 )   4374 - 4377   2008

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A highly potent CXCR4 antagonist 2 [cyclo (-D-Tyr(1)-Arg(2)-Arg(3)-Nal(4)-Gly(5)-)] has previously been identified by screening cyclic pentapeptide libraries that were designed based on pharmacophore residues of a 14-residue peptidic CXCR4 antagonist 1. In the present study, D-Tyr and Arg in peptide 2 were replaced by a bicyclic aromatic amino acid and a cationic amino acid, respectively, and their binding activity for CXCR4 was evaluated for identification of the novel pharmacophore.

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Versatile use of acid-catalyzed ring-opening of beta-aziridinyl-alpha,beta-enoates to stereoselective synthesis of peptidomimetics Reviewed

Hirokazu Tamamura, Tomohiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Koji Nemoto, Satoko Mizokami, Nami Ohashi, Shinya Oishi, Nobutaka Fujii

TETRAHEDRON   63 ( 37 )   9243 - 9254   2007.9

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Treatment of N-arylsulfonylaziridines bearing alpha,beta-unsaturated esters with alcohols, thiols or weak acids such as AcOH in the presence of catalytic amount of Lewis acids affords regio- and stereoselectively ring-opened products, such as delta-aminated gamma-alkoxy-(alkylthio or acetoxy)-alpha,beta-enoates. In addition, the regio- and stereoselective ring-opening reactions can be performed on solid supports and applied to stereoselective synthesis of (E)-alkene dipeptide isosteres. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Therapeutic potential of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 antagonists as multifunctional agents Invited Reviewed

Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Tomohiro Tanaka, Nami Ohashi, Hiroyuki Masuno, Hirokazu Tamamura, Kenichi Hiramatsu, Takanobu Araki, Satoshi Ueda, Shinya Oishi, Nobutaka Fujii

BIOPOLYMERS   88 ( 2 )   279 - 289   2007

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The chemokine receptor CXCR4 possesses multiple critical functions in normal and pathological physiology. CXCR4 is a G-protein-coupled receptor that transduces signals of its endogenous ligand, the chemokine CXC12 (stromal cell-derived factor-1, SDF-1). The interaction between CXC12 and CXCR4 plays an important role in the migration of progenitors during embryologic development of the cardiovascular, hemopoietic, central nervous systems, and so on. This interaction is also known to be involved in several intractable disease processes, including HIV infection, cancer cell metastasis, leukemia cell progression, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and pulmonary fibrosis. It is conjectured that this interaction may be a critical therapeutical target in all of these diseases, and several CXCR4 antagonists have been proposed as potential drugs. Fourteen-mer peptides, T140 and its analogues, were previously developed in our laboratory as specific CXCR4 antagonists that were identified as HIV-entry inhibitors, anti-cancer-metastatic agents, anti-chronic lymphotic/acute lymphoblastic leukemia agents, and anti-RA agents. Cyclic pentapeptides, such as FC131 [cyclo(D-Tyr-Arg-Arg-L-3-(2-naphthyl)alanine-Gly)], were also previously found as CXCR4 antagonist leads based on pharmacophores of T140. This review article describes the elucidation of multiple functions of CXCR4 antagonists and the development of a number of low-molecular weight CXCR4 antagonists involving FC131 analogues and other compounds with different scaffolds including linear-type structures. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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