Background: Due to the lack of a comprehensive pharmacology test set, evaluating the potential and value of large language models (LLMs) in pharmacology is complex and challenging.
Aims: This study aims to provide a test set reference for assessing the application potential of both general-purpose and specialized LLMs in pharmacology.
Methods: We constructed a pharmacology test set consisting of three tasks: drug information retrieval, lead compound structure optimization, and research trend summarization and analysis.
As a critical member of the Coronin family, Coronin 1A (CORO1A) plays a crucial role in the progression of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, CORO1A is typically considered "undruggable" due to its smooth surface and complex protein-protein interactions (PPIs). Molecular glues have emerged as one of the most effective strategies to rapidly degrade such "undruggable" targets.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs a crucial regulator of oxidative homeostasis, seleno-protein glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) represents the primary defense system against ferroptosis, making it a promising target with important clinical application prospects. From the discovery of covalent and allosteric sites in GPX4, substantial advancements in GPX4-targeted small molecules have been made through diverse discovery and design strategies in recent years. Moreover, as an emerging hotspot in drug development, seleno-organic compounds can functionally mimic GPX4 to reduce hydroperoxides.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCyclotides are plant cyclic peptides with exceptional stability and diverse bioactivity, making them promising candidates for biomedical applications. Therefore, the study of cyclotides has attracted increasing attention in recent years. However, the existing cyclotide detection methods face limitations in sensitivity, accuracy, and reliability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Natural products have a long history in drug discovery. Lycorine is an alkaloid derived from Amaryllidaceae plants, demonstrating significant pharmacological potential. Lycorine and its hydrochloride salt, lycorine hydrochloride, have shown outstanding anticancer effects both in vitro and in vivo.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTriple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly lethal malignancy, and its clinical management encounters severe challenges due to its high metastatic propensity and the absence of effective therapeutic targets. To improve druggability of aurovertin B (AVB), a natural polyketide with a significant antiproliferative effect on TNBC, a series of NO donor/AVB hybrids were synthesized and tested for bioactivities. Among them, compound significantly inhibited the proliferation and metastasis of TNBC and with better safety than that of AVB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The economic implications of combining rezvilutamide with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) remain uncertain, despite the observed survival advantages compared with bicalutamide plus ADT. Therefore, this study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of rezvilutamide plus ADT as the first-line treatment of metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) from the perspective of the Chinese healthcare system.
Design: A partitioned survival model was developed to assess the cost-effectiveness of rezvilutamide combined with ADT.
Objectives: We aimed to evaluate and compare the risk of hematological adverse events (AEs) associated with CDK4/6 inhibitors using data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and Food and Drug Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database.
Methods: The PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were searched for RCTs related to abemaciclib, palbociclib, and ribociclib. A network meta-analysis (NMA) was conducted to compare the risks of hematological AEs, and a disproportionality analysis was performed to detect signals of hematological AEs.
Herein, we describe an electroreductive cross-electrophile coupling protocol for the construction of valuable monofluoroalkenes from easily accessible alkyl or alkenyl halides with -difluoroalkenes. The reaction can be conducted under sustainable and mild conditions delivering valuable and functionalized monofluoroalkenes with excellent -selectivity. The protocol's most notable advantage is the release of nickel catalyst from the inexpensive electrodes without the addition of extra hazardous metal catalyst and superstoichiometric reductant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn electroreductive cross-electrophile coupling protocol was developed for the construction of valuable 1,3-dienes from vinyl bromides. Furthermore, this scalable method can also be used to forge complex [4 + 2] cycloadducts in a one-pot manner. One of the most important advantages of this green and sustainable protocol is the in situ release of nickel catalyst from the inexpensive electrodes without the addition of extra harmful metal catalysts and reductant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIt has been 11 years since ferroptosis, a new mode of programmed cell death, was first proposed. Natural products are an important source of drug discovery. In the past five years, natural product-derived ferroptosis regulators have been discovered in an endless stream.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCyclic peptides are gaining attention for their strong binding affinity, low toxicity, and ability to target "undruggable" proteins; however, their therapeutic potential against intracellular targets is constrained by their limited membrane permeability, and researchers need much time and money to test this property in the laboratory. Herein, we propose an innovative multimodal model called Multi_CycGT, which combines a graph convolutional network (GCN) and a transformer to extract one- and two-dimensional features for predicting cyclic peptide permeability. The extensive benchmarking experiments show that our Multi_CycGT model can attain state-of-the-art performance, with an average accuracy of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLinderagatins C-F (1-4), the first examples of naturally occurring diaryltetrahydrofuran-type 7,9'-dinorlignans, were characterized from the roots of Lindera aggregata (Sims) Kosterm. The structures of these dinorlignans were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis. The absolute configurations were determined based on calculated and experimental ECD data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus of Ainsliaea embraces approximately 70 recognized species, many of which have been used to treat various diseases in folklore medicines. As the main metabolites of Ainsliaea plants, Ainsliaea sesquiterpenoids have drawn considerable attention in related scientific communities due to their intriguing structures and a variety of bioactivities. In this review, we intend to provide a full-aspect coverage of sesquiterpenoids reported from the genus of Ainsliaea, including 145 monomeric sesquiterpenoids and 30 oligomeric ones.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCytisine derivatives are a group of alkaloids containing the structural core of cytisine, which are mainly distributed in Fabaceae plants with a wide range of pharmacological activities, such as resisting inflammation, tumors, and viruses, and affecting the central nervous system. At present, a total of 193 natural cytisine and its derivatives have been reported, all of which are derived from L-lysine. In this study, natural cytisine derivatives were classified into eight types, namely cytisine type, sparteine type, albine type, angustifoline type, camoensidine type, cytisine-like type, tsukushinamine type, and lupanacosmine type.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo polysaccharides, named APS2-I and APS3-I, were purified from the water extract of Radix Astragali. The average molecular weight of APS2-I was 1.96 × 10 Da and composed of Man, Rha, GlcA, GalA, Glc, Gal, Xyl, and Ara in a molar ratio of 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCompounds of natural sources are widespread discovered in the treatment of ischemic stroke. Alpha-mangostin, a natural prenylated xanthone, has been found to display a therapeutic potential to treat ischemic stroke. However, the direct application of α-mangostin is limited due to its cytotoxicity and relatively low efficacy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEfficient biosynthesis of microbial bioactive natural products (NPs) is beneficial for the survival of producers, while self-protection is necessary to avoid self-harm resulting from over-accumulation of NPs. The underlying mechanisms for the effective but tolerable production of bioactive NPs are not well understood. Herein, in the biosynthesis of two fungal polyketide mycotoxins aurovertin E (1) and asteltoxin, we show that the cyclases in the gene clusters promote the release of the polyketide backbone, and reveal that a signal peptide is crucial for their subcellular localization and full activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA serial jatrophane-type diterpenoids, comprised with three undescribed compounds kanesulones C-E (1-3) and four known ones (4-7), were obtained from the roots of Euphorbia kansui. The structures of compounds 1-3 were elucidated by detailed interpretation of their spectroscopic data, especially 2D-NMR and HR-ESI-MS, the absolute configuration of 1 was revealed by single crystal X-ray diffraction. These isolates were assayed for their multidrug resistance reversing activities on human breast adenocarcinoma cell line MCF-7/ADR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCovering: 2013 to 2021As the characteristic metabolites of plants, diterpenoids have always been a hot topic in related science communities due to their intriguing structures and broad bioactivities. In this review, we intent to provide an in-depth and extensive coverage of diterpenoids reported from 2013 to the end of 2021, including 997 new diterpenoids and 78 known ones with latest progress. Multiple aspects will be summarized, including their occurrences, chemical structures, bioactivities, and syntheses, in which the structure-activity relationship and biosynthesis of this class will be discussed for the first time.
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March 2022
α-Glucosidase (AGS) is a therapeutic target for Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) that tends to complicate with other diseases. Some medications for the treatment of T2DM complications have the risk of inducing severe adverse reactions such as diarrhea via the metabolism of intestinal bacterial β-glucuronidase (BGUS). The development of new AGS and/or BGUS inhibitors may improve the therapeutic effects of T2DM and its complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis is the first phytochemical investigation of Schisandra tomentella A. C. Smith.
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