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  2. Pyridinium-1-yl bisphosphonates are potent inhibitors of farnesyl diphosphate synthase and bone resorption

Pyridinium-1-yl bisphosphonates are potent inhibitors of farnesyl diphosphate synthase and bone resorption

  • J Med Chem. 2005 Apr 21;48(8):2957-63. doi: 10.1021/jm040209d.
John M Sanders 1 Yongcheng Song Julian M W Chan Yonghui Zhang Samuel Jennings Thomas Kosztowski Sarah Odeh Ryan Flessner Christine Schwerdtfeger Evangelia Kotsikorou Gary A Meints Aurora Ortiz Gómez Dolores González-Pacanowska Amy M Raker Hong Wang Ermond R van Beek Socrates E Papapoulos Craig T Morita Eric Oldfield
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  • 1 Department of Chemistry, 600 South Mathews Avenue, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
Abstract

We report the design, synthesis and testing of a series of novel bisphosphonates, pyridinium-1-yl-hydroxy-bisphosphonates, based on the results of comparative molecular similarity indices analysis and pharmacophore modeling studies of farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS) inhibition, human Vgamma2Vdelta2 T cell activation and bone resorption inhibition. The most potent molecules have high activity against an expressed FPPS from Leishmania major, in Dictyostelium discoideum growth inhibition, in gammadelta T cell activation and in an in vitro bone resorption assay. As such, they represent useful new leads for the discovery of new bone resorption, antiinfective and Anticancer drugs.

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