Diarrhea is one of the most important causes of mortality in the developing world, being responsible for 2.5 million deaths each year. Many of these deaths are caused by enterotoxigenic strains of bacteria, like Escherichia coli, that produce enterotoxins that cause acute watery diarrhea, commonly defined as secretory diarrhea. Studies on symptomatic patients indicate a high prevalence of enterotoxigenic E. coli strains producing the heat-stable toxin, STa. STa is a small, cysteine-rich peptide that binds to the extracellular receptor domain of guanylyl cyclase C (GCC), located at the luminal membrane of intestinal epithelial cells. GCC and its endogenous peptide ligands, guanylin and uroguanylin, play a key role in balancing water absorption and hydration of the intestinal lumen, as exemplified by the finding that loss of GCC function causes severe dehydration of the intestinal lumen, culminating in intestinal obstruction. From a mechanistic viewpoint, reduction of GCC activity offers an efficient approach to limit enterotoxigenic E. coli- provoked secretory diarrhea. Inhibition of GCC-mediated cGMP production would not only reduce anion secretion, but would also restore NHE3 activity, resulting in a comprehensive antidiarrheal action. In the present study, two novel phenylpyrimidinone derivatives were simultaneously synthesized and tested for their ability to block STa-induced CFTR activity in T84 cells.

Synthesis of phenylpyrimidinones as guanylyl cyclase C inhibitors / Magli, E; Fiorino, F; Severino, B; Corvino, A; Perissutti, E; Frecentese, F; Giordano, F; Saccone, I; Luciano, P; Zaminelli, T; Santagada, V; Caliendo, G; de Nucci, G. - In: PHARMAZIE. - ISSN 0031-7144. - 74:1(2019), p. 15-17. [10.1691/ph.2019.8775]

Synthesis of phenylpyrimidinones as guanylyl cyclase C inhibitors

Magli, E;Fiorino, F;Severino, B;Corvino, A;Perissutti, E;Frecentese, F;Giordano, F;Saccone, I;Santagada, V;Caliendo, G;
2019

Abstract

Diarrhea is one of the most important causes of mortality in the developing world, being responsible for 2.5 million deaths each year. Many of these deaths are caused by enterotoxigenic strains of bacteria, like Escherichia coli, that produce enterotoxins that cause acute watery diarrhea, commonly defined as secretory diarrhea. Studies on symptomatic patients indicate a high prevalence of enterotoxigenic E. coli strains producing the heat-stable toxin, STa. STa is a small, cysteine-rich peptide that binds to the extracellular receptor domain of guanylyl cyclase C (GCC), located at the luminal membrane of intestinal epithelial cells. GCC and its endogenous peptide ligands, guanylin and uroguanylin, play a key role in balancing water absorption and hydration of the intestinal lumen, as exemplified by the finding that loss of GCC function causes severe dehydration of the intestinal lumen, culminating in intestinal obstruction. From a mechanistic viewpoint, reduction of GCC activity offers an efficient approach to limit enterotoxigenic E. coli- provoked secretory diarrhea. Inhibition of GCC-mediated cGMP production would not only reduce anion secretion, but would also restore NHE3 activity, resulting in a comprehensive antidiarrheal action. In the present study, two novel phenylpyrimidinone derivatives were simultaneously synthesized and tested for their ability to block STa-induced CFTR activity in T84 cells.
2019
Synthesis of phenylpyrimidinones as guanylyl cyclase C inhibitors / Magli, E; Fiorino, F; Severino, B; Corvino, A; Perissutti, E; Frecentese, F; Giordano, F; Saccone, I; Luciano, P; Zaminelli, T; Santagada, V; Caliendo, G; de Nucci, G. - In: PHARMAZIE. - ISSN 0031-7144. - 74:1(2019), p. 15-17. [10.1691/ph.2019.8775]
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