Cletoquine oxalate (Desethylhydroxychloroquine oxalate) is a major active metabolite of Hydroxychloroquine. Cletoquine has the ability to against the chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Cletoquine has antimalarial effects and has the potential for autoimmune disea
ARN-6039 is an orally available inverse agonist of RORγ for Autoimmune Neuroinflammatory Demyelinating Disease. The activity of ARN-6039 against RORγ was demonstrated in a RORγ-activated IL-17A Prom LUCPorter assay in HEK 293 cells (360 nM) and in IL-17 r
Benpyrine is a highly specific and orally active TNF-α inhibitor with a KD value of 82.1 μM. Benpyrine tightly binds to TNF-α and blocks its interaction with TNFR1, with an IC50 value of 0.109 μM. Benpyrine has the potential for TNF-α mediated inflammatory and autoimmunedisease research[1]. Benpyrine (5-20 μM; 14 hours; RAW264.7 cells) pretreatment results in a dose-dependent decrease in the phosphorylation of IκBα in RAW264.7 cells (stimulated with 10 ng mL TNF-α or 1 μg mL LPS). Benpyrine abolishes the TNF-α-induced nuclear translocation of NF-κB p65 in RAW264.7 cells[1].Benpyrine only blocks cell death induced by TNF-αWT and Y119A, and increases the cell survival rate up to 80%. Benpyrine does not obviously affect L57A- and Y59L-induced cytotoxicity in L929 cells[1]. Benpyrine (25-50 mg kg; oral gavage; daily; for 2 weeks; Balb c mice) treatment significantly relieves the symptoms of collagen-induced arthritis. Benpyrine dose-dependently decreases the levels of proinflammatory cytokines, such as IFN-γ, IL-1β and IL-6, and increases the concentration of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10[1].Endotoxemia murine model shows that Benpyrine (25 mg kg) could attenuate TNF-α-induced inflammation, thereby reducing liver and lung injury[1]. [1]. Weiguang Sun, et al. Discovery of an Orally Active Small Molecule TNF-α Inhibitor. J Med Chem. 2020 Jul 15.
KZR-616, a first-in-class inhibitor of the immunoproteasome, selectively targets the LMP7 (IC50: 39/57 nM=hLMP7/mLMP7) and LMP2 (IC50: 131/179 nM=hLMP7/mLMP7) subunits of the immunoproteasome. KZR-616 has the potential for the research of multiple autoimmunediseases[1][2]. KZR-616 also inhibits MECL-1 subunit (IC50=623 nM) and constitutive proteasome β5 subunit (IC50=688 nM). KZR-616 maintains LMP7 and LMP2 selective inhibition in MOLT-4 cells. KZR-616 (250 nM) shows a comparable cytokine inhibition profile peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)[1].KZR-616 is an immunoproteasome-selective inhibitor identified based on the optimization of ONX-0914 and PR-924 [3]. KZR-616 (5 mg/kg; i.v.; dosing was repeated on days 6, 8, 11, and 13) shows efficacy in the anticollagen antibody induced arthritis (CAIA) model[1]. [1]. Johnson HWB, et al. Required Immunoproteasome Subunit Inhibition Profile for Anti-Inflammatory Efficacy and Clinical Candidate KZR-616 ((2 S,3 R)- N-(( S)-3-(Cyclopent-1-en-1-yl)-1-(( R)-2-methyloxiran-2-yl)-1-oxopropan-2-yl)-3-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-(( S)-2-(2-morpholinoacetamido)propanamido)propenamide). J Med Chem. 2018 Dec 27;61(24):11127-11143. [2]. Muchamuel T, et al. FRI0296 Kzr-616, a selective inhibitor of the immunoproteasome, blocks the disease progression in multiple models of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2018;77:685. [3]. Xi J, et al. Immunoproteasome-selective inhibitors: An overview of recent developments as potential drugs for hematologic malignancies and autoimmunediseases. Eur J Med Chem. 2019;182:111646.
AcylCoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) is an intracellular cholesteryl ester synthase tied closely to the absorption of dietary cholesterol. Oleyl analide (OA) is a weak inhibitor of acylCoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) with an IC50 of 26 μM. OA and the related glyceride dioleoyl phenylamino propane 1,2-diol have been linked to a syndrome of eosinophilia, excessive T-cell activation, and elevated interleukin-4 (IL-4), soluble IL-2R, and IL-5. The clinical consequences are an acute pulmonary inflammatory reaction followed by chronic neuropathy, myalgia, and autoimmune connective tissue disease, generally referred to as toxic oil syndrome (TOS). Aniline-denatured cooking oil is a source of OA associated with TOS.