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Wirkstoffdesign und Optimierung

Prof. Dr. Anna K. H. Hirsch

Die Hirsch-Gruppe verfolgt eine strukturbasierte rationale Designstrategie, bei der sie sich auf biologisch relevante, häufig wenig erforschte Enzyme, Transporter und Regulatoren aus Bakterien oder Parasiten konzentriert. Die Gruppe verwendet diverse biophysikalische Methoden, um Wechselwirkungen zwischen Substanzen und ihren Zielproteinen zu untersuchen, und setzt zahlreiche in vitro- und zellbasierte Assays zur Evaluierung neuartiger Anti-Infektiva ein. Basierend auf diesen Ergebnissen erfolgt die Multiparameter-Optimierung der Wirkstoffe.

Unsere Forschung

Die Krise der antimikrobiellen Resistenz erfordert dringend die Entwicklung neuer antibakterieller Wirkstoffe mit neuartigen Wirkmechanismen. Um dies zu erreichen, verfolgen wir eine zielgerichtete Strategie, die sich auf ein vielfältiges Portfolio biologisch relevanter, wenig erforschter Wirkstoffziele konzentriert, darunter Enzyme, Transporter und Regulatoren in bakteriellen Krankheitserregern. Diese Zielmoleküle lassen sich in zwei Hauptkategorien einteilen: solche, die lebenswichtige Mechanismen innerhalb der Bakterien beeinträchtigen und zu deren Tod führen (z. B. DXPS, ECF-T, DnaN), und Pathoblocker, die die Pathogenität und Virulenz beeinträchtigen, ohne die Lebensfähigkeit der Bakterien zu beeinträchtigen (z. B. ColH, LasB). Man geht davon aus, dass die Pathoblocker eine geringere Resistenzentwicklung bewirken, während die kommensale Mikrobiota erhalten bleibt.

Wir setzen eine Reihe von Strategien zur Identifizierung von Hits ein, darunter struktur- und fragmentbasiertes Wirkstoffdesign, virtuelles Screening, Hochdurchsatzscreening und eine Vielzahl biophysikalischer Methoden. Darüber hinaus leisten wir Pionierarbeit bei innovativen, auf Proteinen basierenden Techniken wie der dynamischen kombinatorischen Chemie und der kinetischen, zielgerichteten Synthese, um wichtige Engpässe bei der Arzneimittelentdeckung zu beseitigen. Wir verwenden klassische und innovative medizinisch-chemische Ansätze, um die vielversprechendsten Inhibitoren zu entwerfen, zu synthetisieren und zu profilieren, was eine effiziente anschließende Optimierung mit mehreren Parametern ermöglicht. Verschiedene in vitro und zellbasierte Assays, die Generierung von in silico Daten, die Aufklärung der Wirkungsweise und die Co-Kristallisation ausgewählter Verbindungen mit ihren Zielmolekülen unterstützen die unkomplizierte Bewertung neuartiger Antiinfektiva und deren weitere Optimierung.

Unser interdisziplinäres Team besteht aus Wissenschaftlern mit unterschiedlichem Hintergrund, wie z.B. synthetische organische oder medizinische Chemie, Pharmazie, Pharmakologie, Biologie oder Biochemie, was es uns ermöglicht, unsere interdisziplinären Projekte zu bearbeiten. 

Team-Mitglieder

Andreas Kany

Dr. Andreas Kany

Wissenschaftler

Jörg Haupenthal

Dr. Jörg Haupenthal

Wissenschaftler

Ahmed Amin

Ahmed Amin

Doktorand

Atanaz Shams

Atanaz Shams

Doktorandin

Faraz Qurban

Faraz Qurban

Doktorand

Hugo Scherer

Hugo Scherer

Doktorand

Justine Bassil

Justine Bassil

Doktorandin

Lukas Hiller

Lukas Hiller

Doktorand

Roya Shafiei

Roya Shafiei

Doktorandin

Sidra Eisa

Sidra Eisa

Doktorandin

Jannine Seelbach

Jannine Seelbach

Technische Assistentin

Jeannine Jung

Jeannine Jung

Technische Assistentin

Lizana Martínez

Lizana Martínez

Technische Assistentin

Simone Amann

Simone Amann

Technische Assistentin

Tabea Wittmann

Tabea Wittmann

Technische Assistentin

Forschungsprojekte

Nachstehend folgt ein Überblick über ausgewählte Zielmoleküle, an denen wir derzeit unter Anwendung der oben beschriebenen Strategien arbeiten:

ECF-T

Die Energy-Coupling-Factor-Transporter (ECF-T) sind eine Familie von Transmembranproteinen, die an der Aufnahme von Vitaminen durch ein breites Spektrum von Bakterien beteiligt sind. Die Hemmung der Aktivität dieser Proteine verringert die Lebensfähigkeit von Organismen, die auf die Vitaminaufnahme angewiesen sind, einschließlich pathogener Arten wie Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecium und Staphylococcus aureus. Da mehrere Bakterien wichtige Vitamine wie Folsäure, Pantothenat und Niacin nicht de novo synthetisieren können, sind sie auf ECF-T angewiesen, um sie aus der Umwelt aufzunehmen. Aufgrund dieser zentralen Rolle im Stoffwechsel von Bakterien sind ECF-T neuartige, vielversprechende antimikrobielle Zielstrukturen zur Bekämpfung von Infektionen. Vor kurzem haben wir mehrere Klassen von ECF-T-Inhibitoren als potenzielle antibakterielle Wirkstoffe identifiziert. Wir entwickeln diese Verbindungen derzeit mit Unterstützung eines ERC Proof-of-Concept Grants weiter.

MEP PATHWAY (TARGETS: DXS, ISPD, ISPE):

Der Methyl-Erythrit-Phosphat-Stoffwechselweg (MEP) ist eine reichhaltige, noch nicht ausreichend erforschte Quelle für Antiinfektiva, die beim Menschen nicht vorkommen, aber in vielen pathogenen Bakterien, Protozoen und Pflanzen essenziell sind. Dies eröffnet die Möglichkeit, hochselektive Inhibitoren zu entwickeln, die gegen klinisch relevante Krankheitserreger wie die vier ESKAPE-Erreger wirken, die im Mittelpunkt des ersten Doktoranden-Netzwerks MepAnti stehen:Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa und Enterobacter spp., die alle nach der Globalen Prioritätenliste der WHO für antibiotikaresistente Bakterien hohe oder kritische Priorität haben - sowie Mycobacterium tuberculosis und Plasmodium falciparum. Bei diesen Erregern ist der MEP-Weg die einzige Quelle für Isopentenyldiphosphat (IDP) und Dimethylallyldiphosphat (DMADP). Letztere sind die universellen Bausteine für die Biosynthese von Isoprenoiden, einer großen und vielfältigen Klasse von Naturstoffen, die eine Vielzahl von unverzichtbaren Funktionen erfüllen. Mit DXPS, IspD und IspE haben wir drei wesentliche Enzyme dieses Weges mit ausgezeichneten Aktivitäten gegen die genannten Krankheitserreger im Visier.

DnaN

Antibakterielle Medikamente, die auf essentielle Multienzymkomplexe abzielen, sind weniger anfällig für Resistenzentwicklung, da ihre Fehlfunktion schwer zu umgehen ist. In diesem Zusammenhang enthält die bakterielle Replisom-Maschinerie, die aus mindestens zwölf interagierenden Enzymen besteht, die in Bakterien hoch konserviert sind, mehrere attraktive und vielversprechende antibakterielle Ziele - darunter die bakterielle β-Gleitklemme DnaN. DnaN ist eine wichtige Untereinheit des Holoenzyms der DNA-Polymerase III, die die Dissoziation der Polymerase verhindert und die Aktivität der Polymerase erhöht. Darüber hinaus zeigt die β-Gleitklemme Interaktionen mit einer Vielzahl anderer Enzyme, die an Replikations- und DNA-Reparaturprozessen beteiligt sind. Seine wichtige Rolle im Replikationsprozess, seine hochkonservierte Struktur bei verschiedenen Bakterienarten und seine erhebliche strukturelle Divergenz zum Gegenstück bei Säugetieren (PCNA) machen DnaN zu einem attraktiven Ziel für die Behandlung verschiedener Krankheitserreger, einschließlich M. tuberculosis. Ausgehend von dem Naturprodukt Griselimycin (GM), einem bekannten DnaN-Binder, haben wir einen halbsynthetischen Ansatz gewählt, der zu einer Reihe von GM-Derivaten mit vielversprechenden antibakteriellen Aktivitäten führte. Darüber hinaus haben wir verschiedene synthetische kleine Moleküle identifiziert, die an DnaN binden. Die Hit-to-Lead-Optimierung der vielversprechendsten Verbindungen wird derzeit von CARB-X finanziert.

LasB

P. aeruginosa (PA), ein hochproblematischer gramnegativer Erreger, dem die WHO hohe Priorität eingeräumt hat, ist für viele nosokomiale Infektionen wie die im Krankenhaus erworbene und beatmungsassoziierte Lungenentzündung verantwortlich. Der opportunistische Erreger wird auch häufig in Verbrennungswunden, in der Lunge von COPD- und Mukoviszidose-Patienten gefunden und kann bakterielle Keratitis verursachen. Von PA abgeleitete Virulenzfaktoren spielen eine zentrale Rolle bei den Mechanismen, die seine Pathogenese und Infektiosität vermitteln. Die Strategie zur Entwicklung von „Pathoblockern“, die auf solche Virulenzfaktoren abzielen, dürfte im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen Antibiotika weniger anfällig für die Entwicklung von Resistenzen sein und das kommensale Mikrobiom schonen. Einer der wichtigsten Virulenzfaktoren von PA ist die extrazelluläre Zink-Metalloprotease Elastase LasB. LasB trägt wesentlich zum Fortschreiten der Krankheit bei PA-Infizierten bei, indem es die Invasion des Wirts und die Umgehung des Immunsystems erleichtert. Die Hemmung von LasB ist eine vielversprechende Strategie, um die Virulenz von PA wirksam zu reduzieren, ohne die Lebensfähigkeit des Erregers und das Mikrobiom des Wirts zu beeinträchtigen. Unsere vielversprechendsten LasB-Inhibitoren, die aus einer von CARB-X finanzierten Hit-to-Lead-Optimierungskampagne hervorgegangen sind, weisen nanomolare IC50-Werte, in vivo Wirksamkeit in Mausmodellen von PA-Lungeninfektionen und Keratitis sowie ein vielversprechendes Sicherheitsprofil auf und befinden sich derzeit im INCATE-Portfolio.

RSV

Das Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) verursacht schwere Virusinfektionen, insbesondere bei Kleinkindern, immunsupprimierten Personen und älteren Menschen. Um neue Behandlungsmöglichkeiten für RSV zu entwickeln, arbeiten wir an neuen synthetischen Wirkstoffen, die auf das Fusionsprotein (F-Protein) abzielen. Dieses Protein spielt eine zentrale Rolle beim Eintritt des Virus in die Wirtszelle und ist bei allen RSV-Untergruppen hoch konserviert. Obwohl es als Angriffspunkt für Medikamente validiert wurde, sind bisher keine niedermolekularen Inhibitoren des F-Proteins als Medikamente zugelassen. Im Rahmen eines von der Volkswagen-Stiftung geförderten interdisziplinären Projekts optimieren wir vielversprechende Gerüste für niedermolekulare Inhibitoren, die auf das RSV F-Protein abzielen, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf der strukturbasierten Multiparameter-Optimierung mittels Medizinalchemie liegt.

Publikationen

2025

From Dyrk1A inhibitors to a novel class of antiviral agents: Targeting Enterovirus EV-A71 with 2-aryl-substituted thiophene scaffolds

Keddis P, My Tu T, Scherer H, Kany A, Hafez D, Darwish S, Abadi A, Hirsch A, Engel M, Hamed M, Horng J, Abdel-Halim M (2025)

Eur. J. Med. Chem. 287DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2025.117348

Targeting IspD for Anti-infective and Herbicide Development: Exploring Its Role, Mechanism, and Structural Insights

Willocx D, Diamanti E, Hirsch A (2025)

Journal of medicinal chemistryDOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01146

Apo structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase DXPS: Dynamics and implications for inhibitor design

Gawriljuk V, Alhayek A, Hirsch A, Groves M (2025)

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 747DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.151246

2024

Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of the male medfly, Ceratitis capitata, to thymol and carvacrol ethers

Tabanca N, Cloonan K, Nesterkina M, Gill M, Montgomery W, Kravchenko I, Kendra P (2024)

Pest management scienceDOI: 10.1002/ps.8324

Synthesis and Structure of a Coordination Polymer of Ni(II) with 2-(4-Bromophenoxy)acetohydrazide

Martsynko ?, Nesterkina M, Finik ?, Tsymbaliuk K, Dyakonenko V, Shishkina S, Kravchenko I (2024)

Molbank 2024 (2)DOI: 10.3390/M1819

Isocyanides inhibit bacterial pathogens by covalent targeting of essential metabolic enzymes

Geißler A, Junca H, Kany A, Daumann L, Hirsch A, Pieper D, Sieber S (2024)

Chem. Sci. 15 (30): 11946-11955DOI: 10.1039/D4SC01940G

Clean Synthetic Strategies to Biologically Active Molecules from Lignin: A Green Path to Drug Discovery**

Afanasenko A, Wu X, Santi A, Elgaher W, Kany A, Shafiei R, Schulze M, Schulz T, Haupenthal J, Hirsch A, Barta K (2024)

Angewandte Chemie (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 136 (4)DOI: 10.1002/ange.202308131

Development of Fragment-Based Inhibitors of the Bacterial Deacetylase LpxC with Low Nanomolar Activity

Mielniczuk S, Hoff K, Baselious F, Li Y, Haupenthal J, Kany A, Riedner M, Rohde H, Rox K, Hirsch A, …, Sippl W, Holl R (2024)

Journal of medicinal chemistry 67 (19): 17363-17391DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01262

Spray drying of a zinc complexing agent for inhalation therapy of pulmonary fibrosis

Stella J, Abdelaal M, Kamal M, Shehu K, Alhayek A, Haupenthal J, Hirsch A, Schneider M (2024)

European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences 202DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2024.106891

Fragment Discovery by X-Ray Crystallographic Screening Targeting the CTP Binding Site of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa IspD

Willocx D, D'Auria L, Walsh D, Scherer H, Alhayek A, Hamed M, Borel F, Diamanti E, Hirsch A (2024)

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl.DOI: 10.1002/anie.202414615

IspE kinase as an anti-infective target: Role of a hydrophobic pocket in inhibitor binding

Hamid R, Walsh D, Diamanti E, Aguilar D, Lacour A, Hamed M, Hirsch A (2024)

Structure (London, England : 1993) 32 (12): 2390-2398DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.10.009

Targeting the Plasmodium falciparum IspE Enzyme

Diamanti E, Steinbach A, Carvalho L, Ropponen H, Lacour A, Hamid R, Eisa S, Bravo P, Bousis S, Illarionov B, …, Sieber S, Hirsch A (2024)

ACS omega 9 (44): 44465-44473DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c06038

Expression and characterization of pantothenate energy-coupling factor transporters as an anti-infective drug target

Shams A, Bousis S, Diamanti E, Elgaher W, Zeimetz L, Haupenthal J, slotboom d, Hirsch A (2024)

Protein Sci. 33 (11)DOI: 10.1002/pro.5195

Studying Target-Engagement of Anti-Infectives by Solvent-Induced Protein Precipitation and Quantitative Mass Spectrometry

Bizzarri L, Steinbrunn D, Quennesson T, Lacour A, Bianchino G, Bravo P, Chaignon P, Lohse J, Mäser P, Seemann M, …, Hirsch A, Hahne H (2024)

ACS Infect. Dis. 10 (12): 4087-4102DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00417

Integral Solvent-Induced Protein Precipitation for Target-Engagement Studies in Plasmodium falciparum

Bravo P, Bizzarri L, Steinbrunn D, Lohse J, Hirsch A, Mäser P, Rottmann M, Hahne H (2024)

ACS Infect. Dis. 10 (12): 4073-4086DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00418

Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry Unveils Nsp10 Inhibitors with Antiviral Potential Against SARS-CoV-2

Jumde R, Jézéquel G, Saramago M, Frank N, Adam S, Cunha M, Bader C, Gunesch A, Köhler N, Johannsen S, …, Arraiano C, Hirsch A (2024)

Chem. - Eur. J.DOI: 10.1002/chem.202403390

Targeting Plasmodium falciparum IspD in the Methyl-d-erythritol Phosphate Pathway: Urea-Based Compounds with Nanomolar Potency on Target and Low-Micromolar Whole-Cell Activity

Willocx D, Bizzarri L, Alhayek A, Kannan D, Bravo P, Illarionov B, Rox K, Lohse J, Fischer M, Kany A, …, Diamanti E, Hirsch A (2024)

Journal of medicinal chemistry 67 (19): 17070-17086DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00212

Biodynamer Nano-Complexes and -Emulsions for Peptide and Protein Drug Delivery

Liu Y, Hamm T, Eichinger T, Kamm W, Wieland H, Loretz B, Hirsch A, Lee S, Lehr C (2024)

Int. J. Nanomedicine 19: 4429-4449DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S448578

Identification of inhibitors targeting the energy-coupling factor (ECF) transporters

Diamanti E, Souza P, Setyawati I, Bousis S, Monjas L, Swier L, Shams A, Tsarenko A, Stanek W, Jäger M, …, slotboom d, Hirsch A (2024)

Communications Biology 7 (1)DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-05770-0

Target-Directed Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry Affords Binders of Mycobacterium tuberculosis IspE

Braun-Cornejo M, Ornago C, Sonawane V, Haupenthal J, Kany A, Diamanti E, Jézéquel G, Reiling N, Blankenfeldt W, Maas P, Hirsch A (2024)

ACS omegaDOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c05537

Evaluation of ketoclomazone and its analogues as inhibitors of 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate synthases and other thiamine diphosphate (ThDP)-dependent enzymes

Chan A, Ho T, Fathoni I, Hamid R, Hirsch A, Saliba K, Leeper F (2024)

RSC Med. Chem. 15 (5): 1773-1781DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00083H

Two natural compounds as potential inhibitors against the Helicobacter pylori and Acinetobacter baumannii IspD enzymes

Chen X, Zhao H, Wang C, Hamed M, Shang Q, Yang Y, Diao X, Sun X, Hu W, Jiang X, …, Wu D, Zhuang J (2024)

Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents 63 (5)DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2024.107160

Arg-biodynamers as antibiotic potentiators through interacting with Gram-negative outer membrane lipopolysaccharides

Kamal M, Bassil J, Loretz B, Hirsch A, Lee S, Lehr C (2024)

Eur J Pharm Biopharm 200DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114336

AI is a viable alternative to high throughput screening: a 318-target study

Wallach I, Hirsch, Anna K. H. et al. (2024)

Sci Rep 14 (1)DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54655-z

Cryo-EM structure of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase DXPS from Plasmodium falciparum reveals a distinct N-terminal domain

Gawriljuk V, Godoy A, Oerlemans R, Welker L, Hirsch A, Groves M (2024)

Nat. Commun. 15 (1)DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50671-9

Dual inhibitors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factors LecA and LasB

Metelkina O, Konstantinovic J, Klein A, Shafiei R, Fares M, Alhayek A, Yahiaoui S, Elgaher W, Haupenthal J, Titz* A, Hirsch* A (2024)

Chem. Sci. 15DOI: 10.1039/D4SC02703E

Discovery and optimization of thiazole-based quorum sensing inhibitors as potent blockers of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenicity

Abdelsamie A, Hamed M, Schütz C, Röhrig T, Kany A, Schmelz S, Blankenfeldt W, Hirsch A, Hartmann R, Empting M (2024)

Eur. J. Med. Chem. 276DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116685

Thermotropic liquid crystals in drug delivery: A versatile carrier for controlled release

Nesterkina M, Kravchenko* I, Hirsch A, Lehr C (2024)

Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 200DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114343

Target repurposing unravels avermectins and derivatives as novel antibiotics inhibiting energy-coupling factor transporters (ECFTs)

Haupenthal J, Rafehi M, Kany A, Lespine A, Stefan K, Hirsch* A, Stefan* S (2024)

Arch. Pharm.DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202400267

Point mutations in the ygiV promoter region lead to cystobactamid resistance and reduced virulence in E. coli

Müller R, Risch T, Kolling D, Mostert D, Seedorf T, Heimann D, Kohnhäuser D, Deschner F, Fries F, Solga D, …, Herrmann J, Sieber S (2024)

BookDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3751821/v1

Novel 6-hydroxybenzothiazol-2-carboxamides as potent and selective monoamine oxidase B inhibitors endowed with neuroprotective activity

Al-Saad O, Gabr M, Darwish S, Rullo M, Pisani L, Miniero D, Liuzzi G, Kany A, Hirsch A, Abadi A, …, Catto M, Abdel-Halim M (2024)

European journal of medicinal chemistryDOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116266

Drug repurposing screen identifies lonafarnib as respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein inhibitor

Sake S, Zhang X, Rajak M, Urbanek-Quaing M, Carpentier A, Gunesch A, Grethe C, Matthaei A, Rückert J, Galloux M, …, Haid* S, Pietschmann* T (2024)

Nat. Commun. 15 (1)DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45241-y

High Target Homology Does Not Guarantee Inhibition: Aminothiazoles Emerge as Inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum

Johannsen S, Gierse R, Krüger A, Edwards R, Nanna V, Fontana A, Di Zhu, Masini T, Carvalho L, Poizat M, …, Wrenger C, Hirsch* A (2024)

ACS Infect. Dis.DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00670

Hit optimization by dynamic combinatorial chemistry on Streptococcus pneumoniae energy-coupling factor transporter ECF-PanT

Exapicheidou I, Shams A, Ibrahim H, Tsarenko A, Backenköhler M, Hamed M, Diamanti E, Volkamer A, slotboom d, Hirsch A (2024)

Chem. Commun. 60 (7): 870-873DOI: 10.1039/D3CC04738E

Development and evaluation of 2,4-disubstituted-5-aryl pyrimidine derivatives as antibacterial agents

Khalifa H, Rasheed S, Haupenthal J, Herrmann J, Mandour Y, Abadi A, Engel M, Müller R, Hirsch A, Abdel-Halim* M, Hamed* M (2024)

Archiv der PharmazieDOI: 10.1002/ardp.202300656

2023

Inhibitors of the Elastase LasB for the Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infections

Konstantinovic J, Kany A, Alhayek A, Abdelsamie A, Sikandar A, Voos K, Yao Y, Andreas A, Shafiei R, Loretz B, …, Haupenthal J, Hirsch A (2023)

ACS Cent. Sci. 9 (12): 2205-2215DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.3c01102

Clean Synthetic Strategies to Biologically Active Molecules from Lignin: A Green Path to Drug Discovery

Afanasenko A, Wu X, Santi A, Elgaher W, Kany A, Shafiei R, Schulze M, Schulz T, Haupenthal J, Hirsch A, Barta K (2023)

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308131

Identification of HuR–RNA Interfering Compounds by Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry and Fluorescence Polarization

Della Volpe S, Listro R, Ambrosio F, Garbagnoli M, Linciano P, Rossi D, Costa G, Alcaro S, Vasile F, Hirsch A, Collina S (2023)

ACS Med. Chem. Lett.DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00303

1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals conformational changes upon cofactor binding

Hamid R, Adam S, Lacour A, Monjas L, Köhnke J, Hirsch A (2023)

The Journal of biological chemistryDOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105152

NRF2 activators inhibit influenza A virus replication by interfering with nucleo-cytoplasmic export of viral RNPs in an NRF2-independent manner

Waqas F, Shehata M, Elgaher W, Lacour A, Kurmasheva N, Begnini F, Kiib A, Dahlmann J, Chen C, Pavlou A, …, Pleschka S, Pessler F (2023)

PLOS Pathogens 19 (7)DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011506

pH-Responsive Dynaplexes as Potent Apoptosis Inductors by Intracellular Delivery of Survivin siRNA

Liu Y, Ashmawy S, Latta L, Weiss A, Kiefer A, Nasr S, Loretz B, Hirsch A, Lee S, Lehr C (2023)

Biomacromolecules 24 (8): 3742-3754DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00424

Exploring the Translational Gap of a Novel Class of Escherichia coli IspE Inhibitors

Ropponen H, Diamanti E, Johannsen S, Illarionov B, Hamid R, Jaki M, Sass P, Fischer M, Haupenthal J, Hirsch A (2023)

ChemMedChemDOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202300346

Artificial intelligence for natural product drug discovery

Mullowney M, Duncan K, Elsayed S, Garg N, van der Hooft J, Martin N, Meijer D, Terlouw B, Biermann F, Blin K, …, Robinson S, Medema M (2023)

Nat Rev Drug DiscovDOI: 10.1038/s41573-023-00774-7

Thermoresponsive cholesteric liquid-crystal systems doped with terpenoids as drug delivery systems for skin applications

Nesterkina M, Vashchenko O, Vashchenko P, Lisetski L, Kravchenko I, Hirsch A, Lehr C (2023)

European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.VDOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2023.09.002

Selective Activation of TRPC6 Ion Channel by Metallated Type-B Polyprenylated Polycyclic Acylphloroglucinols

Peslalz P, Kraus F, Izzo F, Bleisch A, El Hamdaoui Y, Schulz I, Kany A, Hirsch A, Friedland K, Plietker B (2023)

ManuscriptDOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-6w94r

Design of thiamine analogues for inhibition of thiamine diphosphate (ThDP)-dependent enzymes: Systematic investigation through Scaffold-Hopping and C2-Functionalisation

Chan A, Ho T, Irfan R, Hamid R, Rudge E, Iqbal A, Turner A, Hirsch A., Leeper F (2023)

Bioorganic chemistry 138DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106602

Facile Production of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Factor LasB in E. coli for Structure-Based Drug Design

Kolling D, Haupenthal J, Hirsch A, Köhnke J (2023)

ChemBioChemDOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300185

Structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 1-Deoxy-D-Xylulose 5-Phosphate Synthase in Complex with Butylacetylphosphonate

Gawriljuk V, Oerlemans R, Gierse R, Jotwani R, Hirsch A, Groves M (2023)

Crystals 13 (5)DOI: 10.3390/cryst13050737

Not Every Hit-Identification Technique Works on 1-Deoxy-d-Xylulose 5-Phosphate Synthase (DXPS): Making the Most of a Virtual Screening Campaign

Johannsen S, Gierse R, Olshanova A, Smerznak E, Laggner C, Eschweiler L, Adeli Z, Hamid R, Alhayek A, Reiling N, Haupenthal J, Hirsch A (2023)

ChemMedChemDOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202200590

Genotoxic and mutational potential of monocyclic terpenoids (carvacrol, carvone and thymol) in Drosophila melanogaster

Nesterkina M, Bilokon S, Alieksieieva T, Kravchenko I, Hirsch A (2023)

Toxicol. Rep. 10DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2023.02.009

Fighting antibiotic resistance-strategies and (pre)clinical developments to find new antibacterials

Walesch S, Birkelbach J, Jézéquel G, Haeckl F, Hegemann J, Hesterkamp T, Hirsch A, Hammann P, Müller R (2023)

EMBO reports 24 (1)DOI: 10.15252/embr.202256033

Towards Translation of PqsR Inverse Agonists: From In Vitro Efficacy Optimization to In Vivo Proof-of-Principle

Hamed M, Abdelsamie A, Rox K, Schütz C, Kany A, Röhrig T, Schmelz S, Blankenfeldt W, Arce-Rodriguez A, Borrero-de Acuña J, …, Hartmann R, Empting M (2023)

Adv. Sci. (Online)DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204443

2022

PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITIONS BASED ON BIOSURFACTANTS AND N-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES OF 1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE

Polish N, Nesterkina M, Karkhut A, Marintsova N, Zhurakhivska L, Volianiuk K, Pokynbroda T, Kravchenko I, Karpenko E (2022)

J microb biotech food sci 12 (3)DOI: 10.55251/jmbfs.5956

(1 R ,2 S ,5 R )-5-Methyl-2-(propan-2-yl)cyclohexyl 4-amino-3-phenylbutanoate hydrochloride: Synthesis and anticonvulsant activity

Nesterkina M, Musatov V, Honcharova O, Kravchenko I (2022)

Open Chemistry 20 (1): 703-707DOI: 10.1515/chem-2022-0189

New Ketene Dithioacetals Generated from 2-Nitroperchlorobutadiene and Investigation of Their Antibacterial, Antifungal, Anticonvulsant and Antidepressant Activities

Aydinli S, Bulut E, Deniz N, Sayil C, Komarovska-Porokhnyavets O, Lubenets V, Zvarych V, Stasevych M, Nesterkina M, Kravchenko I (2022)

Chemistry & Biodiversity 19 (7)DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202100931

Discovery of the First Selective Nanomolar Inhibitors of ERAP2 by Kinetic Target‐Guided Synthesis

Camberlein V, Fléau C, Sierocki P, Li L, Gealageas R, Bosc D, Guillaume V, Warenghem S, Leroux F, Rosell M, …, Bouvier M, Deprez-Poulain R (2022)

Angew. Chemie 134 (39)DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203560

Synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular docking studies of aldotetronic acid-based LpxC inhibitors

Wimmer S, Hoff K, Martin B, Grewer M, Denni L, Lascorz Massanet R, Raimondi M, Bülbül E, Melesina J, Hotop S, …, Sippl W, Holl R (2022)

Bioorganic chemistry 131DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.106331

Proteoid biodynamers for safe mRNA transfection via pH-responsive nanorods enabling endosomal escape

Lee S, Nasr S, Rasheed S, Liu Y, Hartwig O, Kaya C, Boese A, Koch M, Herrmann J, Müller R, …, Hirsch A, Lehr C (2022)

Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society 353: 915-929DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.12.018

Baicalin lipid nanocapsules for treatment of glioma: characterization, mechanistic cytotoxicity, and pharmacokinetic evaluation

Ibrahim A, Abdel Gaber S, Fawzi Kabil M, Ahmed-Farid O, Hirsch A, El-Sherbiny I, Nasr M (2022)

Expert Opin. Drug Deliv. 19 (11): 1549-1560DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2022.2139370

Introduction to themed collection on fragment-based drug discovery

Rees D, Hirsch A, Erlanson D (2022)

RSC Med. Chem. 13DOI: 10.1039/D2MD90037H

An Efficient Way to Screen Inhibitors of Energy-Coupling Factor (ECF) Transporters in a Bacterial Uptake Assay

Bousis S, Winkler S, Haupenthal J, Fulco F, Diamanti E, Hirsch A (2022)

International journal of molecular sciences 23 (5)DOI: 10.3390/ijms23052637

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Two-Step Infection Screen Reveals Inhibitors of Early and Late Life Cycle Stages

Sake S, Kosch C, Blockus S, Haid S, Gunesch A, Zhang X, Friesland M, Trummer S, Grethe C, Kühnel A, …, Schulz T, Pietschmann T (2022)

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapyDOI: 10.1128/aac.01032-22

Discovery and Characterization of Synthesized and FDA-Approved Inhibitors of Clostridial and Bacillary Collagenases

Alhayek A, Abdelsamie A, Schönauer E, Camberlein V, Hutterer E, Posselt G, Serwanja J, Blöchl C, Huber C, Haupenthal J, …, Wessler S, Hirsch A (2022)

Journal of medicinal chemistry 65 (19): 12933-12955DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00785

Discovery of novel drug-like antitubercular hits targeting the MEP pathway enzyme DXPS by strategic application of ligand-based virtual screening

Di Zhu, Johannsen S, Masini T, Simonin C, Haupenthal J, Illarionov B, Andreas A, Awale M, Gierse R, van der Laan T, …, Reymond J, Hirsch A (2022)

Chem. Sci. 13 (36): 10686-10698DOI: 10.1039/D2SC02371G

Screening of Natural Products and Small Molecules Uncovers Novel Coronavirus 1a/1b Frameshifting Inhibitors with Antiviral Properties

Kibe A, Elgaher W, Rand U, Zimmer M, Kany A, Hermann J, Müller R, Cicin-Sain L, Hirsch A, Caliskan N (2022)

SSRN JournalDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4157446

Design, Synthesis, Antimicrobial Activity, and Molecular Docking of Some New Diclofenac Derivatives

Tolba M, Hamed M, Sayed M, Kamal El-Dean A, Abdel-Mohsen S, Ibrahim O, Elgaher W, Hirsch A, Saddik A (2022)

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds: 1-16DOI: 10.1080/10406638.2022.2102661

Structural analysis of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals conformational changes upon cofactor binding

Hamid R, Adam S, Lacour A, Gomez L, Hirsch A (2022)

bioRxivDOI: 10.1101/2022.07.04.498669

Identification of RAD51-BRCA2 Inhibitors Using N-Acylhydrazone-Based Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry

Bagnolini G, Balboni B, Schipani F, Gioia D, Veronesi M, Franco F, Kaya C, Jumde R, Ortega J, Girotto S, …, Roberti M, Cavalli A (2022)

ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 13 (8): 1262-1269DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.2c00063

The Structures and Binding Modes of Small-Molecule Inhibitors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Elastase LasB

Camberlein V, Jézéquel G, Haupenthal J, Hirsch A (2022)

Antibiotics 11 (8)DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11081060

Transferring Microclusters of P. aeruginosa Biofilms to the Air-Liquid Interface of Bronchial Epithelial Cells for Repeated Deposition of Aerosolized Tobramycin

Horstmann J, Laric A, Boese A, Yildiz D, Röhrig T, Empting M, Frank N, Krug D, Müller R, Schneider-Daum N, Souza Carvalho-Wodarz C, Lehr C (2022)

ACS infectious diseases 8 (1): 137-149DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00444

Structure-Guided Optimization of Small-Molecule Folate Uptake Inhibitors Targeting the Energy-Coupling Factor Transporters

Kiefer A, Bousis S, Hamed M, Diamanti E, Haupenthal J, Hirsch A (2022)

J. Med. Chem.DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c02114

Citraconate inhibits ACOD1 (IRG1) catalysis, reduces interferon responses and oxidative stress, and modulates inflammation and cell metabolism

Chen F, Elgaher W, Winterhoff M, Büssow K, Waqas F, Graner E, Pires-Afonso Y, Casares Perez L, La Vega L, Sahini N, …, Hirsch A, Pessler F (2022)

Nature metabolism 4 (5): 534-546DOI: 10.1038/s42255-022-00577-x

Targeting Extracellular Bacterial Proteases for the Development of Novel Antivirulence Agents

Kaya C, Hirsch A (2022)

Chimia 76 (5)DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2022.402

Design and Synthesis of Novel Bis-Imidazolyl Phenyl Butadiyne Derivatives as HCV NS5A Inhibitors

Hamdy J, Emadeldin N, Hamed M, Frakolaki E, Katsamakas S, Vassilaki N, Zoidis G, Hirsch A, Abdel-Halim M, Abadi A (2022)

Pharmaceuticals 15 (5)DOI: 10.3390/ph15050632

First crystal structures of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase (DXPS) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis indicate a distinct mechanism of intermediate stabilization

Gierse R, Oerlemans R, Reddem E, Gawriljuk V, Alhayek A, Baitinger D, Jakobi H, Laber B, Lange G, Hirsch A, Groves M (2022)

Sci. Rep. 12 (1)DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11205-9

N-Aryl-2-iso-butylmercaptoacetamides: the discovery of highly potent and selective inhibitors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factor LasB and Clostridium histolyticum virulence factor ColH

Voos K, Yahiaoui S, Konstantinovic J, Schönauer E, Alhayek A, Sikandar A, Si Chaib K, Ramspoth T, Rox K, Haupenthal J, …, Ducho C, Hirsch A (2022)

ChemRxivDOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-fjrqr

Structure-Based Design of α-Substituted Mercaptoacetamides as Inhibitors of the Virulence Factor LasB from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Kaya C, Walter I, Alhayek A, Shafiei R, Jézéquel G, Andreas A, Konstantinovic J, Schönauer E, Sikandar A, Haupenthal J, …, Hartmann R, Hirsch A (2022)

ACS Infect. Dis.DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00628

N-Aryl Mercaptopropionamides as Broad-Spectrum Inhibitors of Metallo-β-Lactamases

Kaya C, Konstantinovic J, Kany A, Andreas A, Kramer J, Brunst S, Weizel L, Rotter M, Frank D, Yahiaoui S, …, Wichelhaus T, Hirsch A (2022)

Journal of medicinal chemistry 65 (5): 3913-3922DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01755

Metabolic profiling of S-praziquantel: Structure elucidation using the crystalline sponge method in combination with mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance

Rosenberger L, Jenniches J, Essen C, Khutia A, Kühn C, Marx A, Georgi K, Hirsch A, Hartmann R, Badolo L (2022)

Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicalsDOI: 10.1124/dmd.121.000663

Inhibition of Collagenase Q1 of Bacillus cereus as a Novel Antivirulence Strategy for the Treatment of Skin‐Wound Infections

Alhayek A, Khan E, Schönauer E, Däinghaus T, Shafiei R, Voos K, Han M, Ducho C, Posselt G, Wessler S, …, del Campo A, Hirsch A (2022)

Adv. Therap.DOI: 10.1002/adtp.202100222

Bacteriomimetic Liposomes Improve Antibiotic Activity of a Novel Energy-Coupling Factor Transporter Inhibitor

Drost M, Diamanti E, Fuhrmann K, Goes A, Shams A, Haupenthal J, Koch M, Hirsch A, Fuhrmann G (2022)

Pharmaceutics 14 (1)DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14010004

2021

Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of novel naphthoquinone derivatives containing 1,2,4-triazine and 1,2,4-triazole moieties of methylene blue on the surface of a "core–shell" type catalyst for the Fenton system

Polish N, Nesterkina M, Protunkevych M, Karkhut A, Marintsova N, Polovkovych S, IKravchenko I, Voskoboinik O, Kovalenko S, Karpenko O (2021)

Vopr. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol. (5): 97-104DOI: 10.32434/0321-4095-2021-138-5-97-104

Citatronic Acid and Derivates thereof for use as a medicament

Pessler F., Chen F., Winterhoff M., Büssow K., Blankenfeldt W., Hirsch A. K. H., Elgaher W (2021)

Patent (WO2022223778, 2022)

N-Phenyl-3-Mercaptopropanamide Derivatives as Metallo-Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Bacterial Infections

Hartmann R, Konstantinovic J, Haupenthal J, Hirsch A, Kany A, Kaya C, Yahiaoui S, Wichelhaus T, Proschak E (2021)

Patent A61K31/5375; A61P31/04; C07C233/15; C07C233/25; C07C233/33; C07C233/43; C07C233/54; C07C319/02; C07C323/52; C07D295/22; (‌‌WO2021191219A1)

New PqsR Inverse Agonist

Schütz C, Empting M, Ahmed S, Hamed M, Hartmann R, Röhrig T, Kany A, Hirsch A (2021)

Patent A61K31/4439; A61K31/506; A61P31/04; C07D401/12; C07D403/12; (WO2021136803A1)

Novel PqsR Inverse Agonists

Hamed M, Ahmed S, Empting. M., Schütz C, Hartmann R, Röhrig T, Kany A, Hirsch A (2021)

Patent A61K31/4439; A61P31/04; C07D401/14; C07D417/14; (WO2021136805A1)

Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics

Miethke M, Pieroni M, Weber T, Brönstrup M, Hammann P, Halby L, Arimondo P, Glaser P, Aigle B, Bode H, …, Moser H, Müller R (2021)

Nature reviews. Chemistry 5 (10): 726-749DOI: 10.1038/s41570-021-00313-1

Novel (‒)-carvone derivatives as potential anticonvulsant and analgesic agents

Nesterkina M, Barbalat D, Konovalova I, Shishkina S, Atakay M, Salih B, Kravchenko I (2021)

Natural product research 35 (23): 4978-4987DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2020.1756804

Simultaneous Complexation and Microextraction Using Verbenone Hydrazone as the Ligand with Slotted Quartz Tube-Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (FAAS) for the Sensitive Determination of Copper

Özzeybek G, Borahan T, Nesterkina M, Kravchenko I, Bakirdere S (2021)

Analytical letters 54 (14): 2376-2386DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2020.1866594

Quantitative structure–activity relationship study on prolonged anticonvulsant activity of terpene derivatives in pentylenetetrazole test

Nesterkina M, Muratov V, Ognichenko L, Kravchenko I, Kuz’min V (2021)

Open Chemistry 19 (1): 1184-1192DOI: 10.1515/chem-2021-0108

Rheological Properties of Hyaluronic Acid Diluted Solutions as Components of Cosmetics

Svetlana Saitarly, Yuriy Pushkarev, Nesterkina M, Serhat Öztürk, Iryna Kravchenko (2021)

Biointerface Res Appl Chem 12 (2): 1907-1915DOI: 10.33263/BRIAC122.19071915

Terpenoid Hydrazones as Biomembrane Penetration Enhancers: FT-IR Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Probe Studies

Nesterkina M, Smola S, Rusakova N, Kravchenko I (2021)

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 27 (1)DOI: 10.3390/molecules27010206

Targeting the IspD Enzyme in the MEP Pathway: Identification of a Novel Fragment Class

Diamanti E, Hamed M, Lacour A, Bravo P, Illarionov B, Fischer M, Rottmann M, Witschel M, Hirsch A (2021)

ChemMedChemDOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100679

Substrate-Inspired Fragment Merging and Growing Affords Efficacious LasB Inhibitors

Kaya C, Walter I, Yahiaoui S, Sikandar A, Alhayek A, Konstantinovic J, Kany A, Haupenthal J, Köhnke J, Hartmann R, Hirsch A (2021)

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)DOI: 10.1002/anie.202112295

Redesigning of the cap conformation and symmetry of the diphenylethyne core to yield highly potent pan-genotypic NS5A inhibitors with high potency and high resistance barrier

Abdallah M, Hamed M, Frakolaki E, Katsamakas S, Vassilaki N, Bartenschlager R, Zoidis G, Hirsch A, Abdel-Halim M, Abadi A (2021)

European journal of medicinal chemistryDOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.114034

Unveiling Adatoms in On-Surface Reactions: Combining Scanning Probe Microscopy with van't Hoff Plots

Moreno-López J, Pérez Paz A, Gottardi S, Solianyk L, Li J, Monjas L, Hirsch A, Mowbray D, Stöhr M (2021)

The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces 125 (18): 9847-9854DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03134

1st Spring Virtual Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry

Sousa M, Marques M, Faustino M (2021)

Chemistry Proceedings 4 (1)DOI: 10.3390/chemproc2021004001

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel benzimidazole derivatives as sphingosine kinase 1 inhibitor

Khairat S, Omar M, Ragab F, Roy S, Turab Naqvi A, Abdelsamie A, Hirsch A, Galal S, Hassan M, El Diwani H (2021)

Archiv der Pharmazie 354 (9)DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202100080

Identification of N,N-arylalkyl-picolinamide derivatives targeting the RNA-binding protein HuR, by combining biophysical fragment-screening and molecular hybridization

Della Volpe S, Linciano P, Listro R, Tumminelli E, Amadio M, Bonomo I, Elgaher W, Adam S, Hirsch A, Boeckler F, …, Rossi D, Collina S (2021)

Bioorganic chemistry 116DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105305

Expanding the Myxochelin Natural Product Family by Nicotinic Acid Containing Congeners

Frank N, Széles M, Akone S, Rasheed S, Hüttel S, Frewert S, Hamed M, Herrmann J, Schuler S, Hirsch A, Müller R (2021)

Molecules 26 (16)DOI: 10.3390/molecules26164929

N-Aryl mercaptoacetamides as potential multi-target inhibitors of metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) and the virulence factor LasB from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Yahiaoui S, Voos K, Haupenthal J, Wichelhaus T, Frank D, Weizel L, Rotter M, Brunst S, Kramer J, Proschak E, Ducho C, Hirsch A (2021)

RSC Med. Chem.DOI: 10.1039/D1MD00187F

Crystalline sponge affinity screening: A fast tool for soaking condition optimization without the need of X-ray diffraction analysis

Rosenberger L, Essen C, Khutia A, Kühn C, Georgi K, Hirsch A, Hartmann R, Badolo L (2021)

European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences 164DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2021.105884

A New PqsR Inverse Agonist Potentiates Tobramycin Efficacy to Eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

Schütz C, Ho D, Hamed M, Abdelsamie A, Röhrig T, Herr C, Kany A, Rox K, Schmelz S, Siebenbürger L, …, Lehr C, Empting M (2021)

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 8 (12)DOI: 10.1002/advs.202004369

“Clicking“ fragment leads to novel dual-binding cholinesterase inhibitors

Moleda Z, Zawadzka A, Czarnocki Z, Monjas L, Hirsch A, Budzianowski A, Maurin J (2021)

Bioorg Med ChemDOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116269

Phosphonate as a Stable Zinc‐Binding Group for “Pathoblocker” Inhibitors of Clostridial Collagenase H (ColH) (ChemMedChem 8/2021)

Voos K, Schönauer E, Alhayek A, Haupenthal J, Andreas A, Müller R, Hartmann R, Brandstetter H, Hirsch A, Ducho C (2021)

ChemMedChem 16 (8): 1198-1198DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100229

Hit-optimization using target-directed dynamic combinatorial chemistry: Development of inhibitors of the anti-infective target 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase

Jumde R, Guadigni M, Gierse R, Alhayek A, Di Zhu, Hamid Z, Johannsen S, Elgaher W, Neusens P, Nehls C, …, Reiling N, Hirsch A (2021)

Chemical ScienceDOI: 10.1039/D1SC00330E

Search for the Active Ingredients from a 2-Aminothiazole DMSO Stock Solution with Antimalarial Activity

Ropponen H, Bader C, Diamanti E, Illarionov B, Rottmann M, Fischer M, Witschel M, Müller R, Hirsch A (2021)

ChemMedChem 16 (13): 2089-2093DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100067

Mastering the Gram-Negative Bacterial Barrier - Chemical Approaches to Increase Bacterial Bioavailability of Antibiotics

Ropponen H, Richter R, Hirsch A, Lehr C (2021)

Advanced Drug Delivery ReviewsDOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.02.014

Assessment of the rules related to gaining activity against Gram-negative bacteria

Ropponen H, Diamanti E, Siemens A, Illarionov B, Haupenthal J, Fischer M, Rottmann M, Witschel M, Hirsch A (2021)

RSC Med. Chem.DOI: 10.1039/D0MD00409J

Enhancing glycan stability via site-selective fluorination: modulating substrate orientation by molecular design

Axer A, Jumde R, Adam S, Faust A, Schäfers M, Fobker M, Koehnke J, Hirsch A, Gilmour R (2021)

Chem. Sci. 12 (4): 1286-1294DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04297H

Identification of a 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase (DXS) mutant with improved crystallographic properties

Gierse R, Reddem E, Alhayek A, Baitinger D, Hamid Z, Jakobi H, Laber B, Lange G, Hirsch A, Groves (2021)

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 539DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.12.069

2020

9,10-Anthraquinone Dithiocarbamates as Potential Pharmaceutical Substances with Pleiotropic Actions: Computerized Prediction of Biological Activity and Experimental Validation

Stasevich M, Zvarich V, Novikov V, Zagorodnyaya S, Povnitsa O, Chaika M, Nesterkina M, Kravchenko I, Druzhilovskii D, Poroikov V (2020)

Pharm Chem J 53 (10): 905-913DOI: 10.1007/s11094-020-02098-x

Phytochemical analysis and anti-inflammatory activity of Cladophora aegagropila extract

Aleksandrova A, Nesterkina M, Gvozdii S, Kravchenko I (2020)

J Herbmed Pharmacol 9 (1): 81-85DOI: 10.15171/jhp.2020.12

Design, synthesis and pharmacological profile of (−)-verbenone hydrazones

Nesterkina M, Barbalat D, Kravchenko I (2020)

Open Chemistry 18 (1): 943-950DOI: 10.1515/chem-2020-0103

Synthesis and Evaluation on Anticonvulsant and Antidepressant Activities of Naphthoquinone Derivatives Containing Pyrazole and Pyrimidine Fragments

Polish N, Nesterkina M, Marintsova N, Karkhut A, Kravchenko I, Novikov V, Khairulin A (2020)

ACSi 67 (3): 934-939DOI: 10.17344/acsi.2020.5938

Toxic effect and genotoxicity of carvacrol ethers in Drosophila melanogaster

Nesterkina M, Bilokon S, Alieksieieva T, Chebotar S, Kravchenko I (2020)

Mutat. Res. 821 (2)DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2020.111713

QSAR models for analgesic activity prediction of terpenes and their derivatives

Nesterkina M, Ognichenko L, Shyrykalova A, Kravchenko I, Kuz’min V (2020)

Struct Chem 31 (3): 947-954DOI: 10.1007/s11224-019-01479-7

2-Propyl-N′-[1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ylidene]pentanehydrazide

Nesterkina M, Barbalat D, Rakipov I, Kravchenko I (2020)

Molbank 2020 (4)DOI: 10.3390/M1164

A hydrogel-based in vitro assay for the fast prediction of antibiotic accumulation in Gram-negative bacteria

Richter R, Kamal M, García-Rivera M, Kaspar J, Junk M, Elgaher W, Srikakulam S, Gress A, Beckmann A, Grißmer A, …, Schneider-Daum N, Lehr C (2020)

Materials today. Bio 8DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2020.100084

Micro-rheological properties of lung homogenates correlate with infection severity in a mouse model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection

Murgia X, Kany A, Herr C, Ho D, Rossi C, Bals R, Lehr C, Hirsch A, Hartmann R, Empting M, Röhrig T (2020)

Scientific Reports 10 (1)DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73459-5

Semisynthesis and biological evaluation of amidochelocardin derivatives as broad-spectrum antibiotics

Grandclaudon C, Birudukota N, Elgaher W, Jumde R, Yahiaoui S, Arisetti N, Hennessen F, Hüttel S, Stadler M, Herrmann J, …, Hirsch A, Brönstrup M (2020)

European journal of medicinal chemistry 188DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.112005

Discovery of Small-Molecule Stabilizers of 14-3-3 Protein-Protein Interactions via Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry

Hartman A, Elgaher W, Hertrich N, Andrei S, Ottmann C, Hirsch A (2020)

ACS medicinal chemistry letters 11 (5): 1041-1046DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00541

Evaluation of Bacterial RNA Polymerase Inhibitors in a Staphylococcus aureus-Based Wound Infection Model in SKH1 Mice

Haupenthal J, Kautz Y, Elgaher W, Pätzold L, Röhrig T, Laschke M, Tschernig T, Hirsch A, Molodtsov V, Murakami K, Hartmann R, Bischoff M (2020)

ACS infectious diseases 6 (10): 2573-2581DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00034

François Diederich – In Memoriam**

Hof F, Hirsch A (2020)

ChemMedChemDOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000920

Protein‐Templated Hit Identification through an Ugi Four‐Component Reaction

Federica Mancini, M. Yagiz Unver, Walid A. M. Elgaher, Varsha R. Jumde, Alaa Alhayek, Peer Lukat, Jennifer Herrmann, Martin D. Witte, Matthias Köck, Wulf Blankenfeldt, Rolf Müller, Hirsch A (2020)

Chemistry – A European Journal 26 (64)DOI: 10.1002/chem.202086462

7-Hydroxycoumarins are Affinity-based Fluorescent Probes for Competitive Binding Studies of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor

Xiao Z, Chen D, Song S, van der Vlag R, van der Wouden P, van Merkerk R, Cool R, Hirsch A, Melgert B, Quax W, Poelarends G, Dekker F (2020)

Journal of medicinal chemistryDOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01160

pH-Dependent morphology and optical properties of lysine-derived molecular biodynamers

Lee S, Kaya C, Jang H, Koch M, Loretz B, Buhler E, Lehr C, Hirsch A (2020)

Mater. Chem. Front. 4 (3): 905-909DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00651F

Rapid Discovery of Aspartyl Protease Inhibitors Using an Anchoring Approach

Konstantinidou M, Magari F, Sutanto F, Haupenthal J, Jumde R, Ünver M, Heine A, Camacho C, Hirsch A, Klebe G, Dömling A (2020)

ChemMedChem 15 (8): 680-684DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000024

Tracheal brush cells release acetylcholine in response to bitter tastants for paracrine and autocrine signaling

Hollenhorst M, Jurastow I, Nandigama R, Appenzeller S, Li L, Vogel J, Wiederhold S, Althaus M, Empting M, Altmüller J, …, Saliba A, Krasteva-Christ G (2020)

FASEB j. 34 (1): 316-332DOI: 10.1096/fj.201901314RR

Optimized Inhibitors of MDM2 via an Attempted Protein‐Templated Reductive Amination

Vlag R, Yagiz Unver M, Felicetti T, Twarda-Clapa A, Kassim F, Ermis C, Neochoritis C, Musielak B, Labuzek B, Dömling A, Holak T, Hirsch A (2020)

ChemMedChem 15 (4): 370-375DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201900574

Validating the 1,2-Difluoro Motif As a Hybrid Bioisostere of CF3 and Et Using Matrix Metalloproteinases As Structural Probes

Erdeljac N, Thiehoff C, Jumde R, Daniliuc C, Höppner S, Faust A, Hirsch A, Gilmour R (2020)

Journal of medicinal chemistry 63 (11): 6225-6237DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00648

Protein‐Templated Hit Identification via an Ugi Four‐Component Reaction

Mancini F, Unver M, Elgaher W, Jumde V, Alhayek A, Lukat P, Herrmann J, Witte M, Köck M, Blankenfeldt W, Müller R, Hirsch A (2020)

Chem. Eur. J.DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002250

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel 2-Substituted ­Analogues of (–)-Pentenomycin I

Zisopoulou S, Bousis S, Haupenthal J, Herrmann J, Müller R, Hirsch A, Komiotis D, Gallos J, Stathakis C (2020)

Synlett 31 (05): 475-481DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690772

BOPC1 Enantiomers Preparation and HuR Interaction Study. From Molecular Modeling to a Curious DEEP-STD NMR Application

Della Volpe S, Listro R, Parafioriti M, Di Giacomo M, Rossi D, Ambrosio F, Costa G, Alcaro S, Ortuso F, Hirsch A, Vasile F, Collina S (2020)

ACS medicinal chemistry letters 11 (5): 883-888DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00659

N -Aryl-3-mercaptosuccinimides as Antivirulence Agents Targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa Elastase and Clostridium Collagenases

Konstantinovic J, Yahiaoui S, Alhayek A, Haupenthal J, Schönauer E, Andreas A, Kany A, Müller R, Koehnke J, Berger F, …, Brandstetter H, Hirsch A (2020)

J. Med. Chem. 63 (15): 8359-8368DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00584

Flotillin-mediated membrane fluidity controls peptidoglycan synthesis and MreB movement

Zielinska A, Savietto A, Sousa Borges A, Martinez D, Berbon M, Roelofsen J, Hartman A, Boer R, van der Klei I, Hirsch A, …, Bramkamp M, Scheffers D (2020)

eLife 9DOI: 10.7554/eLife.57179

Potential Dental Biofilm Inhibitors: Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry Affords Sugar-Based Molecules that Target Bacterial Glucosyltransferase

Hartman A, Jumde V, Elgaher W, Te Poele E, Dijkhuizen L, Hirsch A (2020)

ChemMedChemDOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000222

A rapid synthesis of low-nanomolar divalent LecA inhibitors in four linear steps from d -galactose pentaacetate

Zahorska E, Kuhaudomlarp S, Minervini S, Yousaf S, Lepsik M, Kinsinger T, Hirsch A, Imberty A, Titz A (2020)

Chem. Commun. 56 (62): 8822-8825DOI: 10.1039/d0cc03490h

Novel PqsR Inverse Agonists

Hamed M, Ahmed S, Empting. M., Schütz C, Hartmann R, Röhrig T, Kany A, Hirsch A (2020)

Patent (EP20150119)

2019

Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of ointment based on dense ginger extract (Zingiber officinale)

Kravchenko I, Eberle L, Nesterkina M, Kobernik A (2019)

J Herbmed Pharmacol 8 (2): 126-132DOI: 10.15171/jhp.2019.20

Pharmacotherapy of inflammatory process by ginger extract (Zingiber officinale) ointment

Kravchenko I, Eberle L, Nesterkina M, Kobernik A (2019)

J Herbmed Pharmacol 8 (2): 101-107DOI: 10.15171/jhp.2019.16

Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Vanillin Derivatives

Boiko Y, Nesterkina M, Shandra A, Kravchenko I (2019)

Pharm Chem J 53 (7): 650-654DOI: 10.1007/s11094-019-02056-2

Effect of esters based on terpenoids and GABA on fluidity of phospholipid membranes

Nesterkina M, Smola S, Kravchenko I (2019)

J. Liposome Res. 29 (3): 239-246DOI: 10.1080/08982104.2018.1538238

(2S,5R)-2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexanone Hydrazones

Nesterkina M, Barbalat D, Zheltvay I, Rakipov I, Atakay M, Salih B, Kravchenko I (2019)

Molbank 2019 (2)DOI: 10.3390/M1062

Energy-Coupling Factor Transporters as Novel Antimicrobial Targets

Bousis S, Setyawati I, Diamanti E, Slotboom D, Hirsch A (2019)

Advanced Therapeutics, 2, 1800066DOI: 10.1002/ADTP.201800066

Protein-Templated Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry: Brief Overview and Experimental Protocol

Hartman A, Gierse R, Hirsch A (2019)

European journal of organic chemistry 2019 (22): 3581-3590DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201900327

Concepts and Core Principles of Fragment-Based Drug Design

Kirsch P, Hartman A, Hirsch A, Empting M (2019)

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 24 (23)DOI: 10.3390/molecules24234309

Comparing the Self-Assembly of Sexiphenyl-Dicarbonitrile on Graphite and Graphene on Cu(111)

Schmidt N, Li J, Gottardi S, Moreno-Lopez J, Enache M, Monjas L, van der Vlag R, Havenith R, Hirsch A, Stöhr M (2019)

Chem. Eur. J. 25 (19): 5065-5070DOI: 10.1002/chem.201806312

Inverting Small Molecule–Protein Recognition by the Fluorine Gauche Effect: Selectivity Regulated by Multiple H→F Bioisosterism

Bentler P, Bergander K, Daniliuc C, Mück-Lichtenfeld C, Jumde R, Hirsch A, Gilmour R (2019)

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 58 (32): 10990-10994DOI: 10.1002/anie.201905452

Spray-drying of inhalable, multifunctional formulations for the treatment of biofilms formed in cystic fibrosis

Lababidi N, Ofosu Kissi E, Elgaher W, Sigal V, Haupenthal J, Schwarz B, Hirsch A, Rades T, Schneider M (2019)

Journal of Controlled Release 314: 62-71DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.10.038

From Wood to Tetrahydro-2-benzazepines in Three Waste-Free Steps: Modular Synthesis of Biologically Active Lignin-Derived Scaffolds

Elangovan S, Afanasenko A, Haupenthal J, Sun Z, Liu Y, Hirsch A, Barta K (2019)

ACS Cent. Sci. 5 (10): 1707-1716DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00781

Surface state tunable energy and mass renormalization from homothetic quantum dot arrays

Piquero-Zulaica I, Li J, Abd El-Fattah Z, Solianyk L, Gallardo I, Monjas L, Hirsch A, Arnau A, Ortega J, Stöhr M, Lobo-Checa J (2019)

Nanoscale 11 (48): 23132-23138DOI: 10.1039/c9nr07365e

Novel Compounds Targeting the RNA-Binding Protein HuR. Structure-Based Design, Synthesis, and Interaction Studies

Della Volpe S, Nasti R, Queirolo M, Unver M, Jumde V, Dömling A, Vasile F, Potenza D, Ambrosio F, Costa G, …, Hirsch A, Collina S (2019)

ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 10 (4): 615-620DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00600

A combinatorial approach for the discovery of drug-like inhibitors of 15-lipoxygenase-1

van der Vlag R, Guo H, Hapko U, Eleftheriadis N, Monjas L, Dekker F, Hirsch A (2019)

European journal of medicinal chemistry 174: 45-55DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.04.021

Rational Adaptation of L3MBTL1 Inhibitors to Create Small-Molecule Cbx7 Antagonists

Simhadri C, Daze K, Douglas S, Milosevich N, Monjas L, Dev A, Brown T, Hirsch A, Wulff J, Hof F (2019)

ChemMedChem 14 (15): 1444-1456DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201900021

Low-Dimensional Metal-Organic Coordination Structures on Graphene

Li J, Solianyk L, Schmidt N, Baker B, Gottardi S, Moreno Lopez J, Enache M, Monjas L, van der Vlag R, Havenith R, Hirsch A, Stöhr M (2019)

The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces 123 (20): 12730-12735DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00326

Novel 15-Lipoxygenase-1 Inhibitor Protects Macrophages from Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Cytotoxicity

Guo H, Verhoek I, Prins G, van der Vlag R, van der Wouden P, van Merkerk R, Quax W, Olinga P, Hirsch A, Dekker F (2019)

Journal of medicinal chemistry 62 (9): 4624-4637DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00212

Replacement of an Indole Scaffold Targeting Human 15-Lipoxygenase-1 Using Combinatorial Chemistry

Prismawan D, van der Vlag R, Guo H, Dekker F, Hirsch A (2019)

HCA 102 (5)DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201900040

Reversible immobilization of a protein to a gold surface through multiple host-guest interactions

Schwarz D, Elgaher W, Hollemeyer K, Hirsch A, Wenz G (2019)

J. Mater. Chem. B 7 (40): 6148-6155DOI: 10.1039/c9tb00560a

2018

Repellent activity of monoterpenoid esters with neurotransmitter amino acids against yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Nesterkina M, Bernier U, Tabanca N, Kravchenko I (2018)

Open Chemistry 16 (1): 95-98DOI: 10.1515/chem-2018-0015

The influence of monoterpenoids and phenol derivatives on Drosophila melanogaster viability

Nesterkina M, Bilokon S, Alieksieieva T, Chubyk I, Kravchenko I (2018)

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 21 (3): 793-796DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2018.06.004

Trendbericht Biochemie 2017: Proteinvermittelte dynamische kombinatorische Chemie

Hirsch A (2018)

Nachr. Chem. 66 (3): 281-283DOI: 10.1002/nadc.20184071734

Druggability Assessment of Targets Used in Kinetic Target-Guided Synthesis

Unver M, Gierse R, Ritchie H, Hirsch A (2018)

Journal of medicinal chemistry 61 (21): 9395-9409DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00266

Phage Display on the Anti-infective Target 1-Deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate Synthase Leads to an Acceptor-Substrate Competitive Peptidic Inhibitor

Marcozzi A, Masini T, Di Zhu, Pesce D, Illarionov B, Fischer M, Herrmann A, Hirsch A (2018)

ChemBioChem 19 (1): 58-65DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700402

Lipid-DNAs as Solubilizers of m THPC

Liu Y, de Vries J, Liu Q, Hartman A, Wieland G, Wieczorek S, Börner H, Wiehe A, Buhler E, Stuart M, …, Herrmann A, Hirsch A (2018)

Chem. Eur. J. 24 (4): 798-802DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705206

Glucansucrase (mutant) enzymes from Lactobacillus reuteri 180 efficiently transglucosylate Stevia component rebaudioside A, resulting in a superior taste

Te Poele E, Devlamynck T, Jäger M, Gerwig G, van de Walle D, Dewettinck K, Hirsch A, Kamerling J, Soetaert W, Dijkhuizen L (2018)

Sci Rep 8 (1)DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19622-5

Delivery system for budesonide based on lipid-DNA

Liu Y, Bos I, Oenema T, Meurs H, Maarsingh H, Hirsch A (2018)

European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V 130: 123-127DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2018.06.012

Dynamic Proteoids Generated From Dipeptide-Based Monomers

Liu Y, Stuart M, Buhler E, Hirsch A (2018)

Macromolecular rapid communications 39 (13)DOI: 10.1002/marc.201800099

Design and Synthesis of Bioisosteres of Acylhydrazones as Stable Inhibitors of the Aspartic Protease Endothiapepsin

Jumde V, Mondal M, Gierse R, Unver M, Magari F, van Lier R, Heine A, Klebe G, Hirsch A (2018)

ChemMedChem 13 (21): 2266-2270DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201800446

Exploration of ligand binding modes towards the identification of compounds targeting HuR: a combined STD-NMR and Molecular Modelling approach

Vasile F, Della Volpe S, Ambrosio F, Costa G, Unver M, Zucal C, Rossi D, Martino E, Provenzani A, Hirsch A, …, Potenza D, Collina S (2018)

Sci Rep 8 (1)DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32084-z

Donepezil-melatonin hybrids as butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors: Improving binding affinity through varying mode of linking fragments

Lozinska I, Swierczynska A, Moleda Z, Hartman A, Hirsch A, Czarnocki Z (2018)

Archiv der Pharmazie 351 (11)DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201800194

2017

Synthesis and Pharmacological Properties of Novel Esters Based on Monoterpenoids and Glycine

Nesterkina M, Kravchenko I (2017)

Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) 10 (2)DOI: 10.3390/ph10020047

(1R,2S,5R)-2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexyl 4-Aminobutyrate Hydrochloride

Nesterkina M, Shishkina S, Maltsev G, Rakipov I, Kravchenko I (2017)

Molbank 2017 (3)DOI: 10.3390/M956

Molecular Biodynamers: Dynamic Covalent Analogues of Biopolymers

Liu Y, Lehn J, Hirsch A (2017)

Accounts of chemical research 50 (2): 376-386DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00594

DXS as a target for structure-based drug design

Gierse R, Redeem E, Diamanti E, Wrenger C, Groves M, Hirsch A (2017)

Future medicinal chemistry 9 (11): 1277-1294DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2016-0239

Molecular insight into specific 14-3-3 modulators: Inhibitors and stabilisers of protein-protein interactions of 14-3-3

Hartman A, Hirsch A (2017)

European journal of medicinal chemistry 136DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.04.058

Compounds Interfering with Embryonic Lethal Abnormal Vision (ELAV) Protein-RNA Complexes: An Avenue for Discovering New Drugs

Nasti R, Rossi D, Amadio M, Pascale A, Unver M, Hirsch A, Collina S (2017)

Journal of medicinal chemistry 60 (20): 8257-8267DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01871

Fine-tuning Nanocarriers Specifically toward Cargo: A Competitive Study on Solubilizing Related Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy

Wieczorek S, Remmler D, Masini T, Kochovski Z, Hirsch A, Börner H (2017)

Bioconjugate chemistry 28 (3): 760-767DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00549

Pentapeptide‐rich peptidoglycan at the Bacillus subtilis cell‐division site

Morales Angeles D, Liu Y, Hartman A, Borisova M, Sousa Borges A, Kok N, Beilharz K, veening j, Mayer C, Hirsch A, Scheffers D (2017)

Molecular microbiology 104 (2): 319-333DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13629

Bicyclic enol cyclocarbamates inhibit penicillin-binding proteins

Dockerty P, Edens J, Tol M, Morales Angeles D, Domenech A, Liu Y, Hirsch A, veening j, Scheffers D, Witte M (2017)

Organic & biomolecular chemistry 15 (4): 894-910DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01664b

Designed Spiroketal Protein Modulation

Scheepstra M, Andrei S, Unver M, Hirsch A, Leysen S, Ottmann C, Brunsveld L, Milroy L (2017)

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 56 (20): 5480-5484DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612504

Insight into the complete substrate-binding pocket of ThiT by chemical and genetic mutations

Swier L, Monjas L, Reeßing F, Oudshoorn R, Aisyah, Primke T, Bakker M, van Olst E, Ritschel T, Faustino I, …, Hirsch A, Slotboom D (2017)

MedChemComm 8 (5): 1121-1130DOI: 10.1039/c7md00079k

Saccharide-Containing Dynamic Proteoids

Liu Y, Stuart M, Witte M, Buhler E, Hirsch A (2017)

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 23 (64): 16162-16166DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703584

Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry to Identify Binders of ThiT, an S-Component of the Energy-Coupling Factor Transporter for Thiamine

Monjas L, Swier L, Setyawati I, slotboom d, Hirsch A (2017)

ChemMedChem 12 (20): 1693-1696DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201700440

In-depth Profiling of MvfR-Regulated Small Molecules in Pseudomonas aeruginosa after Quorum Sensing Inhibitor Treatment

Allegretta G, Maurer C, Eberhard J, Maura D, Hartmann R, Rahme L, Empting M (2017)

Frontiers in microbiology 8DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00924

2016

Synthesis and Anticonvulsant Activity of Menthyl γ-Aminobutyrate

Nesterkina M, Kravchenko I (2016)

Chem Nat Compd 52 (2): 237-239DOI: 10.1007/s10600-016-1604-9

Synthesis and Anticonvulsant Activity of New Calix[4]Arene Derivatives Containing Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Moieties

Nesterkina M, Alekseeva E, Kravchenko I (2016)

Pharm Chem J 49 (12): 825-829DOI: 10.1007/s11094-016-1380-7

Synthesis and Pharmacological Properties of Novel Esters Based on Monocyclic Terpenes and GABA

Nesterkina M, Kravchenko I (2016)

Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) 9 (2)DOI: 10.3390/ph9020032

Analgesic Activity of Novel GABA Esters after Transdermal Delivery

Nesterkina M, Kravchenko I (2016)

Nat. Prod. Commun. 11 (10)DOI: 10.1177/1934578X1601101001

Design and synthesis of thiamine analogues to study their binding to the ECF transporter for thiamine in bacteria

Monjas L, Swier L, Voogd A, Oudshoorn R, Hirsch A, Slotboom D (2016)

Med. Chem. Commun. 7 (5): 966-971DOI: 10.1039/C6MD00022C

Furoates and thenoates inhibit pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 allosterically by binding to its pyruvate regulatory site

Masini T, Birkaya B, van Dijk S, Mondal M, Hekelaar J, Jäger M, van Terwisscha Scheltinga A, Patel M, Hirsch A, Moman E (2016)

Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry 31 (sup4): 170-175DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2016.1201812

Proteoid Dynamers with Tunable Properties

Liu Y, Stuart M, Buhler E, Lehn J, Hirsch A (2016)

DOI: 10.1002/ADFM.201601612

Fragment Linking and Optimization of Inhibitors of the Aspartic Protease Endothiapepsin: Fragment-Based Drug Design Facilitated by Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry

Mondal M, Radeva N, Fanlo-Virgós H, Otto S, Klebe G, Hirsch A (2016)

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 55 (32): 9422-6DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603074

Fragment-Based Drug Design Facilitated by Protein-Templated Click Chemistry: Fragment Linking and Optimization of Inhibitors of the Aspartic Protease Endothiapepsin

Mondal M, Unver M, Pal A, Bakker M, Berrier S, Hirsch A (2016)

Chem. Eur. J. 22 (42): 14826-14830DOI: 10.1002/chem.201603001

Application of Dual Inhibition Concept within Looped Autoregulatory Systems toward Antivirulence Agents against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections

Thomann A, Mello Martins A, Brengel C, Empting M, Hartmann R (2016)

ACS chemical biology 11 (5): 1279-86DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00117

Novel Strategies for the Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections

Wagner S, Sommer R, Hinsberger S, Lu C, Hartmann R, Empting M, Titz A (2016)

Journal of medicinal chemistry 59 (13): 5929-69DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01698

Discovery of the first small-molecule CsrA-RNA interaction inhibitors using biophysical screening technologies

Maurer C, Fruth M, Empting M, Avrutina O, Hossmann J, Nadmid S, Gorges J, Herrmann J, Kazmaier U, Dersch P, Muller R, Hartmann R (2016)

Future medicinal chemistry 8 (9): 931-47DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2016-0033

Discovery and Structure-Based Optimization of 2-Ureidothiophene-3-carboxylic Acids as Dual Bacterial RNA Polymerase and Viral Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors

Elgaher W, Sharma K, Haupenthal J, Saladini F, Pires M, Real E, Mely Y, Hartmann R (2016)

Journal of medicinal chemistryDOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00730

Dissecting the Multiple Roles of PqsE in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence by Discovery of Small Tool Compounds

Zender M, Witzgall F, Drees S, Weidel E, Maurer C, Fetzner S, Blankenfeldt W, Empting M, Hartmann R (2016)

ACS chemical biologyDOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00156

2015

Dynamic combinatorial chemistry: a tool to facilitate the identification of inhibitors for protein targets

Mondal M, Hirsch A (2015)

Chemical Society reviews 44 (8): 2455-88DOI: 10.1039/c4cs00493k

Fighting malaria: structure-guided discovery of nonpeptidomimetic plasmepsin inhibitors

Huizing A, Mondal M, Hirsch A (2015)

Journal of medicinal chemistry 58 (13): 5151-63DOI: 10.1021/jm5014133

Harnessing dynamic combinatorial chemistry in the search for new ligands for protein targets

Monjas L, Hirsch A (2015)

Future medicinal chemistry 7 (16): 2095-8DOI: 10.4155/fmc.15.146

Combinatorial screening for specific drug solubilizers with switchable release profiles

Wieczorek S, Vigne S, Masini T, Ponader D, Hartmann L, Hirsch A, Börner H (2015)

Macromolecular Bioscience 15 (1): 82-9DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201400443

Structure-based design of potent small-molecule binders to the S-component of the ECF transporter for thiamine

Swier L, Monjas L, Guskov A, Voogd A, Erkens G, slotboom d, Hirsch A (2015)

ChemBioChem 16 (5): 819-26DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402673

Fragment growing exploiting dynamic combinatorial chemistry of inhibitors of the aspartic protease endothiapepsin

Mondal M, Groothuis D, Hirsch A (2015)

DOI: 10.1039/C5MD00157A

Structure-Based Optimization of Inhibitors of the Aspartic Protease Endothiapepsin

Hartman A, Mondal M, Radeva N, Klebe G, Hirsch A (2015)

International journal of molecular sciences 16 (8): 19184-94DOI: 10.3390/ijms160819184

Supramolecular chemistry … and beyond

Hirsch A (2015)

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 54 (38): 11013-4DOI: 10.1002/anie.201506536

Validation of a homology model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DXS: rationalization of observed activities of thiamine derivatives as potent inhibitors of two orthologues of DXS

Masini T, Lacy B, Monjas L, Hawksley D, Voogd A, Illarionov B, Iqbal A, Leeper F, Fischer M, Kontoyianni M, Hirsch A (2015)

Organic & biomolecular chemistry 13 (46): 11263-77DOI: 10.1039/c5ob01666e

Exploring the chemical space of ureidothiophene-2-carboxylic acids as inhibitors of the quorum sensing enzyme PqsD from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Sahner J, Empting M, Kamal A, Weidel E, Groh M, Börger C, Hartmann R (2015)

European journal of medicinal chemistry 96: 14-21DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.04.007

Novel PqsR Inverse Agonists

Hamed M (2015)

Patent (EP 201523196)

Advanced mutasynthesis studies on the natural α-pyrone antibiotic myxopyronin from Myxococcus fulvus

Sahner J, Sucipto H, Wenzel S, Groh M, Hartmann R, Müller R (2015)

ChemBioChem 16: 946-953DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402666

2014

Synthesis, Physicochemical Properties, and Anticonvulsant Activity of the Gaba Complex with a Calix[4]Arene derivative

Nesterkina M, Alekseeva E, Kravchenko I (2014)

Pharm Chem J 48 (2): 82-84DOI: 10.1007/s11094-014-1052-4

Development of inhibitors of the 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway enzymes as potential anti-infective agents

Masini T, Hirsch A (2014)

Journal of medicinal chemistry 57 (23): 9740-63DOI: 10.1021/jm5010978

Theoretical and structural analysis of long C-C bonds in the adducts of polycyanoethylene and anthracene derivatives and their connection to the reversibility of Diels-Alder reactions

Hirsch A, Reutenauer P, Le Moignan M, Ulrich S, Boul P, Harrowfield J, Jarowski P, Lehn J (2014)

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20 (4): 1073-80DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303276

Structure-based design of inhibitors of the aspartic protease endothiapepsin by exploiting dynamic combinatorial chemistry

Mondal M, Radeva N, Köster H, Park A, Potamitis C, Zervou M, Klebe G, Hirsch A (2014)

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 53 (12): 3259-63DOI: 10.1002/anie.201309682

A natural-product switch for a dynamic protein interface

Scheepstra M, Nieto L, Hirsch A, Fuchs S, Leysen S, Lam C, het Panhuis L, van Boeckel C, Wienk H, Boelens R, …, Milroy L, Brunsveld L (2014)

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 53 (25): 6443-8DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403773

A doubly hermaphroditic chiral crown ether

Hirsch A, Sirlin C, Harrowfield J, Lehn J (2014)

DOI: 10.1039/C4CE00879K

De novo fragment-based design of inhibitors of DXS guided by spin-diffusion-based NMR spectroscopy

Masini T, Pilger J, Kroezen B, Illarionov B, Lottmann P, Fischer M, Griesinger C, Hirsch A (2014)

Chem. Sci. 5 (9): 3543-3551DOI: 10.1039/C4SC00588K

From in vitro to in cellulo: structure-activity relationship of (2-nitrophenyl)methanol derivatives as inhibitors of PqsD in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Storz M, Allegretta G, Kirsch B, Empting M, Hartmann R (2014)

Organic & biomolecular chemistry 12 (32): 6094-104DOI: 10.1039/c4ob00707g

Benzamidobenzoic acids as potent PqsD inhibitors for the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

Hinsberger S, Jong J, Groh M, Haupenthal J, Hartmann R (2014)

European journal of medicinal chemistry 76: 343-51DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.02.014

Overcoming the unexpected functional inversion of a PqsR antagonist in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: an in vivo potent antivirulence agent targeting pqs quorum sensing

Lu C, Maurer C, Kirsch B, Steinbach A, Hartmann R (2014)

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 53 (4): 1109-12DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307547

2013

Druggability of the enzymes of the non-mevalonate-pathway

Masini T, Kroezen B, Hirsch A (2013)

Drug Discovery Today 18 (23-24): 1256-62DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2013.07.003

Total synthesis, stereochemical elucidation and biological evaluation of Ac 2 SGL; a 1,3-methyl branched sulfoglycolipid from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Geerdink D, Horst B, Lepore M, Mori L, Puzo G, Hirsch A, Gilleron M, Libero G, Minnaard A (2013)

DOI: 10.1039/C2SC21620E

Imidazole- and Benzimidazole-Based Inhibitors of the Kinase IspE: Targeting the Substrate-Binding Site and the Triphosphate-Binding Loop of the ATP Site

Mombelli P, Le Chapelain C, Munzinger N, Joliat E, Illarionov B, Schweizer W, Hirsch A, Fischer M, Bacher A, Diederich F (2013)

DOI: 10.1002/EJOC.201201467

Exploiting specific interactions toward next-generation polymeric drug transporters

Wieczorek S, Krause E, Hackbarth S, Röder B, Hirsch A, Börner H (2013)

Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (5): 1711-4DOI: 10.1021/ja311895z

2012

Total synthesis of (-)-doliculide, structure-activity relationship studies and its binding to F-actin

Matcha K, Madduri A, Roy S, Ziegler S, Waldmann H, Hirsch A, Minnaard A (2012)

ChemBioChem 13 (17): 2537-48DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201200512

The isoprenoid-precursor dependence of Plasmodium spp

van der Meer J, Hirsch A (2012)

Natural product reports 29 (7): 721-8DOI: 10.1039/c2np20013a

Metal-ion-induced shape switching: Stereoselective formation of a dinuclear Hg(II) double helicate from a hydrazonobis(acylhydrazone) ligand

Schaeffer G, Harrowfield J, Lehn J, Hirsch A (2012)

DOI: 10.1016/J.POLY.2012.04.013

Biodynamers: self-organization-driven formation of doubly dynamic proteoids

Hirsch A, Buhler E, Lehn J (2012)

Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 (9): 4177-83DOI: 10.1021/ja2099134

Exploring the Ribose Sub-Pocket of the Substrate-Binding Site in Escherichia coli IspE: Structure-Based Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Cytosines and Cytosine Analogues

Schütz A, Osawa S, Mathis J, Hirsch A, Bernet B, Illarionov B, Fischer M, Bacher A, Diederich F (2012)

DOI: 10.1002/EJOC.201200296

2009

SYNTHESIS, ANTI-BRONCHOCONSTRICTIVE, AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF SOME NEW 8- SUBSTITUTED-1,3-DIMETHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVES

Elgaher W, Hayallah A, Salem O, Abdel Alim A (2009)

Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Assiut 32 (1): 153-187DOI: 10.21608/BFSA.2009.63355

Bioconjugates to specifically render inhibitors water-soluble

Hirsch A, Diederich F, Antonietti M, Börner H (2009)

Soft Matter 6 (1): 88-91DOI: 10.1039/B915928B

2008

The Non-Mevalonate Pathway to Isoprenoid Biosynthesis: A Potential Source of New Drug Targets

Hirsch A, Diederich F (2008)

CHIMIA 62 (4): 226-230DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2008.226

Synthesis and characterization of cytidine derivatives that inhibit the kinase IspE of the non-mevalonate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis

Crane C, Hirsch A, Alphey M, Sgraja T, Lauw S, Illarionova V, Rohdich F, Eisenreich W, Hunter W, Bacher A, Diederich F (2008)

ChemMedChem 3 (1): 91-101DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200700208

Inhibitors of the kinase IspE: structure-activity relationships and co-crystal structure analysis

Hirsch A, Alphey M, Lauw S, Seet M, Barandun L, Eisenreich W, Rohdich F, Hunter W, Bacher A, Diederich F (2008)

Organic & biomolecular chemistry 6 (15): 2719-30DOI: 10.1039/b804375b

2007

Phosphate recognition in structural biology

Hirsch A, Fischer F, Diederich F (2007)

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 46 (3): 338-52DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603420

Nonphosphate inhibitors of IspE protein, a kinase in the non-mevalonate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis and a potential target for antimalarial therapy

Hirsch A, Lauw S, Gersbach P, Schweizer W, Rohdich F, Eisenreich W, Bacher A, Diederich F (2007)

ChemMedChem 2 (6): 806-10DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200700014

2006

Double conjugate addition of dithiols to propargylic carbonyl systems to generate protected 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds

Sneddon H, van den Heuvel A, Hirsch A, Booth R, Shaw D, Gaunt M, Ley S (2006)

The Journal of organic chemistry 71 (7): 2715-25DOI: 10.1021/jo052514s