JNK pathway regulates various physiological processes including inflammatory responses, cell differentiation, cell proliferation, cell death, cell survival and expression of proteins. Deregulation of JNK is linked with various diseases including neurodegenerative disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, cancer, cardiac hypertrophy and asthma. Three distinct genes JNK1, JNK2 and JNK3 have been identified as regulator of JNK pathway. JNK1 and JNK2 have broad tissue distribution and play a potential role in insulin resistance, inflammation and cell signaling. JNK3 is predominantly found in the CNS neurons, making it an attractive target for neurodegenerative disorders. In this review, we summarize the evidence supporting JNK as a potent therapeutic target, and small molecules from various chemical classes as JNK inhibitors.
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Benzothiazole is an organic compound bearing a heterocyclic nucleus (thiazole) which imparts
a broad spectrum of biological activities to it. The significant and potent activity of benzothiazole
moiety influenced distinctively by nature and position of substitutions. This review summarizes the
effect of various substituents in recent trends and approaches to design and develop novel
benzothiazole derivatives for anticancer potential in different cell lines by interpreting the Structure-
Activity Relationship (SAR) and mechanism of action of a wide range of derivatives. The list of
derivatives is categorized into different groups and reviewed for their anticancer activity. The
structure-activity relationship for the various derivatives revealed an excellent understanding of benzothiazole
moiety in the field of cancer therapy against different cancer cell line. Data obtained from the
various articles showed the potential effect of benzothiazole moiety and its derivatives to produce the
peculiar and significant lead compound. The important anticancer mechanisms found are tyrosine
kinase inhibition, topoisomerase inhibition and induction of apoptosis by Reactive Oxygen Species
(ROS) activation. Therefore, the design and development of novel benzothiazole have broad scope in
cancer chemotherapy.
The 1,3,5-trisubstituted-2-pyrazolines were synthesized by refluxing isoniazid with various substituted diarylchalcones in N,N-dimethylformamide at 120-140°. The physical and spectral data such as M.P., Rf, elemental analysis, IR, NMR and Mass was obtained for the synthesized compounds and the structures were confirmed. The screening of the synthesized compounds for antimicrobial activity was performed against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Aspergillus niger.
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