Publications

2020s

Academia or Industry: Lessons on Choosing Career Paths─There May Be More Than One Fork in the Road Ahead Donna G. Blackmond, Marion Emmert, Donna M. Huryn, Michael L. Neidig, Thomas Schaub, Joseph J. Topczewski, Karla Bravo-Altamirano, Zachary Buchan, and Pablo J. Cabrera Organic Letters 2024 26 (14), 2682-2685 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01099

Replacement of the Hydroxamic Acid Group in the Selective HDAC8 Inhibitor PCI-34051, K. Long, D.A. Close, P.A. Johnston, D. M. Huryn Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2024, 108, 129810 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2024.129810

Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry (EWOC) at Five Years: Giving Back and Getting Back, E. Cantor, M. Faul, D. M. Huryn, L. Kallander, R. Ruck, M. Watson, J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 14257-14263 (+ 9 other ACS journals) 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02082

Optimization of 1,2,4-Triazole-based p97 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Cancer, M.G. LaPorte,C. Alverez,A. Chatterley,M. Kovaliov,E.J. Carder, M.J. Houghton, C. Lim, E.R. Miller, L. P. Samankumara,M. Liang,K. Kerrigan,Z. Yue,S. Li,F. Tomaino,F. Wang,N. Green,G. M. Stott,A.Srivastava,T.-F. Chou,P. Wipf,  D.M. Huryn, ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 977-985. 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00163

Structure Property Relationships of Fluorinated Carboxylic Acid Bioisosteres, T. Alle, S. Joyasawal, K. Oukoloff, K. Long, Z. Owyang, K. Francisco, D. Cahard, D. M. Huryn, C. Ballatore, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2023, 91, 129363. 10.1016/j.bmcl.2023.129363

Validation of HDAC8 Inhibitors as Drug Discovery Starting Points to Treat Acute Kidney Injury, K. Long, Z. Vaughn, M.D. McDaniels, S. Joyasawal, A. Przepiorski, E. Parasky, V. Sander, D. Cose, P.A. Johnston, A.J. Davidson, M. de Caestecker, N.A. Hukriede, D.M. Huryn, ACS Pharmacol. Transl. Sci. 2022, 5, 207-215. 10.1021/acsptsci.1c002430.

Affinity Capture with Small Molecule Bait for CryoEM: New Sample Preparation Method Reveals a 3.6Å Double-hexamer p97 Structure, M.R. Hoq, F.S. Vago, K. Li, M. Kovaliov, R.J. Nicholas, D.M. Huryn, P. Wipf, W. Jiang, D.H. Thompson, ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 8376-8385. 10.1021/acsnano.0c10185

Identification of a Novel Oleic Acid Analog with Protective Effects in Multiple Cellular Models of Friedreich Ataxia,  M.G. Cotticelli, R. Forestieri, S. Xia, S. Joyasawal, T. Lee, K. Xu, A.B. Smith, D.M. Huryn, R.B. Wilson ACS Chemical Neurosciences, 2020, 11, 2535-2542. 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00323

A Different Kind of Medicinal Chemistry Toolbox, D.M. Huryn, M.-L. Bolognesi, ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2020, 3, 245-248. 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00685

High-throughput Identification of Post-Transcriptional Utrophin Up-regulators for Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy (DMD) Therapy, E. Loro, K. Sengupta, S. Bogdanovich, K. Whig, D. Schultz, D.M. Huryn, T. Khurana, Sci. Rep. 2020, 10, 213210.1038/s41598-020-58737-6

PTPRT Epigenetic Silencing Defines Lung Cancer with STAT3 Activation and Can Direct STAT3 Targeted Therapies, M. Sen, A. Kindsfather, L Danilova, F. Zhang, R. Colombo, M.G. LaPorte, B. Kurland, D.M. Huryn, P. Wipf, J.G. Herman, Epigenetics, 2020, 15, 604-617. 10.1080/15592294.2019.1676597

p97:  An Emerging Target for Cancer, Neurogenerative Diseases and Viral Infections, D. M. Huryn, D.J.P. Kornfilt, P. Wipf, J. Med. Chem. 2020, 63, 1892-1907. 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01318

2010s

Do Zebrafish Obey Lipinski Rules? K. Long, S.J. Kostman, C. Fernandez, J.C. Burnett, D.M. Huryn, ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 1002-1006. 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00063

Ferroptosis as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Friedreich’s Ataxia, M.G. Cotticelli, S. Xia, D. Lin, T. Lee. L. Terrab, P. Wipf, D.M. Huryn, R.B Wilson, J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 2019, 369, 47-54.  10.1124/jpet.118.252759

Optimization of Phenyl Indole Inhibitors of the AAA+ ATPase, p97, M.G. LaPorte, J.C. Burnett, R. Colombo, S.L. Bulfer, C. Alverez, T.-F. Chou, R.J. Neitz, N. Green, W.J. Moore, Z. Yue, S. Li, M.R. Arkin, P. Wipf,  D.M. Huryn. ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 1075-1081. 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00372

Medicinal Chemistry:  Where are All the Women? D.M. Huryn, M.L. Bolognesi, W.B. Young, ACS Med Chem. Lett. 2017, 8, 900-902. 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.7b00321

Mechanism of Action of Selective Inhibitors of IL-6 induced STAT3 Pathway in Head and Neck Cancer Cell Lines, M. Sen, P.A. Johnston, N.I. Pollock, K. DeGrave, S.C. Joyce, M.L Freilino, D.M. Huryn, P. Wipf, J.R. Grandis, J. Chem. Biol. 2017, 10, 129-141. 10.1007/s12154-017-0169-9

A Threonine Turnstile Defines a Dynamic Amphiphilic Binding Motif in the AAA ATPase p97 Allosteric Binding Site, J.C. Burnett, C. Lim, B.D. Peyser, L.P. Samankumara, M. Kovaliov, R. Colombo, S.L. Bulfer, M.G LaPorte, A.R. Hermone, C.F McGrath, M.R Arkin, R. Gussio D.M. Huryn, P. Wipf Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 409-4114. 10.1039/c7ob00526a

Toxicity, Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism of a Novel Inhibitor of IL-6-induced STAT3 Activation, B. Kiesel, R. Parise, J. Guo, D. Huryn, P. Johnston, R. Colombo, M. Sen, J. Grandis, J. Beumer, J. Eiseman, Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 2016, 78, 1225-1235. 10.1007/s00280-016-3181-9

Optimization of Pyrazole-containing 1,2,4-Triazolo-[3,4-b]thiadiazines, a New class of STAT3 Pathway Inhibitors, M.G. LaPorte, Z. Wang, R. Colombo, A. Garzan, V.A. Peshkov, M.Liang, P.A. Johnston, M.E. Schurdak, M. Sen, D.P. Camarco, Y. Hua, N.I. Pollock, J.S. Lazo, J.R. Grandis, P. Wipf, D. M. Huryn, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2016, 26, 3581-3585. 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.06.017

Development and Implementation of a High-throughput High-content Screening Assay to Identify Inhibitors of Androgen Receptor Nuclear Localization in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Cells, P.A. Johnston, M.M. Nguyen, J.A. Dar, J. Ai, Y. Wang, K.Z. Masoodi, T. Shun, S. Shinde, D.P. Camarco, Y. Hua, D.M. Huryn, G.M. Wilson, J.S. Lazo, J.B. Nelson, P. Wipf, Z. Wang, Assay Drug Dev. Technol. 2016, 14, 226-239. 10.1089/adt.2016.716

Structure Property Relationships of Carboxylic Acid Isosteres, P. Lassalas, B. Ga, C. Lasfargeas, M.J. James, A.B. Smith III, D.M. Huryn, C. Ballatore, J. Med. Chem. 2016, 59, 3183-3203. 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01963

2.3Å Resolution Cryo-EM Structure of Human p97 and Mechanism of Allosteric Inhibition, S. Banerjee, A. Bartesachi, A. Merk, P. Rao, S.L. Bulfer, Y. Yan, N. Green, B. Mroczkowski, P. Wipf, V. Falconieri, R.J. Deshaies, J.L.S. Milne, D.M. Huryn, M. Arkin, S. Subramanian, Science 2016, 351, 871-875. 10.1126/science.aad7974

Allosteric Indole Amide Inhibitors of p97:  Identification of a Novel Probe of the Ubiquitin Pathway, C. Alverez, S. Bulfer, R. Chakrasali, M. Chimenti, R.J. Deshaies, N. Green, M. Kelly, M.G. LaPorte, T. Lewis, M. Liang, W.J. Moore, R.J. Neitz, V. Peshkov, M. Walters, F. Zhang, M. Arkin, P. Wipf, D.M. Huryn, ACS Med. Chem Lett. 2016, 7, 182-187. 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5b00396

Delayed Treatment with PTBA Analogs Reduces Post Injury Renal Fibrosis after Kidney Injury, N. Skrypnyk, S. Subramanian, L. Brilli-Skvarca, T. Novitskaya, C. Woods, T.K. Chiba, T. Patel, N. Goldberg. L. McDermott, P.N. Vinson, M.W. Calcutt, D.M. Huryn, L.A. Vernetti, A. Vogt, N. Hukriede, M. deCaestecker, AJP Renal Physiol. 2016, 310, F705-F716. 10.1152/ajprenal.00503.2015

Structure-Activity Relationship of Bioisosteric Trifluoromethyl and Pentafluorosulfanyl Indole Inhibitors of the AAA ATPase p97, C. Alverez, M.R. Arkin, S.L. Bulfer, R. Colombo, M. Kovaliov, M.G. LaPorte, C. Lim, M. Liang, W.J. Moore, R. J. Neitz, Y. Yan, Z. Yue, D.M. Huryn, P. Wipf ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6, 1225-1230. 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5b00364

HCS Campaign to Identify Selective Inhibitors of IL-6-induced STAT3 Pathway Activation in Head and Neck Cancer Cell Lines, P.A. Johnston, M. Sen, Y. Hua, D. Camarco, T. Y. Shun, J.S. Lazo, G. Mustata Wilson, L.O. Resnick, M.G. LaPorte, P. Wipf, D.M. Huryn, J.R. Grandis, Assay Drug Dev. Tech.  2015, 13, 356-376. 10.1089/adt.2015.663