- COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF CELL PROLIFERATIVE DISEASES
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The present invention concerns compounds and their use to treat cell proliferative diseases such as cancer. Compounds of the present invention display significant potency as kinase inhibitors, cause the downregulation of c-myc, and inhibit the growth and survival of cancerous cell lines.
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- Antiangiogenic combination therapy for the treatment of cancer
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The present invention provides combinations of a DNA topoisomerase I inhibiting agent and a selective COX-2 inhibiting agent for preventing, treating, and/or reducing the risk of developing a neoplasia disorder in a mammal.
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- Structure-activity relationship of N-(phenylalkyl)cinnamides as novel NR2B subtype-selective NMDA receptor antagonists
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A novel series of N-(phenylalkyl)cinnamides related to N-(4- phenylbutyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-β-cyanocinnamide (6, an EGFR-K inhibitor with high antiproliferative activity) was synthesized and tested for antagonism at N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor subtypes. Potency and subunit selectivity were assayed by electrical recordings in Xenopus oocytes expressing three binary combinations of cloned rat NMDA receptor subunits: NR1A expressed in combination with either NR2A, NR2B, or NR2C. The N- (phenylalkyl)cinnamides are selective antagonists of NR1(A)/2B receptors. Assayed under steady-state conditions, N-(4-phenylbutyl)-4-hydroxycinnamide (16) has an IC50 value of 77 nM and > 1000-fold selectivity with respect to NR1(A)/2A and NR1(A)/2C receptors. Potency at α1 adrenergic receptors is low for the four cinnamides tested. Inhibition of NR1(A)/2B receptors does not correlate with EGFR and ErbB2/neu tyrosine kinase inhibitor activity. The N-(phenylalkyl)cinnamide series we describe provides a novel and structurally diverse framework for designing new NR2B-selective NMDA antagonists as potential CNS therapeutics.
- Tamiz, Amir P.,Cai, Sui Xiong,Zhou, Zhang-Lin,Yuen, Po-Wai,Schelkun, Robert M.,Whittemore, Edward R.,Weber, Eckard,Woodward, Richard M.,Keana, John F. W.
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p. 3412 - 3420
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- Tyrphostins. 2. Heterocyclic and α-Substituted Benzylidenemalonitrile Tyrphostins as Potent Inhibitors of EGF Receptor and ErbB2/neu Tyrosine Kinases
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We have previously described a novel series of low molecular weight protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors which we named tyrphostins.The characteristic active pharmacophore of these compounds was the hydroxy-cis-benzylidenemalonitrile moiety.In this article we describe three novel groups of tyrphostins: (i) one group has the phenolic moiety of the cis-benzylidenemalononitrile replaced either with other substituted benzenes or with heteroaromatic rings, (ii) another is a series of conformationally constrained derivatives of hydroxy-cis-benzylidenemalononitriles in which the malononitrile moiety is fixed relative to the aromatic ring, and (iii) two groups of compounds in which the position trans to the benzenemalononitrile has been substituted by ketones and amides.Among the novel tyrphostins examined we found inhibitors which discriminate between the highly homologous EGF receptor kinase (HER1) and ErbB2/neu kinase (HER2).These findings may lead to selective tyrosine kinase blockers for the treatment of diseases in which ErbB2/neu is involved.
- Gazit, Aviv,Osherov, Nir,Posner, Israel,Yaish, Pnina,Poradosu, Enrique,et al.
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p. 1896 - 1907
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