- Design, synthesis, and evaluation of novel porcupine inhibitors featuring a fused 3-ring system based on the ‘reversed’ amide scaffold
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The Wnt signaling pathway is an essential signal transduction pathway which leads to the regulation of cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation and migration. Aberrant Wnt signaling is known to have an association with multiple cancers. Porcupine is an enzyme that catalyses the addition of palmitoleate to a serine residue in Wnt proteins, a process which is required for the secretion of Wnt proteins. Here we report the synthesis and structure–activity-relationship of the novel porcupine inhibitors based on a ‘reversed’ amide scaffold. The leading compound 53 was as potent as the clinical compound LGK974 in a cell based STF reporter gene assay. Compound 53 potently inhibited the secretion of Wnt3A, therefore was confirmed to be a porcupine inhibitor. Furthermore, compound 53 showed excellent chemical and plasma stabilities. However, the clearance of compound 53 in liver microsomal tests was moderate to high, and the solubility of compound 53 was suboptimal. Collective efforts toward further optimization of this novel tricyclic template to develop better porcupine inhibitors will be subsequently undertaken and reported in due course.
- Xu, Zhixiang,Xu, Xiangxiang,O'Laoi, Ruadhan,Ma, Haikuo,Zheng, Jiyue,Chen, Shuaishuai,Luo, Lusong,Hu, Zhilin,He, Sudan,Li, Jiajun,Zhang, Hongjian,Zhang, Xiaohu
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p. 5861 - 5872
(2016/10/30)
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- Heterocyclic compound with Wnt signal path inhibitory activity and application thereof
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The invention provides a heterocyclic compound with Wnt signal path inhibitory activity. The heterocyclic compound and chemically acceptable salt, isotope, isomer and a crystal structure thereof are provided with a structure shown as the general formula I (see the formula in the description). The invention further provides application of the heterocyclic compound with the Wnt signal path inhibitory activity. The heterocyclic compound with the Wnt signal path inhibitory activity serves as effective antagonist of a Wnt signal path, and can be used for treating or preventing diseases caused by abnormity of the Wnt signal path.
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Paragraph 0303; 0304; 0305
(2016/10/08)
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- Synthesis and structure-activity relationship studies of N -benzyl-2-phenylpyrimidin-4-amine derivatives as potent usp1/uaf1 deubiquitinase inhibitors with anticancer activity against nonsmall cell lung cancer
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Deregulation of ubiquitin conjugation or deconjugation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many human diseases including cancer. The deubiquitinating enzyme USP1 (ubiquitin-specific protease 1), in association with UAF1 (USP1-associated factor 1), is a known regulator of DNA damage response and has been shown as a promising anticancer target. To further evaluate USP1/UAF1 as a therapeutic target, we conducted a quantitative high throughput screen of >400000 compounds and subsequent medicinal chemistry optimization of small molecules that inhibit the deubiquitinating activity of USP1/UAF1. Ultimately, these efforts led to the identification of ML323 (70) and related N-benzyl-2-phenylpyrimidin-4-amine derivatives, which possess nanomolar USP1/UAF1 inhibitory potency. Moreover, we demonstrate a strong correlation between compound IC50 values for USP1/UAF1 inhibition and activity in nonsmall cell lung cancer cells, specifically increased monoubiquitinated PCNA (Ub-PCNA) levels and decreased cell survival. Our results establish the druggability of the USP1/UAF1 deubiquitinase complex and its potential as a molecular target for anticancer therapies.
- Dexheimer, Thomas S.,Rosenthal, Andrew S.,Luci, Diane K.,Liang, Qin,Villamil, Mark A.,Chen, Junjun,Sun, Hongmao,Kerns, Edward H.,Simeonov, Anton,Jadhav, Ajit,Zhuang, Zhihao,Maloney, David J.
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p. 8099 - 8110
(2014/12/10)
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- Novel pyrazolopyrimidines as cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors
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In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds as inhibitors of cyclin dependent kinases, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the CDKs using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
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- PYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINES AS CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITORS
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In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds as inhibitors of cyclin dependent kinases, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the CDKs using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
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Page 100-101
(2008/06/13)
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- Synthesis of novel (aryloxy)propanolamines and related compounds possessing both class II and class III antiarrhythmic activity
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Several (aryloxy)propanolamines and related compounds (i.e. 5-13, 16-18, 20-24, 27-33, 35, 37-39, 41, and 42) were synthesized and investigated for their class III electrophysiological activity and class II (β-blocking) effects with use of in vitro and in
- Lis,Morgan Jr.,Marisca,Gomez,Lind,Davey,Phillips,Sullivan
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p. 2883 - 2891
(2007/10/02)
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