13860-66-7Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Synthesis, in vitro and in vivo activity of thiamine antagonist transketolase inhibitors
Thomas, Allen A.,Le Huerou,De Meese,Gunawardana, Indrani,Kaplan, Tomas,Romoff, Todd T.,Gonzales, Stephen S.,Condroski, Kevin,Boyd, Steven A.,Ballard, Josh,Bernat, Bryan,DeWolf, Walter,Han, May,Lee, Patrice,Lemieux, Christine,Pedersen, Robin,Pheneger, Jed,Poch, Greg,Smith, Darin,Sullivan, Francis,Weiler, Solly,Wright, S. Kirk,Lin, Jie,Brandhuber, Barb,Vigers, Guy
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Tumor cells extensively utilize the pentose phosphate pathway for the synthesis of ribose. Transketolase is a key enzyme in this pathway and has been suggested as a target for inhibition in the treatment of cancer. In a pharmacodynamic study, nude mice with xenografted HCT-116 tumors were dosed with 1 ('N3′-pyridyl thiamine'; 3-(6-methyl-2-amino-pyridin-3-ylmethyl)-5-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-4-methyl-thiazol-3-ium chloride hydrochloride), an analog of thiamine, the co-factor of transketolase. Transketolase activity was almost completely suppressed in blood, spleen, and tumor cells, but there was little effect on the activity of the other thiamine-utilizing enzymes α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase or glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Synthesis and SAR of transketolase inhibitors is described.
THIOALKENEAMIDES AS TRANSKETOLASE INHIBITORS
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The present invention provides thioalkeneamides of formula (I) which are useful as transketolase inhibitors: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Ra-Rd, n and ring A are as defined herein. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I). The invention provides methods for inhibiting transketolase activity, reducing cellular ribose-5-phosphate levels, inhibiting nucleic acid synthesis, inhibiting cell proliferation and tumor cell growth in vitro and in vivo, stimulating apoptosis in tumor cells and treating cancer by administering a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutical composition thereof.
