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• 2627-86-3 (S)-1-phenyl-ethylamine 
• 7442-07-1 6-amino-2-mercaptobenzothiazole 
• 36293-01-3 2-chloro-N-((1S)-1-phenylethyl)acetamide 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Rational drug design of benzothiazole-based derivatives as potent signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling pathway inhibitors

The cumulative evidence supports STAT3, a transcriptional mediator of oncogenic signaling, as a therapeutic target in cancer. The development of STAT3 inhibitors remain an active area of research as no inhibitors have yet to be approved for cancer treatment. In a continuing effort to develop more potent STAT3 inhibitors based on our previously identified hit compound 16w, a series of benzothiazole derivatives with unique binding mode in SH2 domain of STAT3 were designed, synthesized and biologically evaluated. Of note, compound B19 demonstrated excellent activity against IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway with the IC50 value as low as 0.067 μM as determined by a luciferase reporter assay. Moreover, multiple compounds displayed potent antiproliferative activity against MDA-MB-468 and JAK2 mutant HEL cell lines. Further biochemical study using Western blot assay indicated that B19 blocked the phosphorylation of STAT3 at Tyr 705 and Ser 727 and thus suppressed STAT3-mediated gene expression of c-MYC and MCL-1. Simultaneously, it induced cancer cell G2/M phase arrest and apoptosis both in MDA-MB-468 and HEL cell lines. Finally, molecular docking study along with surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and fluorescence polarization (FP) assays disclosed the binding mode of B19 in STAT3 SH2 domain. Taken together, our finding suggests that B19 is a promising therapeutic STAT3 inhibitor for cancer treatment.

(S)-N-(1-phenethyl) thioacetamide compound as well as medicinal composition and application thereof

The invention belongs to the field of medicinal chemicals, relates to a STAT3 inhibitor, and in particular to a (S)-N-(1-phenethyl) thioacetamide compound of a structure of formula (I) as shown in the specification, a medicinal composition of the compound as an STAT3 (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3) signal path inhibitor, and application of the compound in preparing anti-tumor medicines. Results of cell experiment show that the compound targets a Phe-Lys-Thr-Lys-Leu pentapeptide binding region in an STAT3 SH2 structure domain, then inhibits STAT3 protein monomer dimerization and silencing STAT3 signal transduction and functions, has a remarkable anti-tumor effect and good physical and chemical properties, is particularly capable of effectively preventing cell proliferative activity in breast cancer cells with high expression of STAT3 and HEL cells on which JAK2/STAT3 signal paths depend with JAK2 V671F mutation, and moreover is capable of effectively inhibiting phosphorylation of STAT3 in the breast cancer cells with high expression of STAT3 and expression of downstream target genes such as CyclinD1 and Bc1-2.

Discovery of novel inhibitors of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling pathway by virtual screening

Inhibition of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling pathway has been considered a novel therapeutic strategy to treat human cancers that harbor aberrantly-active STAT3. In this study, nearly 204,000 compounds in Specs database were screened by virtual screening, and samples of top 100 compounds identified as candidate small-molecule inhibitors of STAT3 were evaluated by STAT3-dependent luciferase reporter assay as well as other cell-based assays. A benzothiazole core scaffold containing compound, 9, was identified as an inhibitor of IL-6/STAT3 signaling with an IC50 of 3.567 μM. It is the first time to discover benzothiazole scaffold as a potent STAT3 signaling inhibitor. We further investigated the (structure-activity relationship) SAR of the benzothiazole analogues, and discovered compound 16w as a better small-molecule inhibitor. Both compounds inhibited the phosphorylation of STAT3 and had no obvious effect on upstream JAK2 kinase.