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Tunable Heteroaromatic Sulfones Enhance in-Cell Cysteine Profiling
Motiwala, Hashim F.,Kuo, Yu-Hsuan,Stinger, Brittany L.,Palfey, Bruce A.,Martin, Brent R.
supporting information, p. 1801 - 1810 (2020/02/04)
Heteroaromatic sulfones react with cysteine via nucleophilic aromatic substitution, providing a mechanistically selective and irreversible scaffold for cysteine conjugation. Here we evaluate a library of heteroaromatic sulfides with different oxidation st
Analogues of the allosteric heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) inhibitor, MKT-077, as anti-cancer agents
Li, Xiaokai,Srinivasan, Sharan R.,Connarn, Jamie,Ahmad, Atta,Young, Zapporah T.,Kabza, Adam M.,Zuiderweg, Erik. R. P.,Sun, Duxin,Gestwicki, Jason E.
, p. 1042 - 1047 (2013/12/04)
The rhodacyanine, MKT-077, has antiproliferative activity against cancer cell lines through its ability to inhibit members of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) family of molecular chaperones. However, MKT-077 is rapidly metabolized, which limits its use as either a chemical probe or potential therapeutic. We report the synthesis and characterization of MKT-077 analogues designed for greater stability. The most potent molecules, such as 30 (JG-98), were at least 3-fold more active than MKT-077 against the breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 (EC50 values of 0.4 ± 0.03 and 0.7 ± 0.2 μM, respectively). The analogues modestly destabilized the chaperone clients, Akt1 and Raf1, and induced apoptosis in these cells. Further, the microsomal half-life of JG-98 was improved at least 7-fold (t1/2 = 37 min) compared to MKT-077 (t1/2 5 min). Finally, NMR titration experiments suggested that these analogues bind an allosteric site that is known to accommodate MKT-077. These studies advance MKT-077 analogues as chemical probes for studying Hsp70s roles in cancer.
