21900-54-9Relevant articles and documents
Discovery of [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyridines as potent Smoothened inhibitors targeting the Hedgehog pathway with improved antitumor activity in vivo
Chen, Mian,Lv, Lin,Quan, Dongling,Schmitz, John C.,Tian, Nannan,Tian, Yuanxin,Wei, Ning,Wu, Huanxian,Wu, Shaoyu,Xie, Ying,Xu, Yimei,Yang, Danni,Yang, Zichao,Zhang, Huiwu,Zhang, Jiajie,Zhang, Tingting,Zhou, Lei
, (2020/07/03)
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a subset of breast cancers, have poorer survival than other breast cancer types. Recent studies have demonstrated that the abnormal Hedgehog (Hh) pathway is activated in TNBC and that these treatment-resistant cancers are sensitive to inhibition of the Hh pathway. Smoothened (Smo) protein is a vital constituent in Hh signaling and an attractive drug target. Vismodegib (VIS) is one of the most widely studied Smo inhibitors. But the clinical application of Smo inhibitors is limited to adult patients with BCC and AML, with many side effects. Therefore, it's necessary to develop novel Smo inhibitor with better profiles. Twenty [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyridines were designed, synthesized and screened as Smo inhibitors. Four of these novel compounds showed directly bound to Smo protein with stronger binding affinity than VIS. The new compounds showed broad anti-proliferative activity against cancer cell lines in vitro, especially triple-negative breast cancer cells. Mechanistic studies demonstrated that TPB15 markedly induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in MDA-MB-468 cells. TPB15 blocked Smo translocation into the cilia and reduced Smo protein and mRNA expression. Furthermore, the expression of the downstream regulatory factor glioma-associated oncogene 1 (Gli1) was significantly inhibited. Finally, TPB15 demonstrated greater anti-tumor activity in our animal models than VIS with lower toxicity. Hence, these results support further optimization of this novel scaffold to develop improved Smo antagonists.
Studies on phenothiazines: New microtubule-interacting compounds with phenothiazine A-ring as potent antineoplastic agents
Ghinet, Alina,Moise, Iuliana-Monica,Rigo, Beno?t,Homerin, Germain,Farce, Amaury,Dubois, Jo?lle,B?cu, Elena
, p. 2307 - 2317 (2016/04/26)
New phenothiazine derivatives 6-20 have been designed, synthesized and evaluated in vitro for their ability to inhibit tubulin polymerization and antiproliferative activity against 60 cancer cell lines, including several multi-drug resistant (MDR) tumor cell lines. The phenothiazine unit may successfully replace the classical 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyle A ring of parent combretastatin A-4 or phenstatin, confirming previous studies. The most promising structural modulations have been realized on the B ring, the 2′-fluoro-4′-methoxy substitution in compound 6 and the 2′-trifluoromethyl-4′-methoxy substitution in compound 7 providing the best antitubulin and antitumor activity in the current study. Compounds 6-8 and 16 exhibited more important cell growth inhibition than parent phenstatin 2 on human colon Duke's type D, colorectal adenocarcinoma COLO 205 and on human kidney adenocarcinoma A498 cell lines. 10-Methylphenothiazine derivatives 19 and 20 did not show biological activity but exerted bright fluorescence and solvatochromism effects. These molecules deserve further chemical efforts in order to provide valuable tools for biophysical studies.
ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS OF METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS
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Formula (I), and salts thereof, wherein R1, RA2, RA3 and RA4, are defined herein, which have properties for positive allosteric modulation of mGluR-4 receptor sites. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula (I) or their salts, and methods of treating Parkinson's disease and related disorders using the same.
