4025-71-2Relevant articles and documents
From off-to on-target: New BRAF-inhibitor-template-derived compounds selectively targeting mitogen activated protein kinase kinase 4 (MKK4)
Kl?vekorn, Philip,Pfaffenrot, Bent,Juchum, Michael,Selig, Roland,Albrecht, Wolfgang,Zender, Lars,Laufer, Stefan A.
supporting information, (2020/11/20)
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP) kinase 4 (MKK4) was found to be a major regulator of liver regeneration and could be a valuable drug target addressing liver related diseases by restoring its intrinsic regenerative capacity. We report on the synthesis and optimization of novel MKK4 inhibitors following a target-hopping strategy from the FDA-approved BRAFV600E inhibitor PLX4032 (8). Applying an iterative multi-parameter optimization process we carved out essential structural features yielding in compounds with a low nanomolar affinity for MKK4 and excellent selectivity profiles against the main off-targets MKK7 and JNK1, which, upon relevant inhibition, would totally abrogate the pro-regenerative effect of MKK4 inhibition, as well as against the off-targets MAP4K5, ZAK and BRAF with selectivity factors ranging from 40 to 430 for our best-balanced compounds 70 and 73.
Searching for novel N1-substituted benzimidazol-2-ones as non-nucleoside HIV-1 RT inhibitors
Ferro, Stefania,Buemi, Maria Rosa,De Luca, Laura,Agharbaoui, Fatima E.,Pannecouque, Christophe,Monforte, Anna-Maria
, p. 3861 - 3870 (2017/06/13)
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) represent an integral part of the currently available combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) contributing to reduce the AIDS-mortality and turned the disease from lethal to chronic. In this conte
Structure Property Relationships of Carboxylic Acid Isosteres
Lassalas, Pierrik,Gay, Bryant,Lasfargeas, Caroline,James, Michael J.,Tran, Van,Vijayendran, Krishna G.,Brunden, Kurt R.,Kozlowski, Marisa C.,Thomas, Craig J.,Smith, Amos B.,Huryn, Donna M.,Ballatore, Carlo
, p. 3183 - 3203 (2016/05/19)
The replacement of a carboxylic acid with a surrogate structure, or (bio)-isostere, is a classical strategy in medicinal chemistry. The general underlying principle is that by maintaining the features of the carboxylic acid critical for biological activity, but appropriately modifying the physicochemical properties, improved analogs may result. In this context, a systematic assessment of the physicochemical properties of carboxylic acid isosteres would be desirable to enable more informed decisions of potential replacements to be used for analog design. Herein we report the structure-property relationships (SPR) of 35 phenylpropionic acid derivatives, in which the carboxylic acid moiety is replaced with a series of known isosteres. The data set generated provides an assessment of the relative impact on the physicochemical properties that these replacements may have compared to the carboxylic acid analog. As such, this study presents a framework for how to rationally apply isosteric replacements of the carboxylic acid functional group.