52199-07-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Investigation of 3-aryl-pyrimido[5,4-e][1,2,4]triazine-5,7-diones as small molecule antagonists of β-catenin/TCF transcription
Zeller, J?rg,Turbiak, Anjanette J.,Powelson, Ian A.,Lee, Surin,Sun, Duxin,Showalter, H.D. Hollis,Fearon, Eric R.
, p. 5814 - 5820 (2013/10/22)
Nearly all colorectal cancers (CRCs) and varied subsets of other cancers have somatic mutations leading to β-catenin stabilization and increased β-catenin/TCF transcriptional activity. Inhibition of stabilized β-catenin in CRC cell lines arrests their growth and highlights the potential of this mechanism for novel cancer therapeutics. We have pursued efforts to develop small molecules that inhibit β-catenin/TCF transcriptional activity. We used xanthothricin, a known β-catenin/TCF antagonist of microbial origin, as a lead compound to synthesize related analogues with drug-like features such as low molecular weight and good metabolic stability. We studied a panel of six candidate Wnt/β-catenin/Tcf- regulated genes and found that two of them (Axin2, Lgr5) were reproducibly activated (9-10 fold) in rat intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-6) following β-catenin stabilization by Wnt-3a ligand treatment. Two previously reported β-catenin/TCF antagonists (calphostin C, xanthothricin) and XAV939 (tankyrase antagonist) inhibited Wnt-activated genes in a dose-dependent fashion. We found that four of our compounds also potently inhibited Wnt-mediated activation in the panel of target genes. We investigated the mechanism of action for one of these (8c) and demonstrated these novel small molecules inhibit β-catenin transcriptional activity by degrading β-catenin via a proteasome-dependent, but GSK3β-, APC-, AXIN2- and βTrCP-independent, pathway. The data indicate the compounds act at the level of β-catenin to inhibit Wnt/β-catenin/TCF function and highlight a robust strategy for assessing the activity of β-catenin/TCF antagonists.
N-Bromosuccinimide in Heterocyclic Synthesis. Synthesis of Pyrazolopyrimidines, Pyrimido-as-triazines, and Pyrimidopyridazines from 6-Arylidenehydrazino-1,3-dimethyluracil Derivatives
Kanazawa, Hashime,Nishigaki, Sadao,Senga, Keitaro
, p. 969 - 974 (2007/10/02)
Reactions of 6-arylidenehydrazino-1,3-dimethyluracil derivatives with N-bromosuccinimide leading to pyrazolopyrimidines, pyrimido-as-triazines, and pyrimidopyridazines are described.
A NEW SYNTHESIS OF PYRIMIDO-as-TRIAZINE DERIVATIVES
Senga, Keitaro,Nishigaki, Sadao
, p. 559 - 561 (2007/10/02)
The reaction of 5-arylazo-6-arylidenehydrazino-1,3-dimethyluracils (II), prepared by the diazotization of 6-arylidenehydrazino-1,3-dimethyluracils (I), with dimethylformamide dimethylacetal afforded the corresponding 3-arylfervenulins (3-aryl-6,8-dimethylpyrimido-as-triazine-5,7(6H,8H)-diones) (V).
