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Discovery of inhibitors of aberrant gene transcription from libraries ofdna binding molecules: Inhibition of LEF-1-mediated gene transcription and oncogenic transformation
Stover, James S.,Shi, Jin,Jin, Wei,Vogt, Peter K.,Boger, Dale L.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 3342 - 3348 (2009/07/30)
The screening of a >9000 compound library of synthetic DNA binding molecules for selective binding to the consensus sequence of the transcription factor LEF-1 followed by assessment of the candidate compounds in a series of assays that characterized functional activity (disruption of DNA-LEF-1 binding) at the intended target and site (inhibition of intracellular LEF-1-mediated gene transcription) resulting in a desired phenotypic cellular change (inhibit LEF-1-driven cell transformation) provided two lead compounds: lefmycin-1 and lefmycin-2. The sequence of screens defining the approach assures that activity in the final functional assay may be directly related to the inhibition of gene transcription and DNA binding properties of the identified molecules. Central to the implementation of this generalized approach to the discovery of DNA binding small molecule inhibitors of gene transcription was (1) the use of a technically nondemanding fluorescent intercalator displacement (FID) assay for initial assessment of the DNA binding affinity and selectivity of a library of compounds for any sequence of interest, and (2) the technology usedto prepare a sufficiently large library of DNA binding compounds.
Quinoline derivatives inhibiting the effect of growth factors such as VEGF
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Page column 50, (2010/02/08)
Compounds of the formula (I): wherein: R2represents hydroxy, halogeno, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkanoyloxy, trifluoromethyl, cyano, amino or nitro; n is an integer from 0 to 5; Z represents —O—, —NH—, —S— or —CH2—; G1represents phenyl or a 5-10 membered heteroaromatic cyclic or bicyclic group; Y1, Y2, Y3and Y4each independently represents carbon or nitrogen; R1represents fluoro or hydrogen; m is an integer from 1 to 3; R3represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, C1-3alkyl, —NR4R5(wherein R4and R5, can each be hydrogen or C1-3alkyl), or a group R6—X1— wherein X1represents —CH2— or a heteroatom linker group and R6is an alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl chain optionally substituted by for example hydroxy, amino, nitro, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, or an optionally substituted group selected from pyridone, phenyl and a heterocyclic ring, which alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl chain may have a heteroatom linker group, or R6is an optionally substituted group selected from pyridone, phenyl and a heterocyclic ring and salts thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the production of an antiangiogenic and/or vascular permeability reducing effect in warm-blooded animals such as humans, processes for the preparation of such derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as active ingredient and compounds of formula I. The compounds of formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof inhibit the effects of VEGF, a property of value in the treatment of a number of disease states including cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
Nitrobenzocyclophosphamides as potential prodrugs for bioreductive activation: Synthesis, stability, enzymatic reduction, and antiproliferative activity in cell culture
Li, Zhuorong,Han, Jiye,Jiang, Yongying,Browne, Patrick,Knox, Richard J.,Hu, Longqin
, p. 4171 - 4178 (2007/10/03)
In efforts to obtain potential anticancer prodrugs for gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy using Eschericia coli nitroreductase, a series of four benzocyclophosphamide analogues were designed and synthesized incorporating a strategically placed nitro group in a position para to the benzylic carbon for reductive activation. All four analogues were found to be stable in phosphate buffer at pH 7.4 and 37 °C and were good substrates of E. coli nitroreductase with half lives between 7 and 24 min at pH 7.0 and 37 °C. However, only two analogues 6a and 6c, both with a benzylic oxygen in the phosphorinane ring para to the nitro group, showed a modest 33-36-fold enhanced cytotoxicity in E. coli nitroreductase-expressing cells. These results suggest that good substrate activity and the para benzylic oxygen are required for activation by E. coli nitroreductase. Compounds 6a and 6c represent a new structure type for reductive activation and a lead for further modification in the development of better analogues with improved selective toxicity to be used in gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy.
