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Identification of a Novel Oxadiazole Inhibitor of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin
Lim, Sunwoo,Lee, Hyomin,Kim, Euijung,Hur, Wooyoung
, p. 296 - 303 (2020/02/04)
We performed a biochemical screen against mTOR using in-house small molecule library. Two novel, structurally distinct hits were identified. Among them, a novel oxadiazole scaffold compound (2) suppressed the phosphorylation of both S6K1 and Akt1 in HeLa cells. Docking study suggested that 2 is ATP-competitive and shows a pi-pi interaction with Trp2239 and hydrogen bonds with Trp2239 and Thr2245. Through derivatization, a slightly more potent analogue (2a) was identified with IC50 of 9.6 μM. Our study provides a starting point for discovery of novel potent mTOR inhibitors.
