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Rational Design, Optimization, and Biological Evaluation of Novel MEK4 Inhibitors against Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Kwong, Ada J.,Munshi, Hidayatullah G.,Oelschlager, Hannah E.,Pham, Thao N. D.,Scheidt, Karl A.
supporting information, p. 1559 - 1567 (2021/10/04)
Growth, division, and development of healthy cells relies on efficient response to environmental survival cues. The conserved mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family of pathways interface extracellular stimuli to intracellular processes for this purpose. Within these pathways, the MEK family has been identified as a target of interest due to its clinical relevance. Particularly, MEK4 has drawn recent attention for its indications in pancreatic and prostate cancers. Here, we report two potent MEK4 inhibitors demonstrating significant reduction of phospho-JNK and antiproliferative properties against pancreatic cancer cell lines. Furthermore, molecular inhibition of MEK4 pathway activates the MEK1/2 pathway, with the combination of MEK1/2 and MEK4 inhibitors demonstrating synergistic effects against pancreatic cancer cells. Our inhibitors provided insight into the crosstalk between MAPK pathways and new tools for elucidating the roles of MEK4 in disease states, findings which will pave the way for better understanding of the MAPK pathways and development of additional probes.
SUBSTITUTED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE
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The present invention relates to a biaryl derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof having an excellent collagen-synthesis inhibition activity. A biaryl derivative having a structure represented by the following General Formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 represents a C6-C10 aryl group which is substituted with one to three group(s) each independently selected from the group consisting of a group defined by formula R-L-, a di-(C1-C6 alkyl)amino group, a di-(C1-C6 alkyl)aminosulfonyl group, a hydroxyaminocarbonyl group, and a halogen atom, and so on; R represents a C1-C6 alkyl group, and so on; L represents a sulfonyl group, an aminosulfonyl group, or a sulfonylamino group, and so on; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, and so on; A represents a group defined by formula (II), (III), or (IV); R3 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group, and so on; and R4 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group, and so on.