N-Aryl benzenesulfonamide inhibitors of [3H]-thymidine incorporation and β-catenin signaling in human hepatocyte-derived Huh-7 carcinoma cells

Liliia M. Kril, Valery Vilchez, Jieyun Jiang, Lilia Turcios, Changguo Chen, Vitaliy M. Sviripa, Wen Zhang, Chunming Liu, Brett Spear, David S. Watt, Roberto Gedaly

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Abstract

Abstract Structure-activity relationships (SAR) in 2,5-dichloro-N-(2-methyl-4-nitrophenyl)benzenesulfonamide (FH535) were examined as part of a program to identify agents that inhibit the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway that is frequently upregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). FH535 was reported as an inhibitor of both β-catenin in the Wnt signaling pathway and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR). A β-catenin/T-cell factor (TCF)/Lymphoid-enhancer factor (LEF)-dependent assay (i.e., luciferase-based TOPFlash assay) as well as a [3H]-thymidine incorporation assay were used to explore SAR modifications of FH535. Although replacing the 2,5-dichlorophenylsulfonyl substituent in FH535 with a 2,6-dihalogenation pattern generally produced more biologically active analogs than FH535, other SAR modifications led only to FH535 analogs with comparable or slightly improved activity in these two assays. The absence of a clear SAR pattern in activity suggested a multiplicity of target effectors for N-aryl benzenesulfonamides.

Original languageEnglish
Article number22929
Pages (from-to)3897-3899
Number of pages3
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume25
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 17 2015

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Keywords

  • FH535
  • Huh-7 carcinoma cells
  • Inhibitor
  • N-Aryl benzenesulfonamides
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
  • β-Catenin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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