Abstract
Fluorinated phenylethynyl-substituted heterocycles that possessed either an N-methylamino or N,N-dimethylamino group attached to heterocycles including pyridines, indoles, 1H-indazoles, quinolines, and isoquinolines inhibited the proliferation of LS174T colon cancer cells in which the inhibition of cyclin D1 and induction of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor-1 (i.e., p21Wif1/Cip1) served as readouts for antineoplastic activity at a cellular level. At a molecular level, these agents, particularly 4-((2,6-difluorophenyl)ethynyl)-N-methylisoquinolin-1-amine and 4-((2,6-difluorophenyl)ethynyl)-N,N-dimethylisoquinolin-1-amine, bound and inhibited the catalytic subunit of methionine S-adenosyltransferase-2 (MAT2A).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 87-99 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | MedChemComm |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:CL and DSW were supported by CA172379 from the NIH. CGZ was supported by NSF grant CHE-1111761. CL and DSW have partial ownership of a new-start company, Epionc, Inc., that seeks to develop these compounds as commercial agents. CL and DSW disclosed this information and complied with requirements to mitigate any potential conflicts of interest in accord with University of Kentucky policy. DSW was also supported by the Office of the Dean of the College of Medicine, by the Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation in the College of Pharmacy, and by NIH grant number P30 GM110787 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to L. Hersh, PI. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH or the NIGMS. DSW was also supported by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, through the Prostate Cancer Research Program under Award No. W81XWH-16-1-0635. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Department of Defense.
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry