作者:Giovanna Zinzalla、Mohammad R. Haque、B. Piku Basu、John Anderson、Samantha L. Kaye、Shozeb Haider、Fyeza Hasan、Dyeison Antonow、Samantha Essex、Khondaker M. Rahman、Jonathan Palmer、Daniel Morgenstern、Andrew F. Wilderspin、Stephen Neidle、David E. Thurston
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.09.117
日期:2010.12
A small library of pyrrolidinesulphonylaryl molecules has been synthesized via an efficient 4-step route, and members evaluated for their ability to inhibit IL-6 signalling. One molecule (6a) was found to have promising activity against IL-6/STAT3 signalling at the low micromolar level, and to selectively inhibit phosphorylation of STAT3 (but not STAT1) in IL-6 stimulated MDA-MB-231 breast cancer and HeLa cell lines. It was also selectively cytostatic in MDA-MB-231 (STAT3-dependent) versus A4 (STAT3-null) cells suggesting STAT3-specific inhibitory properties. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.