Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Conformationally Constrained Analogues of Naphthol AS-E as Inhibitors of CREB-Mediated Gene Transcription
作者:Min Jiang、Bingbing X. Li、Fuchun Xie、Frances Delaney、Xiangshu Xiao
DOI:10.1021/jm300043c
日期:2012.4.26
Cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB) is often dysregulated in cancer cells and is an attractive cancer drug target. Previously, we described naphthol AS-E (1) as a small molecule inhibitor of CREB-mediated gene transcription. To understand its bioactive conformation, a series of conformationally constrained analogues of 1 were designed and synthesized. Biological evaluation of these analogues suggests that the global energy minimum of 1 is the likely bioactive conformation.