Discovery of novel and selective IKK-β serine-threonine protein kinase inhibitors. Part 1
作者:Toshiki Murata、Mitsuyuki Shimada、Sachiko Sakakibara、Takashi Yoshino、Hiroshi Kadono、Tsutomu Masuda、Makoto Shimazaki、Takuya Shintani、Kinji Fuchikami、Katsuya Sakai、Hisayo Inbe、Keisuke Takeshita、Toshiro Niki、Masaomi Umeda、Kevin B. Bacon、Karl B. Ziegelbauer、Timothy B. Lowinger
DOI:10.1016/s0960-894x(02)01046-6
日期:2003.3
IkappaB kinase beta (IKK-beta) is a serine-threonine protein kinase critically involved in the activation of the transcription factor Nuclear Factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) in response to various inflammatory stimuli. We have identified a small molecule inhibitor of IKK-beta. Optimization of the lead compound resulted in improvements in both in vitro and in vivo potency, and provided IKK-beta inhibitors exhibiting potent activity in an acute cytokine release model (LPS-induced TNFalpha). (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.