Discovery of new benzhydrol biscarbonate esters as potent and selective apoptosis inducers of human melanomas bearing the activated ERK pathway: SAR studies on an ERK MAPK signaling modulator, ACA-28
作者:Ryosuke Satoh、Naoya Hamada、Ami Yamada、Yuki Kanda、Fumihiro Ishikawa、Teruaki Takasaki、Genzoh Tanabe、Reiko Sugiura
DOI:10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104137
日期:2020.10
The recent discovery that an ERK signaling modulator [ACA-28 (2a)] preferentially kills human melanoma cell lines by inducing ERK-dependent apoptosis has generated significant interest in the field of anti-cancer therapy. In the first SAR study on 2a, here, we successfully developed candidates (2b, 2c) both of which induce more potent and selective apoptosis towards ERK-active melanoma cells than 2a, thus revealing the structural basis for inducing the ERK-dependent apoptosis and proposing the therapeutic prospect of these candidates against ERK-dependent cancers represented by melanoma.