Tyrphostins. 3. Structure-activity relationship studies of .alpha.-substituted benzylidenemalononitrile 5-S-aryltyrphostins
作者:Aviv Gazit、Nir Osherov、Israel Posner、Allan Bar-Sinai、Chaim Gilon、Alexander Levitzki
DOI:10.1021/jm00075a010
日期:1993.11
In this study we describe an extension of our previous studies on cis-benzylidenemalononitrile tyrphostins. We have introduced S-aryl substituents in the 5 position (meta vis-a-vis the malononitrile moiety). We find that these compounds are potent blockers of EGFR kinase and its homolog HER-2 kinase. Interestingly, we find that certain S-aryltyrphostins discriminate between EGFR and HER-2 kinase in favor of the HER-2 kinase domain by almost 2 orders of magnitude. When examined in intact cells it was found that these selective S-aryltyrphostins are equipotent in inhibiting EGF dependent proliferation of NIH 3T3 harboring either the EGF receptor or the chimera EGF/neu (HER1-2). These findings suggest that the antiproliferative activity of these tyrphostins is mainly due to the inhibition of a mitogenic signaling element downstream to the growth receptor kinase.