作者:Ellis Whiting、Mithun R. Raje、Jay Chauhan、Paul T. Wilder、Daniel Van Eker、Samuel J. Hughes、Nathan G. Bowen、Gregory E.A. Vickers、Ian C. Fenimore、Steven Fletcher
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.11.023
日期:2018.2
Inspired by a rhodanine-based dual inhibitor of Bcl-x(L) and Mcl-1, a focused library of analogues was prepared wherein the rhodanine core was replaced with a less promiscuous thiazolidine-2,4-dione scaffold. Compounds were initially evaluated for their abilities to inhibit Mcl-1. The most potent compound 12b inhibited Mcl-1 with a K-i of 155 nM. Further investigation revealed comparable inhibition of Bcl-x(L) (K-i = 90 nM), indicating that the dual inhibitory profile of the initial rhodanine lead had been retained upon switching the heterocycle core. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.