Inhibition of the Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription-3 (STAT3) Signaling Pathway by 4-Oxo-1-Phenyl-1,4-Dihydroquinoline-3-Carboxylic Acid Esters
作者:Jun Xu、Derek C. Cole、Chao-Pei Betty Chang、Ramzi Ayyad、Magda Asselin、Wenshan Hao、James Gibbons、Scott A. Jelinsky、Kathryn A. Saraf、Kaapjoo Park
DOI:10.1021/jm701271y
日期:2008.7.1
The JAK-STAT3 pathway regulates genes that are important in cell proliferation and thus is a promising target for cancer therapy. A high-throughput screening (HTS) campaign using an Apo-ONE Homogenous Caspase 3/7 assay in U266 cells identified 4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylicacid ethyl ester 4 as a potential STAT3 pathway inhibitor. Optimization of this HTS hit led to the identification of the 7-cyano analogue 8, which inhibited STAT3-Y705 phosphorylation with an EC(50) Of 170 nM. Compound 8 also inhibited cytokine induced JAK activation but did not inhibit BCR-ABL activated STAT5 phosphorylation in K562 cells.