Inhibition of ErbB2(Her2) expression with small molecule transcription factor mimics
作者:Lori W. Lee、Christopher E.C. Taylor、Jean-Paul Desaulniers、Manchao Zhang、Jonas W. Højfeldt、Quintin Pan、Anna K. Mapp
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.08.090
日期:2009.11
Small molecules that mimic the transcriptional activation domain of eukaryotic transcriptional activators have the potential to serve as effective inhibitors of transcriptional processes. Here we show that one class of transcriptional activation domain mimics, amphipathic isoxazolidines, can be converted into inhibitors of gene expression mediated by the transcriptional activator ESX through small structural modi. cations. Addition of the small molecules leads to decreased expression of the cell surface growth receptor ErbB2(Her2) in ErbB2-positive cancer cells and, correspondingly, decreased proliferation. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.