The identification and optimization of a N-hydroxy urea series of flap endonuclease 1 inhibitors
摘要:
Flap endonuclease-1 (FEN1) is a key enzyme involved in base excision repair (BER), a primary pathway utilized by mammalian cells to repair DNA damage. Sensitization to DNA damaging agents is a potential method for the improvement of the therapeutic window of traditional chemotherapeutics. In this paper, we describe the identification and SAR of a series of low nanomolar FEN1 inhibitors. Over 1000-fold specificity was achieved against a related endonuclease, xeroderma pigmentosum G (XPG). Two compounds from this series significantly potentiate the action of methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) and temozolamide in a bladder cancer cell line (T24). To our knowledge, these are the most potent endonuclease inhibitors reported to date. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Synthesis of new dipyrrolo- and furopyrrolopyrazinones related to tripentones and their biological evaluation as potential kinases (CDKs1–5, GSK-3) inhibitors
We herein describe the synthesis of novel dipyrrolo- and furopyrrolopyrazinones related to highly cytotoxic tripentones and to their oximes. The synthetic pathway involved in particular a Curtius rearrangement and a subsequent cyclisation into the title pyrazinones. The biological evaluation towards various cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs1-5, GSK-3) highlighted a weak inhibitory activity for the oximes whose SAR was studied by a molecular modeling study. (c) 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.