Identification of benzothiophene amides as potent inhibitors of human nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase
作者:Wei Chen、Guoqiang Dong、Shipeng He、Tianying Xu、Xia Wang、Na Liu、Wannian Zhang、Chaoyu Miao、Chunquan Sheng
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.12.101
日期:2016.2
Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt) is an attractive therapeutic target for cancer. A Nampt inhibitor with novel benzothiophene scaffold was discovered by high throughput screening. Herein the structure-activity relationship of the benzothiophene Nampt inhibitor was investigated. Several new inhibitors demonstrated potent activity in both biochemical and cell-based assays. In particular, compound 16b showed good Nampt inhibitory activity (IC50 = 0.17 mu M) and in vitro antitumor activity (IC50 = 3.9 mu M, HepG2 cancer cell line). Further investigation indicated that compound 16b could efficiently induce cancer cell apoptosis. Our findings provided a good starting point for the discovery of novel antitumor agents. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.