Display options
Share it on

ACS Med Chem Lett. 2014 Mar 21;5(6):662-7. doi: 10.1021/ml500030p. eCollection 2014 Jun 12.

Structure-Guided Rescaffolding of Selective Antagonists of BCL-XL.

ACS medicinal chemistry letters

Michael F T Koehler, Philippe Bergeron, Edna F Choo, Kevin Lau, Chudi Ndubaku, Danette Dudley, Paul Gibbons, Brad E Sleebs, Carl S Rye, George Nikolakopoulos, Chinh Bui, Sanji Kulasegaram, Wilhelmus J A Kersten, Brian J Smith, Peter E Czabotar, Peter M Colman, David C S Huang, Jonathan B Baell, Keith G Watson, Lisa Hasvold, Zhi-Fu Tao, Le Wang, Andrew J Souers, Steven W Elmore, John A Flygare, Wayne J Fairbrother, Guillaume Lessene

Affiliations

  1. Departments of Discovery Chemistry, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, and Early Discovery Biochemistry, Genentech, Inc. , 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
  2. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research , 1G Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia ; Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
  3. AbbVie, Inc. , 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States.

PMID: 24944740 PMCID: PMC4060937 DOI: 10.1021/ml500030p

Abstract

Because of the promise of BCL-2 antagonists in combating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), interest in additional selective antagonists of antiapoptotic proteins has grown. Beginning with a series of selective, potent BCL-XL antagonists containing an undesirable hydrazone functionality, in silico design and X-ray crystallography were utilized to develop alternative scaffolds that retained the selectivity and potency of the starting compounds.

Keywords: BCL-2; BCL-XL; apoptosis; cancer

References

  1. Nat Med. 2013 Feb;19(2):202-8 - PubMed
  2. Cell. 1993 Oct 22;75(2):229-40 - PubMed
  3. J Med Chem. 2007 Feb 22;50(4):641-62 - PubMed
  4. Oncogene. 2010 Aug 26;29(34):4752-65 - PubMed
  5. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2011 Aug;60(8):1173-80 - PubMed
  6. Cell Death Differ. 2007 Sep;14(9):1711-3 - PubMed
  7. J Med Chem. 2006 Jan 26;49(2):656-63 - PubMed
  8. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Feb 10;30(5):488-96 - PubMed
  9. Genes Dev. 2000 Jan 1;14(1):23-7 - PubMed
  10. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2008 Dec;7(12):989-1000 - PubMed
  11. Nat Genet. 1998 Mar;18(3):251-6 - PubMed
  12. Curr Pharm Des. 2010;16(28):3132-48 - PubMed
  13. Expert Opin Ther Pat. 2010 Feb;20(2):251-67 - PubMed
  14. Nat Chem Biol. 2013 Jun;9(6):390-7 - PubMed
  15. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Jun 1;18(11):3163-9 - PubMed
  16. Lancet Oncol. 2010 Dec;11(12):1149-59 - PubMed
  17. Cell. 2007 Mar 23;128(6):1173-86 - PubMed
  18. Cell Death Differ. 2007 May;14(5):943-51 - PubMed

Publication Types