Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-10-2014
Publication Title
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Abstract
Tubulin and heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) are well-characterized molecular targets for anti-cancer drug development. We previously identified lead compounds that inhibited both Hsp27 and tubulin. These compounds exhibited extensive anti-cancer activities against the proliferation of various human cancer cell lines. In the current study, a systematic ligand based structural optimization led to new analogs that significantly inhibited the growth of a panel of breast cancer cell lines. Furthermore, the most potent compounds were examined with tubulin polymerization assay and Hsp27 chaperone activity assay. The compounds showed potent tubulin polymerization inhibition but no Hsp27 inhibitory effect. The structural optimization dissected the dual activity and improved the selectivity of the compounds for tubulin. The results revealed several structural moieties of the lead compounds that are critical for Hsp27 inhibition. The modification of these structural fragments eliminated Hsp27 inhibition, but did not harm tubulin-targeting effects of the compounds. This result further defined the structureeactivity relationship between the tubulin and Hsp27 effects of these compounds.
Recommended Citation
Zhong, B.; Lama, R.; Kulman, D. G.; Li, B.; Su, B. Lead optimization of dual tubulin and Hsp27 inhibitors. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2014, 80, 243-253.
DOI
10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.04.038
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, VOL80, (June 10, 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.04.038
Volume
80
Comments
This research was supported by a startup fund from Cleveland State University, and also partially supported by grant R15AI 103889 (B. Su), Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease (GRHD) of Cleveland State University and Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) and National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Grants (CHE-0923398 and CHE-1126384).