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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2010

Structure-based design and synthesis of potent, ethylenediamine-based, mammalian farnesyltransferase inhibitors as anticancer agents.

Steven Fletcher, Erin Pusateri Keaney, Christopher G Cummings, Michelle A Blaskovich, Michael A Hast, Matthew P Glenn, Sung-Youn Chang, Cynthia J Bucher, Ryan J Floyd, William P Katt and 5 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Steven FletcherDepartment of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA.
Erin Pusateri Keaney
Christopher G Cummings
Michelle A Blaskovich
Michael A Hast
Matthew P Glenn
Sung-Youn Chang
Cynthia J Bucher
Ryan J Floyd
William P Katt
Michael H Gelb
Wesley C Van Voorhis
Lorena S Beese
Said M Sebti
Andrew D Hamilton
Yale University · USDuke University Hospital · USMoffitt Cancer Center · USUniversity of South Florida · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

VALIDATION OF INHIBITORS OF RHO GTPASES FOR CANCER TREATMENTU19CA067771 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI SEBTI, SAID M · 1995 to 2009
$8.9M
Structure and Mechanism of Protein PrenyltransferasesR37GM052382 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BEESE, LORENA S. · 2005 to 2014
$3.5M
STRUCTURE AND MECHANISM OF PROTEIN PRENYLTRANSFERASESR01GM052382 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BEESE, LORENA S · 1995 to 2002
$893k
NCI NIH HHS CA67771NCI NIH HHS U19 CA067771NIGMS NIH HHS GM52382NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM052382NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM052382
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A potent class of anticancer, human farnesyltransferase (hFTase) inhibitors has been identified by "piggy-backing" on potent, antimalarial inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum farnesyltransferase (PfFTase). On the basis of a 4-fold substituted ethylenediamine scaffold, the inhibitors are structurally simple and readily derivatized, facilitating the extensive structure-activity relationship (SAR) study reported herein. Our most potent inhibitor is compound 1f, which exhibited an in vitro hFTase IC(50) value of 25 nM and a whole cell H-Ras processing IC(50) value of 90 nM. Moreover, it is noteworthy that several of our inhibitors proved highly selective for hFTase (up to 333-fold) over the related prenyltransferase enzyme geranylgeranyltransferase-I (GGTase-I). A crystal structure of inhibitor 1a co-crystallized with farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) in the active site of rat FTase illustrates that the para-benzonitrile moiety of 1a is stabilized by a π-π stacking interaction with the Y361β residue, suggesting a structural explanation for the observed importance of this component of our inhibitors.

Indexed as

Models, MolecularAniline CompoundsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCatalytic DomainCell LineCrystallography, X-RayDrug DesignEthylenediaminesFarnesyltranstransferaseHumansMolecular StructureNitrilesPlasmodium falciparumProtein BindingRatsAniline CompoundsAntineoplastic AgentsethylenediamineEthylenediaminesFarnesyltranstransferaseNitrilesSulfonamides

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PMID20822181
PMCPMC3045627
OpenAlexW2007156141

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