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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2013

Identification of vitamin d3-based hedgehog pathway inhibitors that incorporate an aromatic a-ring isostere.

Albert M DeBerardinis, Upasana Banerjee, M Kyle Hadden

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Albert M DeBerardinisDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut , 69 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3092, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3092, United States.
Upasana BanerjeeDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut , 69 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3092, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3092, United States.
M Kyle HaddenDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut , 69 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3092, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3092, United States.
University of Connecticut · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous structure-activity relationship studies for vitamin D3 (VD3) inhibition of Hedgehog (Hh) signaling directed the design, synthesis, and evaluation of a series of VD3-based analogues that contain an aromatic A-ring mimic. Characterization of these compounds in a series of cellular assays demonstrated their ability to potently and selectively down-regulate Hh pathway signaling. The most active of these, 17, inhibited pathway signaling in Hh-dependent mouse fibroblasts (IC50 = 0.74 ± 0.1 μM) and cultured cancer cells (IC50 values 3.8 ± 0.1 to 5.2 ± 0.2 μM). In addition, 17 demonstrated reduced activation of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) compared to VD3 in these cellular models. These results suggest that VD3-based analogues with an aromatic A-ring are a valid scaffold for the development of more selective and potent Hh pathway inhibitors and identify 17 as an intriguing lead from this class of compounds for further development. In addition, our analysis of Hh pathway inhibitors in cancer cells suggests that the murine basal cell carcinoma cell line ASZ001 and the human medulloblastoma cell line DAOY are appropriate in vitro cancer models for early stage evaluation of pathway inhibition.

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basal cell carcinomaGlihedgehog signaling pathwaymedulloblastomavitamin D3

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PMID24900716
PMCPMC4027372
OpenAlexW2067933247

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