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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry2015

The design, synthesis and biological evaluation of conformationally restricted 4-substituted-2,6-dimethylfuro[2,3-d]pyrimidines as multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase and microtubule inhibitors as potential antitumor agents.

Xin Zhang, Sudhir Raghavan, Michael Ihnat, Ernest Hamel, Cynthia Zammiello, Anja Bastian, Susan L Mooberry, Aleem Gangjee

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xin ZhangDivision of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, United States.
Sudhir RaghavanDivision of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, United States.
Michael IhnatCollege of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, 1110 North Stonewall, Oklahoma City, OK 73117, United States.
Ernest HamelScreening Technologies Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, United States.
Cynthia ZammielloDepartment of Pharmacology, Cancer Therapy & Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, United States.
Anja BastianCollege of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, 1110 North Stonewall, Oklahoma City, OK 73117, United States.
Susan L MooberryDepartment of Pharmacology, Cancer Therapy & Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, United States. Electronic address: mooberry@uthscsa.edu.
Aleem GangjeeDivision of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, United States. Electronic address: gangjee@duq.edu.
Duquesne University · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USUniversity of Oklahoma · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

TISSUE CULTURE---COREP30CA054174 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Lei Zheng · 1991 to 2026
$59.1M
Water Soluble Antimitotics That Circumvent Rumor ResistanceR01CA142868 · NCI · DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY · PI GANGJEE, ALEEM, MOOBERRY, SUSAN L · 2011 to 2015
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS CA142868NCI NIH HHS P30 CA054174NCI NIH HHS R01 CA142868
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A series of eleven conformationally restricted, 4-substituted 2,6-dimethylfuro[2,3-d]pyrimidines was designed to explore the bioactive conformation required for dual inhibition of microtubule assembly and receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), and their biological activities are reported. All three rotatable single bonds in the lead compound 1 were sequentially restricted to address the role of each in SAR for microtubule and RTK inhibitory effects. Compounds 2, 3, 7 and 10 showed microtubule depolymerizing activity comparable to or better than the lead 1, some with nanomolar EC50 values. While compound 8 had no effect on microtubules, 8 and 10 both showed potent RTK inhibition with nanomolar IC50s. These compounds confirm that the bioactive conformation for RTK inhibition is different from that for tubulin inhibition. The tetrahydroquinoline analog 10 showed the most potent dual tubulin and RTK inhibitory activities (low nanomolar inhibition of EGFR, VEGFR2 and PDGFR-β). Compound 10 has highly potent activity against many NCI cancer cell lines, including several chemo-resistant cell lines, and could serve as a lead for further preclinical studies.

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Angiogenesis InhibitorsAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationChick EmbryoDrug DesignErbB ReceptorsFuransHumansInhibitory Concentration 50MicrotubulesMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationNeovascularization, PhysiologicProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyrimidinesAngiogenesis InhibitorsEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsFuransKDR protein, humanProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyrimidinesReceptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor betaTubulin ModulatorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2AntitubulinConformation restrictionMultitargeted inhibitorsReceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsSynthesis

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PMID25882519
PMCPMC4410085
OpenAlexW2079677704

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