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ArticleACS chemical biology2020

Small Molecule Intervention in a Protein Kinase C-Gli Transcription Factor Axis.

UyenPhuong Tran, Grace C Zhang, Ryan Eom, Kelvin L Billingsley, Alison E Ondrus

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Article in ACS chemical biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Design of PKC-Targeting Benzolactams as Gli Inhibitors.ACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2026
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  4. Indolactam Dipeptides as Nanomolar Gli Inhibitors.ACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2022
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  7. Transition Metal-Free N-Arylation of Amino Acid Esters with Diaryliodonium Salts.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

UyenPhuong TranDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Fullerton, 800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, California 92831, United States.
Grace C ZhangDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2044-9230
Ryan EomDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 259 East Ave, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.
Kelvin L BillingsleyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Fullerton, 800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, California 92831, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9071-5170
Alison E OndrusDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6023-3290
California Institute of Technology · USCalifornia State University, Fullerton · USCornell University · US

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING IN BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRYT32GM007616 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI STERNBERG, PAUL WARREN · 1985 to 2019
$22.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007616
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aberrations in the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway are responsible for a broad range of human cancers, yet only a subset rely on the activity of the clinical target, Smoothened (Smo). Emerging cases of cancers that are insensitive to Smo-targeting drugs demand new therapeutic targets and agents for inhibition. As such, we sought to pursue a recently discovered connection between the Hedgehog pathway transcription factors, the glioma-associated oncogene homologues (Glis), and protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes. Here, we report our assessment of a structurally diverse library of PKC effectors for their influence on Gli function. Using cell lines that employ distinct mechanisms of Gli activation up- and downstream of Smo, we identify a PKC effector that acts as a nanomolar Gli antagonist downstream of Smo through a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK)-independent mechanism. This agent provides a unique tool to illuminate crosstalk between PKC isozymes and Hh signaling and new opportunities for therapeutic intervention in Hh pathway-dependent cancers.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell LineDrug DiscoveryHedgehog ProteinsHumansNeoplasmsProtein Kinase CSignal TransductionSmall Molecule LibrariesZinc Finger Protein GLI1Hedgehog ProteinsProtein Kinase CSmall Molecule LibrariesZinc Finger Protein GLI1

Identifiers

PMID32479053
PMCPMC8842554
OpenAlexW3030645722

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