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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2025

Benzolactam-Based Gli Inhibitors: Synthesis and Structural Analysis.

Marianna Haddad, Charles Wilber, Jordan MacQueen, Kelvin L Billingsley

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Design of PKC-Targeting Benzolactams as Gli Inhibitors.ACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2026
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Marianna HaddadDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60660, United States.
Charles WilberDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60660, United States.
Jordan MacQueenDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60660, United States.
Kelvin L BillingsleyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60660, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9071-5170

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Hedgehog signaling pathway plays an essential role in cancer progression, including in basal cell carcinoma and medulloblastoma. This process is driven by oncogenic Gli transcription factors, which are regulated by the signaling protein Smoothened (Smo). While Smo inhibitors have shown clinical utility, drug resistance can limit their effectiveness. Here, we present a synthetic and functional evaluation of benzolactam-derived TPPB, a potent Gli inhibitor that operates downstream of Smo via protein kinase C (PKC) activation. We developed a concise, stereoselective route to the benzolactam scaffold, enabling the synthesis of TPPB.

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basal cell carcinomabenzolactamGliHedgehog signaling pathwayinhibitorprotein kinase C

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PMID40832516
PMCPMC12358977

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