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Sun Ea Choi1, Sujith V W Weerasinghe, Mary Kay H Pflum.
Abstract
The FDA-approved drug suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA, Vorinostat) was modified to improve its selectivity for a single histone deaetylase (HDAC) isoform. We show that attaching an ethyl group at the C3 position transforms SAHA from nonselective to an HDAC6-selective inhibitor. Theses results indicate that small structural changes in SAHA can significantly influence selectivity, which will lead future anti-cancer design efforts targeting HDAC proteins.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21889343 PMCID: PMC3842171 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.08.027
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823