| Literature DB >> 22386982 |
Rajkumar Rajule1, Vashti C Bryant, Hernando Lopez, Xu Luo, Amarnath Natarajan.
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In HeLa cells the combinatorial knockdown of Bcl-xL and Mcl-1 is sufficient to induce spontaneous apoptosis. Quinoxaline derivatives were screened for the induction of Mcl-1 dependent apoptosis using a cell line without functional Bcl-xL. Quinoxaline urea analog 1 h was able to specifically induce apoptosis in an Mcl-1 dependent manner. We demonstrate that even small changes to 1h results in dramatic loss of activity. In addition, 1 h and ABT-737 synergistically inhibit cell growth and induce apoptosis. Our results also suggest that 1h could have therapeutic potential against ABT-737 refractory cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22386982 PMCID: PMC3303926 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.02.022
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem ISSN: 0968-0896 Impact factor: 3.641