| Literature DB >> 24900514 |
Naeem Yusuff1, Michaël Doré1, Carol Joud1, Michael Visser1, Clayton Springer1, Xiaoling Xie1, Kara Herlihy1, Dale Porter1, B Barry Touré1.
Abstract
The discovery of new Bcl-2 protein-protein interaction antagonists is described. We replaced the northern fragment of ABT737 (π-π stacking interactions) with structurally simplified hydrophobic cage structures with much reduced conformational flexibility and rotational freedom. The binding mode of the compounds was elucidated by X-ray crystallography, and the compounds showed excellent oral bioavailability and clearance in rat PK studies.Entities:
Keywords: Bcl-2 inhibitors; bioisoteres; cancer therapeutics; protein−protein interaction; π−π stacking interactions; π−π stacking isosteres
Year: 2012 PMID: 24900514 PMCID: PMC4025652 DOI: 10.1021/ml300095a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345