| Literature DB >> 28337323 |
Marion Lanier1, Jason Pickens1, Simone V Bigi1, Erica L Bradshaw-Pierce1, Alison Chambers1, Zacharia S Cheruvallath1, Derek Cole1, Douglas R Dougan1, Jacques Ermolieff1, Tony Gibson1, Petro Halkowycz1, Aki Hirokawa1, Anthony Ivetac1, Joanne Miura1, Evan Nunez1, Mark Sabat1, John Tyhonas1, Haixia Wang1, Xiaolun Wang1, Steve Swann1.
Abstract
Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1/MAP3K) is a mitogen-activated protein kinase family member shown to contribute to acute ischemia/reperfusion injury. Using structure-based drug design, deconstruction, and reoptimization of a known ASK1 inhibitor, a lead compound was identified. This compound displayed robust MAP3K pathway inhibition and reduction of infarct size in an isolated perfused heart model of cardiac injury.Entities:
Keywords: Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1); cardiac injury; structure-based drug design (SBDD)
Year: 2017 PMID: 28337323 PMCID: PMC5346976 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00481
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345