Structure-based design of potent small-molecule inhibitors of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins

Guoping Wang, Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, Chao Yie Yang, Renxiao Wang, Guozhi Tang, Jie Guo, Sanjeev Shangary, Su Qiu, Wei Gao, Dajun Yang, Jennifer Meagher, Jeanne Stuckey, Krzysztof Krajewski, Sheng Jiang, Peter P. Roller, Hatice Ozel Abaan, York Tomita, Shaomeng Wang

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Abstract

A structure-based approach was employed to design a new class of small-molecule inhibitors of Bcl-2. The most potent compound 5 (TW-37) binds to Bcl-2 with a Ki value of 290 nM and also to Bcl-xL and Mcl-1 with high affinities. Compound 5 potently inhibits cell growth in PC-3 prostate cancer cells with an IC50 value of 200 nM and effectively induces apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6139-6142
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume49
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2006
Externally publishedYes

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