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  2. Design, synthesis and evaluation of (E)-alpha-benzylthio chalcones as novel inhibitors of BCR-ABL kinase

Design, synthesis and evaluation of (E)-alpha-benzylthio chalcones as novel inhibitors of BCR-ABL kinase

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2010 Mar 15;18(6):2317-2326. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.01.051.
M V Ramana Reddy 1 Venkat R Pallela 1 Stephen C Cosenza 1 Muralidhar R Mallireddigari 2 Revathi Patti 2 Marie Bonagura 1 May Truongcao 1 Balaiah Akula 2 Shashidhar S Jatiani 1 E Premkumar Reddy 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, 3307 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140-5101, United States.
  • 2 Onconova Therapeutics Inc., 375 Pheasant Run, Newtown, PA 18940, United States.
Abstract

Novel (E)-alpha-benzylthio Chalcones are reported with preliminary in vitro activity data indicating that several of them are potent inhibitors (comparable to imatinib, the reference compound) of Bcr-Abl phosphorylation in leukemic K562 cells, known to express high levels of Bcr-Abl. The ability of such compounds to significantly inhibit K562 cell proliferation suggests that this scaffold could be a promising lead for the development of Anticancer agents that are able to block Bcr-Abl phosphorylation in leukemic cells.

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