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  2. Design and synthesis of novel pyrimidine hydroxamic acid inhibitors of histone deacetylases

Design and synthesis of novel pyrimidine hydroxamic acid inhibitors of histone deacetylases

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 Nov 15;20(22):6657-60. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.09.016.
Alastair D G Donald 1 Vanessa L Clark Sanjay Patel Francesca A Day Martin G Rowlands Judata Wibata Lindsay Stimson Anthea Hardcastle Sue A Eccles Deborah McNamara Lindsey A Needham Florence I Raynaud Wynne Aherne David F Moffat
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Affiliation

  • 1 Chroma Therapeutics, 93 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4RY, UK. adonald@chromatherapeutics.com
Abstract

Inhibition of histone deacetylase activity represents a promising new modality in the treatment of a number of cancers. A novel HDAC series demonstrating inhibitory activity in cell proliferation assays is described. Optimisation based on the introduction of basic amine linkers to effect good drug distribution to tumour led to the identification of a compound with oral activity in a human colon Cancer xenograft study associated with increased histone H3 acetylation in tumour tissue.

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