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  2. STAT6 phosphorylation inhibitors block eotaxin-3 secretion in bronchial epithelial cells

STAT6 phosphorylation inhibitors block eotaxin-3 secretion in bronchial epithelial cells

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2012 Jan 15;20(2):750-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.12.006.
Li Zhou 1 Tomohiko Kawate Xiaorong Liu Young Bae Kim Yajuan Zhao Guohong Feng Julian Banerji Huw Nash Charles Whitehurst Satish Jindal Arshad Siddiqui Brian Seed Jia L Wolfe
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  • 1 Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Abstract

The STAT6 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 6) protein facilitates T-helper cell 2 (Th2) mediated responses that control IgE-mediated atopic diseases such as asthma. We have identified compounds that bind to STAT6 and inhibit STAT6 tyrosine phosphorylation induced by IL-4. In the bronchial epithelial cell line BEAS-2B, compound (R)-84 inhibits the secretion of eotaxin-3, a chemokine eliciting eosinophil infiltration. (R)-84 appears to prevent STAT6 from assuming the active dimer configuration by directly binding the protein and inhibiting tyrosine phosphorylation.

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