The author of 《Binding pocket-based design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel selective BRD4-BD1 inhibitors》 were Ma, Junlong; Chen, Heng; Yang, Jie; Yu, Zutao; Huang, Pan; Yang, Haofeng; Zheng, Bifeng; Liu, Rangru; Li, Qianbin; Hu, Gaoyun; Chen, Zhuo. And the article was published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry in 2019. Electric Literature of C9H7NO The author mentioned the following in the article:
Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4), consisting of two tandem bromodomains (BD1 and BD2), is key epigenetic regulator in fibrosis and cancer, which has been reported that BD1 and BD2 have distinct roles in post-translational modification. But there are few selective inhibitors toward those two domains. Herein, this study designed and synthesized a series of novel selective BRD4-BD1 inhibitors, using computer-aided drug design (CADD) approach focused on exploring the difference of the binding pockets of BD1 and BD2, and finding the His437 a crucial way to achieve BRD4-BD1 selectivity. Our results revealed that the compound 3u(I) is a potent selective BRD4-BD1 inhibitor with IC50 values of 0.56 μM for BD1 but >100 μM for BD2. I exhibited a broad spectrum of anti-proliferative activity against several human cancer and fibroblastic cell lines, which might be related to its capability of reducing the expression of c-Myc and collagen I. Furthermore, I could induce apoptosis in A375 cells. To the contrary, the selective BD2 inhibitor, RVX-208, did not indicate any of these activities. Our findings highlight that the function of BRD4-BD1 might be predominant in fibrosis and cancer. And it is rational to further develop novel selective BRD4-BD1 inhibitors. In the experimental materials used by the author, we found 3-Oxo-3-phenylpropanenitrile(cas: 614-16-4Electric Literature of C9H7NO)
3-Oxo-3-phenylpropanenitrile(cas: 614-16-4) has been used in the synthesis of substituted naphtho[1,8-bc]pyrans. It was also used as building block in the preparation of 4H-pyrans, 2-pyridones, furans and carbocyclics.Electric Literature of C9H7NO
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