Synthesis of a tetronic acid library focused on inhibitors of tyrosine and dual-specificity protein phosphatases and its evaluation regarding VHR and cdc25B inhibition.
Selective inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) and dual-specificity phosphatases (DSPs) are expected to be useful tools for clarifying the biological functions of the PTPs themselves and also to be candidates for novel therapeutics. We planned a library approach for the identification of PTP/DSP inhibitors in which 3-acyltetronic acid is used as a "core" phosphate mimic. A series of novel tetronic acid derivatives were synthesized and evaluated as inhibitors of the dual-specificity protein phosphatases VHR and cdc25B. Several compounds are found to be potent inhibitors of cdc25B, which is a key enzyme for cell-cycle progression. The promising results described herein strongly indicated that this tetronic acid library is potent as a library focused on the PTP/DSP-selective inhibitor.
Sodeoka
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Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan. sodeoka@tagen.tohoku.ac.jp
Sampe
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Kojima
S
S
Baba
Y
Y
Usui
T
T
Ueda
K
K
Osada
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H
D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D054640:Dual Specificity Phosphatase 3; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D005663:Furans / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011485:Protein Binding; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D020687:cdc25 Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005663:Furans; D054640:Dual Specificity Phosphatase 3; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D020687:cdc25 Phosphatases; C003422:tetronic acid