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Assays for Validating Histone Acetyltransferase Inhibitors
Published on: August 6, 2020
The design, synthesis and structure-activity relationships of novel isoindoline-based histone deacetylase inhibitors
Michael Shultz1, Jianmei Fan, Christine Chen
1Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc., 250 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. michael.shultz@novartis.com
Abstract:
The design, synthesis and biological evaluation of a novel series of isoindoline-based hydroxamates is described. Several analogs were shown to inhibit HDAC1 with IC(50) values in the low nanomolar range and inhibit cellular proliferation of HCT116 human colon cancer cells in the sub-micromolar range. The cellular potency of compound 17e was found to have greater in vitro anti-proliferative activity than several compounds in late stage clinical trials for the treatment of cancer. The in vitro safety profiles of selected compounds were assessed and shown to be suitable for further lead optimization.
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