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Shishir M Pant1, Amanda Mukonoweshuro2, Bimbisar Desai2
1Cancer Cell Circuitry Laboratory, Research Programs Unit/Translational Cancer Biology & Medicum, University of Helsinki , P.O. Box 63, Haartmaninkatu 8 , 00014 Helsinki , Finland.
Abstract:
Hepsin is a membrane-anchored serine protease whose role in hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) signaling and epithelial integrity makes it a target of therapeutic interest in carcinogenesis and metastasis. Using an integrated design, synthesis, and screening platform, we were able to rapidly develop potent and selective inhibitors of hepsin. In progressing from the initial hit 7 to compound 53, the IC50 value against hepsin was improved from ∼1 μM to 22 nM, and the selectivity over urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) was increased from 30-fold to >6000-fold. Subsequent in vitro ADMET profiling and cellular studies confirmed that the leading compounds are useful tools for interrogating the role of hepsin in breast tumorigenesis.
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