1. Discovery of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carbonitrile derivatives as a new class of histone lysine demethylase 4D (KDM4D) inhibitors.
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Fang Z, Wang TQ, Li H, Zhang G, Wu XA, Yang L, Peng YL, Zou J, Li LL, Xiang R, and Yang SY
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- Binding Sites, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Humans, Inhibitory Concentration 50, Jumonji Domain-Containing Histone Demethylases metabolism, Molecular Docking Simulation, Nitriles chemical synthesis, Nitriles metabolism, Protein Isoforms antagonists & inhibitors, Protein Isoforms metabolism, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Structure-Activity Relationship, Jumonji Domain-Containing Histone Demethylases antagonists & inhibitors, Nitriles chemistry, Pyrazoles chemistry, Pyrimidines chemistry
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Herein we report the discovery of a series of new small molecule inhibitors of histone lysine demethylase 4D (KDM4D). Molecular docking was first performed to screen for new KDM4D inhibitors from various chemical databases. Two hit compounds were retrieved. Further structural optimization and structure-activity relationship (SAR) analysis were carried out to the more selective one, compound 2, which led to the discovery of several new KDM4D inhibitors. Among them, compound 10r is the most potent one with an IC
50 value of 0.41±0.03μM against KDM4D. Overall, compound 10r could be taken as a good lead compound for further studies., (Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)- Published
- 2017
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