Abstract
A series of benzenesulfonamide-substituted 4-(6-alkylpyridin-2-yl)-5-(quinoxalin-6-yl)imidazoles (15a-l) have been synthesized and evaluated for their ALK5 inhibitory activity in cell-based luciferase reporter assays. Among them, 4-[5-(6-methylpyridin-2-yl)-4-(quinoxalin-6-yl)-1H-imidazol-2-ylmethyl]b enzenesulfonamide (15b) and 4-[5-(6-ethylpyridin-2-yl)-4-(quinoxalin-6-yl)-1H-imidazol-2-ylmethyl]be nzenesulfonamide (15c) showed more than 90% inhibition at 0.5 μM in a luciferase reporter assay using HaCaT cells transiently transfected with p3TP-luc reporter construct, but inhibited p38α MAP kinase activity only 11 and 8% at a concentration of 10 μM, respectively.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 568-576 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported in part by the grants from Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Korea (M1-0310-43-0001 and M1-0310-43-0002).
Keywords
- ALK5 inhibitors
- Cancer
- Fibrosis
- Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)