Multitarget-directed drug design strategy: a novel molecule designed to block epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and to exert proapoptotic effects.

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Antonello A, Tarozzi A, Morroni F, Cavalli A, Rosini M, Hrelia P, Bolognesi ML, Melchiorre C

Multitarget-directed drug design strategy: a novel molecule designed to block epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and to exert proapoptotic effects.

J Med Chem. 2006 Nov 16;49(23):6642-5.

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Abstract

The multifactorial mechanistic nature of cancer calls for the development of multifunctional therapeutic tools, i.e., single compounds able to interact with multiple altered pathogenetic pathways. Following this rationale, we designed compounds able to irreversibly block epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and to induce apoptosis in tumor cell lines. The novel molecules were synthesized by combining the structural features of the EGFR inhibitor PD153035 (1) and lipoic acid, which among other therapeutic effects triggers apoptosis in human cancer cells.

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Drug	Target	Property	Measurement	pH	Temperature (°C)
PD-168393	Epidermal growth factor receptor	IC 50 (nM)	36	N/A	N/A	Details