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Photocaging of N-pyridinyl amide scaffold-based PIM inhibitors for spatiotemporal controlled anticancer bioactivity

Authors
Lu, M., Liu, H., Xiang, R., Li, J., Wu, T., Deng, M., Jia, Y., Liu, X., Yang, Y., Ge, Y., Cai, T., Wu, J., Ling, Y., Zhou, Y.
ID
ZDB-PUB-250406-6
Date
2025
Source
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry   124: 118159118159 (Journal)
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Keywords
N-pyridinyl amide derivatives, PIM inhibitors, Photocage, Prostate cancer, Spatiotemporal control
MeSH Terms
  • Amides*/chemical synthesis
  • Amides*/chemistry
  • Amides*/pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents*/chemical synthesis
  • Antineoplastic Agents*/chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents*/pharmacology
  • Apoptosis/drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation/drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Light
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neoplasms, Experimental/drug therapy
  • Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors*/chemical synthesis
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors*/chemistry
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors*/pharmacology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1*/antagonists & inhibitors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1*/metabolism
  • Pyridines*/chemical synthesis
  • Pyridines*/chemistry
  • Pyridines*/pharmacology
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
40186922 Full text @ Bioorg. Med. Chem.
Abstract
Photocaging is an ideal way to enable spatiotemporal control over the release of bioactive compounds for cancer treatments. In this work, a series of photocaged N-pyridinyl amide scaffold-based PIM inhibitors were developed by rendering the amino group unable to bind to the Asp128/Glu171 sites of PIM kinase with a photoremovable protecting group (PPG). Upon light irradiation, our studies revealed the structure-dependent photouncaging efficiency and screened out the photocaged PIM inhibitor FD1024-PPG. Its spatiotemporally controlled bioactivity was confirmed by cell-based in-vitro assays and revealed that it exerts the antiproliferation and induction of cell apoptosis through inhibition of PIM kinase upon light irradiation. Furthermore, the spatiotemporal control over the in-vivo anticancer activity was demonstrated using zebrafish xenograft model.
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