Synthesis and biological evaluation of imidazo [4, 5-b] pyridine and 4-heteroaryl-pyrimidine derivatives as anti-cancer agents

PM Lukasik, S Elabar, F Lam, H Shao, X Liu…

Index: Lukasik, Pawel M.; Elabar, Sherifa; Lam, Frankie; Shao, Hao; Liu, Xiangrui; Abbas, Abdullah Y.; Wang, Shudong European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 57, p. 311 - 322

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Abstract

A series of N-phenyl-imidazo [4, 5-b] pyridin-2-amines, 4-indazolyl-N-phenylpyrimidin-2- amines and N-phenyl-4-pyrazolo [3, 4-b] pyridin-pyrimidin-2-amines have been synthesized. Their anti-proliferative activities were tested in HCT-116 human colon carcinoma and MCF-7 breast carcinoma cell lines. Many exhibited potent anti-proliferative and CDK9 inhibitory activities. A lead compound 18b demonstrated the ability to reduce the level of Mcl-1 anti- ...