[HTML][HTML] Discovery of the 3-amino-1, 2, 4-triazine-based library as selective PDK1 inhibitors with therapeutic potential in highly aggressive pancreatic ductal …

D Carbone, M De Franco, C Pecoraro… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases (PDKs) are serine/threonine kinases, that are directly
involved in altered cancer cell metabolism, resulting in cancer aggressiveness and …

1, 2, 4-Amino-triazine derivatives as pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase inhibitors: Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation

C Pecoraro, M De Franco, D Carbone… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Among the different hallmarks of cancer, deregulation of cellular metabolism turned out to be
an essential mechanism in promoting cancer resistance and progression. The pyruvate …

Identification of novel pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1) inhibitors by kinase activity-based high-throughput screening for anticancer therapeutics

W Zhang, X Hu, H Chakravarty, Z Yang… - ACS combinatorial …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Warburg effect, a preference of aerobic glycolysis for energy production even in the
presence of adequate oxygen, is one of the most prominent distinctions of cancer cells from …

[HTML][HTML] Structural manipulations of marine natural products inspire a new library of 3-amino-1, 2, 4-triazine PDK inhibitors endowed with antitumor activity in …

D Carbone, M De Franco, C Pecoraro, D Bassani… - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the main aggressive types of cancer,
characterized by late prognosis and drug resistance. Among the main factors sustaining …

Unexpected discovery of dichloroacetate derived adenosine triphosphate competitors targeting pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase to inhibit cancer proliferation

SL Zhang, X Hu, W Zhang, KY Tam - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases (PDKs) have recently emerged as an attractive target for
cancer therapy. Herein, we prepared a series of compounds derived from dichloroacetate …

Identification of novel piperazine-tethered phthalazines as selective CDK1 inhibitors endowed with in vitro anticancer activity toward the pancreatic cancer

L Akl, AA Abd El-Hafeez, TM Ibrahim, R Salem… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmacologic inhibition of the oncogenic protein kinases using small molecules is a
promising strategy to combat several human malignancies. CDK1 is an example of such a …

Development of the first generation of disulfide-based subtype-selective and potent covalent pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1) inhibitors

Y Liu, Z Xie, D Zhao, J Zhu, F Mao, S Tang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases (PDKs) are overexpressed in most cancer cells and are
responsible for aberrant glucose metabolism. We previously described bis (4-morpholinyl …

Rational design of mitochondria-targeted pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 inhibitors with improved selectivity and antiproliferative activity

B Xu, Z Yu, S Xiang, Y Li, SL Zhang, Y He - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Herein, triphenylphosphonium cation moieties were incorporated into a
dichloroacetophenone derivative, leading to the discovery of novel mitochondria-targeted …

Targeting pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase signaling in the development of effective cancer therapy

S Anwar, A Shamsi, T Mohammad, A Islam… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pyruvate is irreversibly decarboxylated to acetyl coenzyme A by mitochondrial pyruvate
dehydrogenase complex (PDC). Decarboxylation of pyruvate is considered a crucial step in …

Discovery of novel pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 inhibitors for potential oral treatment of metabolic diseases

D Lee, HS Pagire, SH Pagire, EJ Bae… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (PDK4) activation is associated with metabolic diseases
including hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, allergies, and cancer. Structural modifications of …