Towards the Discovery of Drug-Like Epigallocatechin Gallate Analogs As Hsp90 Inhibitors
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-15-2014
Abstract
(-)-Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the major flavonoid of green tea and has been widely explored for a range of biological activities including anti-infective, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and neuroprotection. Existing structure-activity data for EGCG has been largely limited to exploration of simple ethers and hydroxyl deletion. EGCG has poor drug-like properties because of multiple phenolic hydroxyl moieties and a metabolically labile ester. This work reports a substantial expansion of structure-activity understanding by exploring a range of semi-synthetic and synthetic derivatives with ester replacements and variously substituted aromatic and alicyclic groups containing more drug-like substituents. Structure-activity relationships for these molecules were obtained for Hsp90 inhibition. The results indicate that amide and sulfonamide linkers are suitable ester replacements. Hydroxylated aromatic rings and the cis-stereochemistry in EGCG are not essential for Hsp90 inhibition. Selected analogs in this series are more potent than EGCG in a luciferase refolding assay for Hsp90 activity.
DOI
10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.03.088
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Bhat, Rohit; Adam, Amna T.; Lee, Jungeun Jasmine; Gasiewicz, Thomas A.; Henry, Ellen C.; and Rotella, David, "Towards the Discovery of Drug-Like Epigallocatechin Gallate Analogs As Hsp90 Inhibitors" (2014). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 14.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/chem-biochem-facpubs/14