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Function
[SRC_CHICK] Non-receptor protein tyrosine kinase which is activated following engagement of many different classes of cellular receptors including immune response receptors, integrins and other adhesion receptors, receptor protein tyrosine kinases, G protein-coupled receptors as well as cytokine receptors. Participates in signaling pathways that control a diverse spectrum of biological activities including gene transcription, immune response, cell adhesion, cell cycle progression, apoptosis, migration, and transformation. Due to functional redundancy between members of the SRC kinase family, identification of the specific role of each SRC kinase is very difficult. SRC appears to be one of the primary kinases activated following engagement of receptors and plays a role in the activation of other protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) families. Receptor clustering or dimerization leads to recruitment of SRC to the receptor complexes where it phosphorylates the tyrosine residues within the receptor cytoplasmic domains. Plays an important role in the regulation of cytoskeletal organization through phosphorylation of specific substrates involved in this process. When cells adhere via focal adhesions to the extra-cellular matrix, signals are transmitted by integrins into the cell and result in tyrosine phosphorylation of a number of focal adhesion proteins, including PTK2/FAK1 and paxillin (PXN). Also active at the sites of cell-cell contact adherens junctions and at gap junctions. Implicated in the regulation of pre-mRNA-processing. Might be involved not only in mediating the transduction of mitogenic signals at the level of the plasma membrane but also in controlling progression through the cell cycle via interaction with regulatory proteins in the nucleus.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
c-Src is a tyrosine kinase belonging to the Src-family kinases. It is overexpressed and/or hyperactivated in a variety of cancer cells, thus its inhibition has been predicted to have therapeutic effects in solid tumors. Recently, the pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine 3 was reported as a dual c-Src/Abl inhibitor. Herein we describe a multidisciplinary drug discovery approach for the optimization of the lead 3 against c-Src. Starting from the X-ray crystal structure of c-Src in complex with 3, Monte Carlo free energy perturbation calculations were applied to guide the design of c-Src inhibitors with improved activities. As a result, the introduction of a meta hydroxyl group on the C4 anilino ring was computed to be particularly favorable. The potency of the synthesized inhibitors was increased with respect to the starting lead 3. The best identified compounds were also found active in the inhibition of neuroblastoma cell proliferation. Furthermore, compound 29 also showed in vivo activity in xenograft model using SH-SY5Y cells.
Combining X-ray crystallography and molecular modeling toward the optimization of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines as potent c-Src inhibitors active in vivo against neuroblastoma.,Tintori C, Fallacara AL, Radi M, Zamperini C, Dreassi E, Crespan E, Maga G, Schenone S, Musumeci F, Brullo C, Richters A, Gasparrini F, Angelucci A, Festuccia C, Delle Monache S, Rauh D, Botta M J Med Chem. 2015 Jan 8;58(1):347-61. doi: 10.1021/jm5013159. Epub 2014 Dec 3. PMID:25469771[3]
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References
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- ↑ Simonson MS, Wang Y, Herman WH. Nuclear signaling by endothelin-1 requires Src protein-tyrosine kinases. J Biol Chem. 1996 Jan 5;271(1):77-82. PMID:8550628
- ↑ Tintori C, Fallacara AL, Radi M, Zamperini C, Dreassi E, Crespan E, Maga G, Schenone S, Musumeci F, Brullo C, Richters A, Gasparrini F, Angelucci A, Festuccia C, Delle Monache S, Rauh D, Botta M. Combining X-ray crystallography and molecular modeling toward the optimization of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines as potent c-Src inhibitors active in vivo against neuroblastoma. J Med Chem. 2015 Jan 8;58(1):347-61. doi: 10.1021/jm5013159. Epub 2014 Dec 3. PMID:25469771 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jm5013159
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