Synthesis and structure-activity relationship of 3,4'-bispyridinylethylenes: discovery of a potent 3-isoquinolinylpyridine inhibitor of protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) for the treatment of cancer.
Li, Q., Woods, K.W., Thomas, S., Zhu, G.D., Packard, G., Fisher, J., Li, T., Gong, J., Dinges, J., Song, X., Abrams, J., Luo, Y., Johnson, E.F., Shi, Y., Liu, X., Klinghofer, V., Des Jong, R., Oltersdorf, T., Stoll, V.S., Jakob, C.G., Rosenberg, S.H., Giranda, V.L.(2006) Bioorg Med Chem Lett 16: 2000-2007
- PubMed: 16413780 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.12.065
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2F7E, 2F7Z - PubMed Abstract: 
Structure-based design and synthesis of the 3,4'-bispyridinylethylene series led to the discovery of 3-isoquinolinylpyridine 13a as a potent PKB/Akt inhibitor with an IC(50) of 1.3nM against Akt1. Compound 13a shows excellent selectivity against distinct families of kinases such as tyrosine kinases and CAMK, and displays poor to marginal selectivity against closely related kinases in the AGC and CMGC families ...