Abstract
Members of three classes of pyridinylimidazoles bind with varying affinities to CSBP (p38) kinase which is a member of a stress-induced signal transduction pathway. Based upon SAR and protein homology modeling, the pharmacophore and three potential modes of binding to the enzyme are presented. For a subset of pyridinylimidazoles, binding is shown to correlate with inhibition of CSBP kinase activity, whereas no significant inhibition of PKA, PKC alpha and ERK kinase activity is observed.
MeSH Terms
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
Cell Line
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
Cytokines/biosynthesis
Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
Humans
Imidazoles/chemistry,pharmacology
Isoenzymes/antagonists & inhibitors
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Mass Spectrometry
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
Models, Molecular
Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors
Protein Kinase C-alpha
Stress, Physiological/metabolism
Structure-Activity Relationship
p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Chemicals
Cytokines
Enzyme Inhibitors
Imidazoles
Isoenzymes
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
PRKCA protein, human
Protein Kinase C
Protein Kinase C-alpha
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Authors & Affiliations
23 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Gallagher T F
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, PA 19406-0939, USA.
Seibel G L
Kassis S
Laydon J T
Blumenthal M J
Lee J C
Lee D
Boehm J C
Fier-Thompson S M
Abt J W
Soreson M E
Smietana J M
Hall R F
Garigipati R S
Bender P E
Erhard K F
Krog A J
Hofmann G A
Sheldrake P L
McDonnell P C
Kumar S
Young P R
Adams J L