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Erythropoietin Mimetics Derived from Solution Phase Combinatorial Libraries

2001; American Chemical Society; Volume: 124; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/ja0118789

1943-2984

Joel Goldberg, Qing Jin, Yves Ambroise, Shigeki Satoh, Joel Desharnais, Kevin Capps, Dale L. Boger,

Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

The erythropoietin receptor (EPOr) is activated by ligand-induced homodimerization, which leads to the proliferation and differentiation of erythroid progenitors. Through the screening of combinatorial libraries of dimeric iminodiacetic acid diamides, novel small molecule binders of EPOr were identified in a protein binding assay. Evaluation of a series of analogues led to optimization of binding subunits, and these were utilized in the synthesis of higher order dimer, trimer, and tetramer libraries. Several of the most active EPOr binders were found to be partial agonists and induced concentration-dependent proliferation of an EPO-dependent cell line (UT-7/EPO) while having no effect on a cell line lacking the EPOr (FDC-P1). An additional compound library, based on a symmetrical isoindoline-5,6-dicarboxylic acid template and including the optimized binding subunits, was synthesized and screened leading to the identification of additional EPO mimetics.