1.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett
; 18(3): 946-9, 2008 Feb 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18180158
ABSTRACT
We designed and synthesized a series of indole-2-amide-based compounds that antagonize interaction between the Dishevelled (Dvl) PDZ domain and a peptide derived from the natural PDZ ligand Frizzled-7 (Fz7). These compounds inhibit Tcf-mediated transcription activated by exogenous Dvl via the biochemical antagonism. We confirmed tumor cell-selective activation of caspases by these compounds.