PMID: 21420856

Authors:

Xu R, Banka A, Blake JF, Mitchell IS, Wallace EM, Bencsik JR, Kallan NC, Spencer KL, Gloor SL, Martinson M, Risom T, Gross SD, Morales TH, Wu WI, Vigers GP, Brandhuber BJ, Skelton NJ

Title:

Discovery of spirocyclic sulfonamides as potent Akt inhibitors with exquisite selectivity against PKA.

Journal:

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Apr 15;21(8):2335-40. Epub 2011 Feb 26.

Abstract:

We describe the design and synthesis of novel bicyclic spiro sulfonamides as potent Akt inhibitors. Through structure-based rational design, we have successfully improved PKA selectivity of previously disclosed spirochromanes. Representative compounds showed favorable Akt potency while exhibiting up to 1000-fold selectivity against PKA.