Republication: Targeting PI3KC2β Impairs Proliferation and Survival in Acute Leukemia, Brain Tumours and Neuroendocrine Tumours.

Background: Eight human catalytic phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) isoforms exist which are subdivided into three classes. While class I isoforms have been well-studied in cancer, little is known about the functions of class II PI3Ks.

Materials And Methods: The expression pattern and functions of the class II PI3KC2β isoform were investigated in a panel of tumour samples and cell lines.

Targeting PI3KC2β impairs proliferation and survival in acute leukemia, brain tumours and neuroendocrine tumours.

Background: Eight human catalytic phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) isoforms exist which are subdivided into three classes. While class I isoforms have been well-studied in cancer, little is known about the functions of class II PI3Ks.

Materials And Methods: The expression pattern and functions of the class II PI3KC2β isoform were investigated in a panel of tumour samples and cell lines.

Preparation and evaluation of trisubstituted pyrimidines as phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors. 3-Hydroxyphenol analogues and bioisosteric replacements.

Two classes of trisubstituted pyrimidines related to PI-103 1 have been prepared and their inhibitory activities against phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) p110α were determined. From those with direct 6-aryl substitution compound 11a was the most potent inhibitor with an IC₅₀ value of 62 nM, and showed similar activity against other class 1a PI3K isoforms tested, p110β and p110γ. When a linking chain was introduced, as in the second exemplified class, compound 15f inhibited p110α with IC₅₀ 142 nM, and showed greater selectivity towards p110α.

Biological properties of potent inhibitors of class I phosphatidylinositide 3-kinases: from PI-103 through PI-540, PI-620 to the oral agent GDC-0941.

The phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase pathway is frequently deregulated in human cancers and inhibitors offer considerable therapeutic potential. We previously described the promising tricyclic pyridofuropyrimidine lead and chemical tool compound PI-103. We now report the properties of the pharmaceutically optimized bicyclic thienopyrimidine derivatives PI-540 and PI-620 and the resulting clinical development candidate GDC-0941.

The identification of 2-(1H-indazol-4-yl)-6-(4-methanesulfonyl-piperazin-1-ylmethyl)-4-morpholin-4-yl-thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine (GDC-0941) as a potent, selective, orally bioavailable inhibitor of class I PI3 kinase for the treatment of cancer .

Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) is an important target in cancer due to the deregulation of the PI3K/ Akt signaling pathway in a wide variety of tumors. A series of thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives were prepared and evaluated as inhibitors of PI3 kinase p110alpha. The synthesis, biological activity, and further profiling of these compounds are described.

Pharmacologic characterization of a potent inhibitor of class I phosphatidylinositide 3-kinases.

Extensive evidence implicates activation of the lipid phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway in the genesis and progression of various human cancers. PI3K inhibitors thus have considerable potential as molecular cancer therapeutics. Here, we detail the pharmacologic properties of a prototype of a new series of inhibitors of class I PI3K.

Exploring the specificity of the PI3K family inhibitor LY294002.

The PI3Ks (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases) regulate cellular signalling networks that are involved in processes linked to the survival, growth, proliferation, metabolism and specialized differentiated functions of cells. The subversion of this network is common in cancer and has also been linked to disorders of inflammation. The elucidation of the physiological function of PI3K has come from pharmacological studies, which use the enzyme inhibitors Wortmannin and LY294002, and from PI3K genetic knockout models of the effects of loss of PI3K function.