Synonyms: PLX 8394 | PLX-8394 | PLX8394
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: PLX8394 is an investigational orally available, next-generation small molecule RAF inhibitor [2]. It has potential antineoplastic activity. Structurally, PLX8394 is similar to the first-generation BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib. PLX8394 inhibits wild-type and mutated forms of BRAF. PLX8394 and compounds like it have been termed 'paradox breakers' as they are designed to inhibit mutant BRAF kinase activity without activating the MAPK pathway in cells bearing upstream activation, as many of the original BRAF inhibitors are prone to do. PLX8394 is one of the compounds claimed in patent WO2014194127 [1]. This chemical structure is identical to that of the INN plixorafenib.
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References |
1. Zhang C, Hirth K=P, Ibrahim PN, Nespi M, Shi S, Speval W, Habets GG, burton B. (2014)
Compounds for kinase modulation, and indications therefor. Patent number: WO2014194127 A1. Assignee: Plexxikon Inc.. Priority date: 30/05/2013. Publication date: 04/12/2014. |
2. Zhang C, Spevak W, Zhang Y, Burton EA, Ma Y, Habets G, Zhang J, Lin J, Ewing T, Matusow B et al.. (2015)
RAF inhibitors that evade paradoxical MAPK pathway activation. Nature, 526 (7574): 583-6. [PMID:26466569] |