RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of new embelin derivatives as CK2 Inhibitors A1 Estévez Braun, Ana María A1 Oramas-Royo, Sandra M. A1 Haidar, Samer A1 Amesty Arrieta, Ángel Ernesto A1 Martín-Acosta, Pedro A1 Feresin, Gabriela A1 Tapia, Alejandro A1 Aichele, Dagmar A1 Jose, Joachim AB A new series of furan embelin derivatives was synthesized and characterized as ATPcompetitiveCK2 inhibitors. The new compounds were efficiently synthesized using amulticomponent approach from embelin (1), aldehydes and isonitriles through aKnoevenagel condensation/ Michael addition/ heterocyclization. Several compoundswith inhibitory activities in the low micromolar or even submicromolar were identified.The most active derivative was compound 4l (2-(tert-butylamino)-3-(furan-3-yl)-5-hydroxy-6-undecylbenzofuran-4,7-dione) with an IC50 value of 0.63 μM. It turned outto be an ATP competitive CK2 inhibitor with a Ki value determined to be 0.48 μM.Docking studies allowed the identification of key ligand-CK2 interactions, which couldhelp to further optimize this family of compounds as CK2 inhibitors LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/18632 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/18632 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 02-dic-2024