2025 Fall
International Convention of PSK

D+7
October 22-24, 2025

Abstracts

P6-11

Design and synthesis of phospholipase D6 inhibitors against lung cancer by targeting dimerization of phospolipase D6

  • Kyunglim Kim1, Gyoonhee Han*2, Dosik Min3, Doona Song2
  • 1Graduate Program of Industrial Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
  • 3Department of Pharmacy, Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University Republic of Korea

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Phospholipase D6 (PLD6) found to be highly expressed in lung cancer and plays a key role in activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling by enhancing mitochondrial metabolism. PLD6 acts as an oncogenic switch by promoting mitochondria-mediated signaling, thereby regulating Wnt signaling in cancer cells. The enzyme activity of PLD6 depends on dimerization. This study aimed to develop anticancer drugs targeting PLD6 dimerization through structure-activity relationship (SAR) analysis. Several compounds showing over 90% inhibition activity were identified, including a quinoxaline-based structure which was selected as the hit compound. Then, novel quinoxaline derivatives were designed and synthesized as lead compounds to improve effectiveness and selectivity. This research established a synthetic scheme for developing lead compounds targeting PLD6 dimerization. The quinoxaline-based inhibitors represent a promising new class of anticancer agents with potential therapeutic applications in lung cancer treatment through specific targeting of PLD6-mediated oncogenic signaling pathways.


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