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Novel inhibitors of the STAT3 signaling pathway: an updated patent review (2014-present).

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INTRODUCTION STAT3 is a critical transcription factor that transmits signals from the cell surface to the nucleus, thus influencing the transcriptional regulation of some oncogenes. The inhibition of the activation… Click to show full abstract

INTRODUCTION STAT3 is a critical transcription factor that transmits signals from the cell surface to the nucleus, thus influencing the transcriptional regulation of some oncogenes. The inhibition of the activation of STAT3 is considered a promising strategy for cancer therapy. Numerous STAT3 inhibitors bearing different scaffolds have been reported to date, with a few of them having been considered in clinical trials. AREAS COVERED This review summarizes the advances on STAT3 inhibitors with different structural skeletons, focusing on the structure-activity relationships in the related patent literature published from 2014 to date. EXPERT OPINION Since the X-ray crystal structure of STAT3β homo dimer bound to DNA was solved in 1998, the development of STAT3 inhibitors has gone through a boom in recent years. However, none of them have been approved for marketing, probably due to the complex biological functions of the STAT3 signaling pathway, including its character and the poor drug-like physicochemical properties of its inhibitors. Nonetheless, targeting STAT3 continues to be an exciting field for the development of anti-tumor agents along with the emergence of new STAT3 inhibitors with unique mechanisms of action.

Keywords: review; stat3 inhibitors; stat3 signaling; signaling pathway; novel inhibitors

Journal Title: Expert opinion on therapeutic patents
Year Published: 2022

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