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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Chem Biol. 2016 May 26;11(7):2041–2048. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00223

Table 1.

Summary of Published Hsp70 Inhibitor Scaffolds

Scaffold Nomenclature
(Compound Name)
Compound Structure Hsp70/DnaJ
Inhibitory Activity
Reported
Hsp70 Family
member targeted
Anti-Tau Activity
Reported
Rhodacyanine 3-benzyl-2-((Z)-((E)-5-(6-
chloro-3-
methylbenzo[d]thiazol-2(3H)-
ylidene)-3-ethyl-4-
oxothiazolidin-2-
ylidene)methyl)thiazol-3-ium
chloride
(JG-98)
graphic file with name nihms825192t1.jpg (Li et al., 2013;
Rousaki et al., 2011)
HSPA8 (Hsc70);
HSPA9 (Mortalin);
HSPA1 (Hsp72);
SSA1 (Hsp70 yeast)
DnaK (Hsp70
Bacterial)
(Fontaine et al., 2015; Rousaki et al., 2011)
Dihydropyrimidine 4-[1,1'-Biphenyl]-4-yl-3,4-
dihydro-6-methyl-2-oxo-5-
[(phenylmethoxy)carbonyl]-
1(2H)-pyrimidinehexanoic
acid
(116-9E)
graphic file with name nihms825192t2.jpg (Chang et al., 2008;
Wisen et al., 2010)
DnaK (Hsp70
Bacterial)
Unknown
Phenothiazine 3,7-
bis(Dimethylamino)phenazat
hionium chloride
(Methylene Blue)
graphic file with name nihms825192t3.jpg (Chang et al., 2008;
Jinwal et al., 2009;
Miyata et al., 2012)
HSPA1 (Hsp72) (Jinwal et al., 2009;
Wischik, Edwards, Lai, Roth, & Harrington, 1996)
Piperidine-3-Carboxamide (S)-N-(1-propyl-1H-
benzimidazol-2-yl)-1-(2-
pyrazinyl)piperidine-3-
carboxamide
(HS72)
graphic file with name nihms825192t4.jpg (Howe et al., 2014) HSPA1 (Hsp72) Unknown
Adenosine Analog 5'-O-[(4-
Cyanophenyl)methyl]-8-
[[(3,4-
dichlorophenyl)methyl]amino
]-adenosine
(VER-155008)
graphic file with name nihms825192t5.jpg (Williamson et al., 2009) HSPA8 (Hsc70);
HSPA1 (Hsp72)
Unknown
Phenoxy-N-Arylacetamide butyl 3-[2-(2,4-
dichlorophenoxy)acetamido]
benzoate
(ALSB-2970)
graphic file with name nihms825192t6.jpg (Cassel, llyin, McDonnell, & Reitz, 2012) targets and binds to
DNAJ
Unknown
Sulfonamide 2-Phenylethynesulfonamide
(PES)
graphic file with name nihms825192t7.jpg (Leu, Pimkina, Frank, Murphy, & George, 2009) HSPA1 (Hsp72)
DnaK (Hsp70
Bacterial)
Unknown
Flavonol 3,3',4',5,5',7-
Hexahydroxyflavone
(Myricetin)
graphic file with name nihms825192t8.jpg (Chang et al., 2008;
Chang et al., 2011;
Jinwal et al., 2009)
HSPA8 (Hsc70)
DnaK (Hsp70
Bacterial)
(Jinwal et al., 2009)