- Discovery of a Pyrimidinedione Derivative as a Potent and Orally Bioavailable Axl Inhibitor
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The receptor tyrosine kinase Axl plays important roles in promoting cancer progression, metastasis, and drug resistance and has been identified as a promising target for anticancer therapeutics. We used molecular modeling-assisted structural optimization starting with the low micromolar potency compound 9 to discover compound 13c, a highly potent and orally bioavailable Axl inhibitor. Selectivity profiling showed that 13c could inhibit the well-known oncogenic kinase Met with equal potency to its inhibition of Axl superfamily kinases. Compound 13c significantly inhibited cellular Axl and Met signaling, suppressed Axl- and Met-driven cell proliferation, and restrained Gas6/Axl-mediated cancer cell migration or invasion. Furthermore, 13c exhibited significant antitumor efficacy in Axl-driven and Met-driven tumor xenograft models, causing tumor stasis or regression at well-tolerated doses. All these favorable data make 13c a promising therapeutic candidate for cancer treatment.
- Zhang, Hefeng,Peng, Xia,Dai, Yang,Shao, Jingwei,Ji, Yinchun,Sun, Yiming,Liu, Bo,Cheng, Xu,Ai, Jing,Duan, Wenhu
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p. 3956 - 3975
(2021/04/12)
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- NITROGENATED AROMATIC HETEROCYCLIC RING DERIVATIVE
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The present invention provides a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic derivative represented by formula (I): [wherein W represents CR3 (wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like) or the like, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, R5 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, R9 represents substituted imidazolyl, R12 and R13 may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom or the like, R22 and R23 may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom or the like, R24 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, Y represents C-R25 (wherein R25 represents a hydrogen atom or the like) or the like] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a FGFR inhibitor comprising, as an active ingredient, the nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic derivative or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or the like.
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