3974-17-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
4-Amino-5-aryl-6-arylethynylpyrimidines: Structure-activity relationships of non-nucleoside adenosine kinase inhibitors
Matulenko, Mark A.,Paight, Ernest S.,Frey, Robin R.,Gomtsyan, Arthur,DiDomenico Jr., Stanley,Jiang, Meiqun,Lee, Chih-Hung,Stewart, Andrew O.,Yu, Haixia,Kohlhaas, Kathy L.,Alexander, Karen M.,McGaraughty, Steve,Mikusa, Joseph,Marsh, Kennan C.,Muchmore, Steven W.,Jakob, Clarissa L.,Kowaluk, Elizabeth A.,Jarvis, Michael F.,Bhagwat, Shripad S.
, p. 1586 - 1605 (2008/02/01)
A series of non-nucleoside adenosine kinase (AK) inhibitors is reported. These inhibitors originated from the modification of 5-(3-bromophenyl)-7-(6-morpholin-4-ylpyridin-3-yl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-ylamine (ABT-702). The identification of a linker that would approximate the spatial arrangement found between the pyrimidine ring and the aryl group at C(7) in ABT-702 was a key element in this modification. A search of potential linkers led to the discovery of an acetylene moiety as a suitable scaffold. It was hypothesized that the aryl acetylenes, ABT-702, and adenosine bound to the active site of AK (closed form) in a similar manner with respect to the orientation of the heterocyclic base. Although potent acetylene analogs were discovered based on this assumption, an X-ray crystal structure of 5-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-6-(6-morpholin-4-ylpyridin-3-ylethynyl)pyrimidin-4-ylamine (16a) revealed a binding orientation contrary to adenosine. In addition, this compound bound tightly to a unique open conformation of AK. The structure-activity relationships and unique ligand orientation and protein conformation are discussed.
