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Discovery of potent, orally bioavailable, small-molecule inhibitors of WNT signaling from a cell-based pathway screen
Adeniji-Popoola, Olajumoke,Aherne, Wynne,Blagg, Julian,Box, Gary,Clarke, Paul A.,Court, William,Crumpler, Simon,Dale, Trevor,De Haven Brandon, Alexis,Eccles, Suzanne A.,Esdar, Christina,Georgi, Katrin,Henley, Alan T.,Hobbs, Steve,Leuthner, Birgitta,Mallinger, Aurlie,Ortiz-Ruiz, Maria-Jesus,Pichowicz, Mark,Poeschke, Oliver,Raynaud, Florence,Rohdich, Felix,Schiemann, Kai,Smith, Elizabeth,Stieber, Frank,Stubbs, Mark,Tepoele, Robert,Thai, Ching,Valenti, Melanie,Waalboer, Dennis,Wienke, Dirk,Wood, Bozena,Workman, Paul
, p. 1717 - 1735 (2015/04/27)
WNT signaling is frequently deregulated in malignancy, particularly in colon cancer, and plays a key role in the generation and maintenance of cancer stem cells. We report the discovery and optimization of a 3,4,5-trisubstituted pyridine 9 using a high-throughput cell-based reporter assay of WNT pathway activity. We demonstrate a twisted conformation about the pyridine-piperidine bond of 9 by small-molecule X-ray crystallography. Medicinal chemistry optimization to maintain this twisted conformation, cognisant of physicochemical properties likely to maintain good cell permeability, led to 74 (CCT251545), a potent small-molecule inhibitor of WNT signaling with good oral pharmacokinetics. We demonstrate inhibition of WNT pathway activity in a solid human tumor xenograft model with evidence for tumor growth inhibition following oral dosing. This work provides a successful example of hypothesis-driven medicinal chemistry optimization from a singleton hit against a cell-based pathway assay without knowledge of the biochemical target.
