73415-85-7Relevant articles and documents
Beyond Basicity: Discovery of Nonbasic DENV-2 Protease Inhibitors with Potent Activity in Cell Culture
Kühl, Nikos,Leuthold, Mila M.,Behnam, Mira A. M.,Klein, Christian D.
supporting information, p. 4567 - 4587 (2021/05/06)
The viral serine protease NS2B-NS3 is one of the promising targets for drug discovery against dengue virus and other flaviviruses. The molecular recognition preferences of the protease favor basic, positively charged moieties as substrates and inhibitors, which leads to pharmacokinetic liabilities and off-target interactions with host proteases such as thrombin. We here present the results of efforts that were aimed specifically at the discovery and development of noncharged, small-molecular inhibitors of the flaviviral proteases. A key factor in the discovery of these compounds was a cellular reporter gene assay for the dengue protease, the DENV2proHeLa system. Extensive structure-activity relationship explorations resulted in novel benzamide derivatives with submicromolar activities in viral replication assays (EC50 0.24 μM), selectivity against off-target proteases, and negligible cytotoxicity. This structural class has increased drug-likeness compared to most of the previously published active-site-directed flaviviral protease inhibitors and includes promising candidates for further preclinical development.
SUBSTITUTED PYRAZOLO[1,5-A]PYRIDINE COMPOUNDS AS RET KINASE INHIBITORS
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Paragraph 001907; 001910, (2018/04/27)
Provided herein are compounds of the Formula I: (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein A, B, X1, X2, X3, X4, Ring D, E, Ra, Rb, n and m have the meanings given in the specification, which are inhibitors of RET kinase and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases which can be treated with a RET kinase inhibitor, including RET-associated diseases and disorders.
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
supporting information, 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.
