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Novel indirect AMP-activated protein kinase activators: Identification of a second-generation clinical candidate with improved physicochemical properties and reduced hERG inhibitory activity
Kuramoto, Kazuyuki,Sawada, Yuki,Yamada, Tomohiro,Nagashima, Takeyuki,Ohnuki, Kei,Shin, Takashi
, p. 452 - 465 (2020/09/09)
This study reports the synthesis and evaluation of novel indirect AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activators. The series of compounds selectively inhibited cell growth in several human breast cancer cell lines by activating AMPK. We performed back-up medicinal chemistry synthetic research on ASP4132, a previously reported as a compound for clinical development that acts as an indirect AMPK activator. This led to the successful identification of 4-({4-[5-({1-[(5-ethoxypyrazin-2-yl)methyl]-4-fluoropiperidin-4-yl}methoxy)-3-methylpyridine-2-carbonyl]piperazin-1-yl}methyl)benzonitrile succinate (27b), a potent, highly aqueous soluble and metabolically stable compound in human hepatocytes. Compound 27b also showed weaker human Ether-a-go-go Related Gene (hERG) inhibitory activity than that of compound 13 and ASP4132. Therefore, 27b was a promising AMPK activator and a second-generation clinical candidate for treatment for human cancer.
Discovery and Characterization of ACT-451840: an Antimalarial Drug with a Novel Mechanism of Action
Boss, Christoph,Aissaoui, Hamed,Amaral, Nathalie,Bauer, Aude,Bazire, Stephanie,Binkert, Christoph,Brun, Reto,Bürki, Cédric,Ciana, Claire-Lise,Corminboeuf, Olivier,Delahaye, Stephane,Dollinger, Claire,Fischli, Christoph,Fischli, Walter,Flock, Alexandre,Frantz, Marie-Céline,Girault, Malory,Grisostomi, Corinna,Friedli, Astrid,Heidmann, Bibia,Hinder, Claire,Jacob, Gael,Le Bihan, Amelie,Malrieu, Sophie,Mamzed, Saskia,Merot, Aurelien,Meyer, Solange,Peixoto, Sabrina,Petit, Nolwenn,Siegrist, Romain,Trollux, Julien,Weller, Thomas,Wittlin, Sergio
supporting information, p. 1995 - 2014 (2016/10/22)
More than 40 % of the world's population is at risk of being infected with malaria. Most malaria cases occur in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South America, and Asia. Resistance to standard therapy, including artemisinin combinations, is increasing. There is an urgent need for novel antimalarials with new mechanisms of action. In a phenotypic screen, we identified a series of phenylalanine-based compounds that exhibit antimalarial activity via a new and yet unknown mechanism of action. Our optimization efforts culminated in the selection of ACT-451840 [(S,E)-N-(4-(4-acetylpiperazin-1-yl)benzyl)-3-(4-(tert-butyl)phenyl)-N-(1-(4-(4-cyanobenzyl)piperazin-1-yl)-1-oxo-3-phenylpropan-2-yl)acrylamide] for clinical development. Herein we describe our optimization efforts from the screening hit to the potential drug candidate with respect to antiparasitic activity, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) properties, and in vivo pharmacological efficacy.