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Phosphatidyl inositol (4,5)-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) plays several key roles in human biology and the lipid kinase that produces PI(4,5)P2, PIP5K, has been hypothesized to provide a potential therapeutic target of interest in the treatment of cancers. To better understand and explore the role of PIP5K in human cancers there remains an urgent need for potent and specific PIP5K inhibitor molecules. Following a high throughput screen of the AstraZeneca collection, a novel, moderately potent and selective inhibitor of PIP5K, 1, was discovered. Detailed exploration of the SAR for this novel scaffold resulted in the considerable optimization of both potency for PIP5K, and selectivity over the closely related kinase PI3Kα, as well as identifying several opportunities for the continued optimization of drug-like properties. As a result, several high quality in vitro tool compounds were identified (8, 20 and 25) that demonstrate the desired biochemical and cellular profiles required to aid better understanding of this complex area of biology.
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Amidas/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/antagonistas & inibidores , Amidas/química , Amidas/metabolismo , Animais , Células CACO-2 , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/metabolismo , Humanos , Microssomos Hepáticos/química , Microssomos Hepáticos/metabolismo , Estrutura Molecular , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/metabolismo , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
Free Energy Perturbation (FEP) calculations can provide high-confidence predictions of the interaction strength between a ligand and its protein target. We sought to explore a series of triazolopyrimidines which bind to the EED subunit of the PRC2 complex as potential anticancer therapeutics, using FEP calculations to inform compound design. Combining FEP predictions with a late-stage functionalisation (LSF) inspired synthetic approach allowed us to rapidly evaluate structural modifications in a previously unexplored region of the EED binding site. This approach generated a series of novel triazolopyrimidine EED ligands with improved physicochemical properties and which inhibit PRC2 methyltransferase activity in a cancer-relevant G401 cell line.
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Desenho de Fármacos , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Complexo Repressor Polycomb 2/antagonistas & inibidores , Purinas/farmacologia , Termodinâmica , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Inibidores Enzimáticos/síntese química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Humanos , Ligantes , Microssomos Hepáticos/química , Microssomos Hepáticos/metabolismo , Estrutura Molecular , Complexo Repressor Polycomb 2/metabolismo , Purinas/síntese química , Purinas/química , Teoria Quântica , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
The inhibition of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) has been shown to chemo- and radio-sensitize human glioma cells in vitro and therefore might provide an exciting new paradigm in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The effective treatment of GBM will likely require a compound with the potential to efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Starting from clinical candidate AZD0156, 4, we investigated the imidazoquinolin-2-one scaffold with the goal of improving likely CNS exposure in humans. Strategies aimed at reducing hydrogen bonding, basicity, and flexibility of the molecule were explored alongside modulating lipophilicity. These studies identified compound 24 (AZD1390) as an exceptionally potent and selective inhibitor of ATM with a good preclinical pharmacokinetic profile. 24 showed an absence of human transporter efflux in MDCKII-MDR1-BCRP studies (efflux ratio <2), significant BBB penetrance in nonhuman primate PET studies (Kp,uu 0.33) and was deemed suitable for development as a clinical candidate to explore the radiosensitizing effects of ATM in intracranial malignancies.
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Ataxia Telangiectasia , Glioblastoma , Piridinas , Quinolonas , Animais , Humanos , Barreira Hematoencefálica/metabolismo , Ataxia Telangiectasia/tratamento farmacológico , Membro 2 da Subfamília G de Transportadores de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia , Proteínas de Neoplasias , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Glioblastoma/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
The optimization of a potent and highly selective series of dual mTORC1 and mTORC2 inhibitors is described. An initial focus on improving cellular potency whilst maintaining or improving other key parameters, such as aqueous solubility and margins over hERG IC(50), led to the discovery of the clinical candidate AZD8055 (14). Further optimization, particularly aimed at reducing the rate of metabolism in human hepatocyte incubations, resulted in the discovery of the clinical candidate AZD2014 (21).
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Morfolinas/farmacologia , Complexos Multiproteicos/antagonistas & inibidores , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/antagonistas & inibidores , Benzamidas , Processos de Crescimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Hepatócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Hepatócitos/enzimologia , Hepatócitos/metabolismo , Humanos , Alvo Mecanístico do Complexo 1 de Rapamicina , Alvo Mecanístico do Complexo 2 de Rapamicina , PirimidinasRESUMO
The natural product deoxyschizandrin has been shown to have a wide range of biological activities. In recent years the therapeutic potential of this compound against cancers has attracted significant interest. Herein we describe a concise de novo total synthesis of deoxyschizandrin based around a double organocuprate oxidation strategy. In addition, we present the results of biological studies exploring the ability of deoxyschizandrin and synthetic precursors lacking the medium ring biaryl unit to inhibit the proliferation of a human cancer cell line. These studies led to the identification of a structurally novel agent with in vitro anticancer activity.
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Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/farmacologia , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Ciclo-Octanos/síntese química , Ciclo-Octanos/farmacologia , Lignanas/síntese química , Lignanas/farmacologia , Compostos Policíclicos/síntese química , Compostos Policíclicos/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/química , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Ciclo-Octanos/química , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Humanos , Lignanas/química , Estrutura Molecular , Compostos Policíclicos/químicaRESUMO
A novel, potent and selective quinazolinone series of inhibitors of p38α MAP kinase has been identified. Modifications designed to address the issues of poor aqueous solubility and high plasma protein binding as well as embedded aniline functionalities resulted in the identification of a clinical candidate N-cyclopropyl-4-methyl-3-[6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-4-oxoquinazolin-3(4H)-yl]benzamide (AZD6703). Optimisation was guided by understanding of the binding modes from X-ray crystallographic studies which showed a switch from DFG 'out' to DFG 'in' as the inhibitor size was reduced to improve overall properties.
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Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/síntese química , Proteína Quinase 14 Ativada por Mitógeno/antagonistas & inibidores , Piperazinas/síntese química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/síntese química , Animais , Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/química , Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/farmacologia , Proteínas Sanguíneas/química , Cristalografia por Raios X , Cães , Descoberta de Drogas , Humanos , Inflamação/tratamento farmacológico , Proteína Quinase 14 Ativada por Mitógeno/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Peso Molecular , Piperazinas/química , Piperazinas/farmacologia , Ligação Proteica , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Ratos , Solubilidade , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
High throughput screening to identify inhibitors of the mTOR kinase revealed sulfonyl-morpholino-pyrimidine 1 as an attractive start point. The compound displayed good physicochemical properties and selectivity over related kinases such as PI3Kα. Library preparation of related analogs allowed the establishment of additional SAR understanding and in particular the requirement for a key hydrogen bond donor motif at the 4-position of the phenyl ring in compounds such as indole 19. Isosteric replacement of the indole functionality led to the identification of urea compounds such as 32 that show good levels of mTOR inhibition in both enzyme and cellular assays.
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Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Morfolinas/síntese química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/síntese química , Pirimidinas/síntese química , Sulfonas/síntese química , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/antagonistas & inibidores , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Disponibilidade Biológica , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Humanos , Ligação de Hidrogênio , Indóis/química , Concentração Inibidora 50 , Morfolinas/farmacologia , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases/metabolismo , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Pirimidinas/farmacologia , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Sulfonas/farmacologia , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/química , Ureia/análogos & derivados , Ureia/químicaRESUMO
The continued optimization of a series of glucokinase activators is described, including attempts to understand the interplay between molecular structure and the composite parameter of unbound clearance. These studies resulted in the discovery of a new scaffold for glucokinase activators and further exploration of this scaffold led to the identification of GKA60. GKA60 maintains an excellent balance of potency and physical properties whilst possessing a significantly different, but complimentary, pre-clinical pharmacokinetic profile compared with the previously disclosed compound GKA50.
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Desenho de Fármacos , Ativação Enzimática/efeitos dos fármacos , Ativadores de Enzimas/síntese química , Ativadores de Enzimas/farmacologia , Glucoquinase/metabolismo , Hipoglicemiantes/química , Animais , Cães , Meia-Vida , Humanos , Hipoglicemiantes/farmacologia , Estrutura Molecular , Piridinas/farmacologia , Ratos , Solubilidade , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
Aberrant activity of the histone methyltransferase polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) has been linked to several cancers, with small-molecule inhibitors of the catalytic subunit of the PRC2 enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2) being recently approved for the treatment of epithelioid sarcoma (ES) and follicular lymphoma (FL). Compounds binding to the EED subunit of PRC2 have recently emerged as allosteric inhibitors of PRC2 methyltransferase activity. In contrast to orthosteric inhibitors that target EZH2, small molecules that bind to EED retain their efficacy in EZH2 inhibitor-resistant cell lines. In this paper we disclose the discovery of potent and orally bioavailable EED ligands with good solubilities. The solubility of the EED ligands was optimized through a variety of design tactics, with the resulting compounds exhibiting in vivo efficacy in EZH2-driven tumors.
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Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Complexo Repressor Polycomb 2/antagonistas & inibidores , Regulação Alostérica , Animais , Domínio Catalítico , Linhagem Celular , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteína Potenciadora do Homólogo 2 de Zeste/química , Proteína Potenciadora do Homólogo 2 de Zeste/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacocinética , Compostos Heterocíclicos/química , Humanos , Ligantes , Complexo Repressor Polycomb 2/química , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
Optimization of a series of azabenzimidazoles identified from screening hit 2 and the information gained from a co-crystal structure of the azabenzimidazole-based lead 6 bound to CDK9 led to the discovery of azaindoles as highly potent and selective CDK9 inhibitors. With the goal of discovering a highly selective and potent CDK9 inhibitor administrated intravenously that would enable transient target engagement of CDK9 for the treatment of hematological malignancies, further optimization focusing on physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties led to azaindoles 38 and 39. These compounds are highly potent and selective CDK9 inhibitors having short half-lives in rodents, suitable physical properties for intravenous administration, and the potential to achieve profound but transient inhibition of CDK9 in vivo.
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Quinase 9 Dependente de Ciclina/antagonistas & inibidores , Descoberta de Drogas , Indóis/farmacologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Quinase 9 Dependente de Ciclina/metabolismo , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Humanos , Indóis/síntese química , Indóis/química , Estrutura Molecular , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/síntese química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
AZD0156 is a potent and selective, bioavailable inhibitor of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) protein, a signaling kinase involved in the DNA damage response. We present preclinical data demonstrating abrogation of irradiation-induced ATM signaling by low doses of AZD0156, as measured by phosphorylation of ATM substrates. AZD0156 is a strong radiosensitizer in vitro, and using a lung xenograft model, we show that systemic delivery of AZD0156 enhances the tumor growth inhibitory effects of radiation treatment in vivo Because ATM deficiency contributes to PARP inhibitor sensitivity, preclinically, we evaluated the effect of combining AZD0156 with the PARP inhibitor olaparib. Using ATM isogenic FaDu cells, we demonstrate that AZD0156 impedes the repair of olaparib-induced DNA damage, resulting in elevated DNA double-strand break signaling, cell-cycle arrest, and apoptosis. Preclinically, AZD0156 potentiated the effects of olaparib across a panel of lung, gastric, and breast cancer cell lines in vitro, and improved the efficacy of olaparib in two patient-derived triple-negative breast cancer xenograft models. AZD0156 is currently being evaluated in phase I studies (NCT02588105).
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Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/uso terapêutico , Ftalazinas/uso terapêutico , Piperazinas/uso terapêutico , Piridinas/uso terapêutico , Quinolinas/uso terapêutico , Radiossensibilizantes/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias de Mama Triplo Negativas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias de Mama Triplo Negativas/radioterapia , Animais , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Ftalazinas/farmacologia , Piperazinas/farmacologia , Piridinas/farmacologia , Quinolinas/farmacologia , Radiossensibilizantes/farmacologia , Neoplasias de Mama Triplo Negativas/patologiaRESUMO
A CDK9 inhibitor having short target engagement would enable a reduction of Mcl-1 activity, resulting in apoptosis in cancer cells dependent on Mcl-1 for survival. We report the optimization of a series of amidopyridines (from compound 2), focusing on properties suitable for achieving short target engagement after intravenous administration. By increasing potency and human metabolic clearance, we identified compound 24, a potent and selective CDK9 inhibitor with suitable predicted human pharmacokinetic properties to deliver transient inhibition of CDK9. Furthermore, the solubility of 24 was considered adequate to allow i.v. formulation at the anticipated effective dose. Short-term treatment with compound 24 led to a rapid dose- and time-dependent decrease of pSer2-RNAP2 and Mcl-1, resulting in cell apoptosis in multiple hematological cancer cell lines. Intermittent dosing of compound 24 demonstrated efficacy in xenograft models derived from multiple hematological tumors. Compound 24 is currently in clinical trials for the treatment of hematological malignancies.
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Quinase 9 Dependente de Ciclina/antagonistas & inibidores , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Piridinas/química , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Sítios de Ligação , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Quinase 9 Dependente de Ciclina/metabolismo , Cães , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos , Meia-Vida , Neoplasias Hematológicas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Hematológicas/patologia , Humanos , Camundongos , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Proteína de Sequência 1 de Leucemia de Células Mieloides/metabolismo , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Piridinas/metabolismo , Piridinas/farmacologia , Piridinas/uso terapêutico , Ratos , Solubilidade , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
A pharmacophore mapping approach, derived from previous experience of PIKK family enzymes, was used to identify a hit series of selective inhibitors of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Subsequent refinement of the SAR around this hit series based on a tri-substituted triazine scaffold has led to the discovery of potent and selective inhibitors of mTOR.
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Antineoplásicos/química , Morfolinas/química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Proteínas Quinases/química , Pirimidinas/química , Triazinas/química , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Humanos , Morfolinas/síntese química , Morfolinas/farmacologia , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases/metabolismo , Inibidores de Fosfoinositídeo-3 Quinase , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/síntese química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Pirimidinas/síntese química , Pirimidinas/farmacologia , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR , Triazinas/síntese química , Triazinas/farmacologiaRESUMO
We report the discovery of a novel series of 3-cinnoline carboxamides as highly potent and selective ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) kinase inhibitors. Optimization of this series focusing on potency and physicochemical properties (especially permeability) led to the identification of compound 21, a highly potent ATM inhibitor (ATM cell IC50 0.0028 µM) with excellent kinase selectivity and favorable physicochemical and pharmacokinetics properties. In vivo, 21 in combination with irinotecan showed tumor regression in the SW620 colorectal tumor xenograft model, superior inhibition to irinotecan alone. Compound 21 was selected for preclinical evaluation alongside AZD0156.
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ATM inhibitors, such as 7, have demonstrated the antitumor potential of ATM inhibition when combined with DNA double-strand break-inducing agents in mouse xenograft models. However, the properties of 7 result in a relatively high predicted clinically efficacious dose. In an attempt to minimize attrition during clinical development, we sought to identify ATM inhibitors with a low predicted clinical dose (<50 mg) and focused on strategies to increase both ATM potency and predicted human pharmacokinetic half-life (predominantly through the increase of volume of distribution). These efforts resulted in the discovery of 64 (AZD0156), an exceptionally potent and selective inhibitor of ATM based on an imidazo[4,5- c]quinolin-2-one core. 64 has good preclinical phamacokinetics, a low predicted clinical dose, and a high maximum absorbable dose. 64 has been shown to potentiate the efficacy of the approved drugs irinotecan and olaparib in disease relevant mouse models and is currently undergoing clinical evaluation with these agents.
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Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/antagonistas & inibidores , Desenho de Fármacos , Piridinas/farmacocinética , Quinolinas/farmacocinética , Quinolonas/farmacologia , Quinolonas/farmacocinética , Administração Oral , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/química , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/metabolismo , Disponibilidade Biológica , Humanos , Concentração Inibidora 50 , Modelos Moleculares , Conformação Proteica , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases , Piridinas/administração & dosagem , Piridinas/química , Quinolinas/administração & dosagem , Quinolinas/química , Quinolonas/administração & dosagem , Quinolonas/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Especificidade por SubstratoRESUMO
Inhibition of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) during radiotherapy of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) may improve tumor control by short-circuiting the response to radiation-induced DNA damage. A major impediment for clinical implementation is that current inhibitors have limited central nervous system (CNS) bioavailability; thus, the goal was to identify ATM inhibitors (ATMi) with improved CNS penetration. Drug screens and refinement of lead compounds identified AZ31 and AZ32. The compounds were then tested in vivo for efficacy and impact on tumor and healthy brain. Both AZ31 and AZ32 blocked the DNA damage response and radiosensitized GBM cells in vitro AZ32, with enhanced blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetration, was highly efficient in vivo as radiosensitizer in syngeneic and human, orthotopic mouse glioma model compared with AZ31. Furthermore, human glioma cell lines expressing mutant p53 or having checkpoint-defective mutations were particularly sensitive to ATMi radiosensitization. The mechanism for this p53 effect involves a propensity to undergo mitotic catastrophe relative to cells with wild-type p53. In vivo, apoptosis was >6-fold higher in tumor relative to healthy brain after exposure to AZ32 and low-dose radiation. AZ32 is the first ATMi with oral bioavailability shown to radiosensitize glioma and improve survival in orthotopic mouse models. These findings support the development of a clinical-grade, BBB-penetrating ATMi for the treatment of GBM. Importantly, because many GBMs have defective p53 signaling, the use of an ATMi concurrent with standard radiotherapy is expected to be cancer-specific, increase the therapeutic ratio, and maintain full therapeutic effect at lower radiation doses. Mol Cancer Ther; 17(8); 1637-47. ©2018 AACR.
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Barreira Hematoencefálica/metabolismo , Glioma/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Radiossensibilizantes/uso terapêutico , Administração Oral , Animais , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/antagonistas & inibidores , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Radiossensibilizantes/farmacologiaRESUMO
Poor survival rates of patients with tumors arising from or disseminating into the brain are attributed to an inability to excise all tumor tissue (if operable), a lack of blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetration of chemotherapies/targeted agents, and an intrinsic tumor radio-/chemo-resistance. Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) protein orchestrates the cellular DNA damage response (DDR) to cytotoxic DNA double-strand breaks induced by ionizing radiation (IR). ATM genetic ablation or pharmacological inhibition results in tumor cell hypersensitivity to IR. We report the primary pharmacology of the clinical-grade, exquisitely potent (cell IC50, 0.78 nM), highly selective [>10,000-fold over kinases within the same phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-related kinase (PIKK) family], orally bioavailable ATM inhibitor AZD1390 specifically optimized for BBB penetration confirmed in cynomolgus monkey brain positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of microdosed 11C-labeled AZD1390 (Kp,uu, 0.33). AZD1390 blocks ATM-dependent DDR pathway activity and combines with radiation to induce G2 cell cycle phase accumulation, micronuclei, and apoptosis. AZD1390 radiosensitizes glioma and lung cancer cell lines, with p53 mutant glioma cells generally being more radiosensitized than wild type. In in vivo syngeneic and patient-derived glioma as well as orthotopic lung-brain metastatic models, AZD1390 dosed in combination with daily fractions of IR (whole-brain or stereotactic radiotherapy) significantly induced tumor regressions and increased animal survival compared to IR treatment alone. We established a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic-efficacy relationship by correlating free brain concentrations, tumor phospho-ATM/phospho-Rad50 inhibition, apoptotic biomarker (cleaved caspase-3) induction, tumor regression, and survival. On the basis of the data presented here, AZD1390 is now in early clinical development for use as a radiosensitizer in central nervous system malignancies.
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Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/antagonistas & inibidores , Neoplasias Encefálicas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Encefálicas/mortalidade , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Radiossensibilizantes/farmacologia , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Barreira Hematoencefálica/efeitos dos fármacos , Barreira Hematoencefálica/metabolismo , Neoplasias Encefálicas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Permeabilidade da Membrana Celular , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos , Humanos , Camundongos , Fosforilação , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Tolerância a Radiação/efeitos dos fármacos , Radiossensibilizantes/química , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Resultado do Tratamento , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genética , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/metabolismo , Raios X , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
A novel series of 3-quinoline carboxamides has been discovered and optimized as selective inhibitors of the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) kinase. From a modestly potent HTS hit (4), we identified molecules such as 6-[6-(methoxymethyl)-3-pyridinyl]-4-{[(1R)-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)ethyl]amino}-3-quinolinecarboxamide (72) and 7-fluoro-6-[6-(methoxymethyl)pyridin-3-yl]-4-{[(1S)-1-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)ethyl]amino}quinoline-3-carboxamide (74) as potent and highly selective ATM inhibitors with overall ADME properties suitable for oral administration. 72 and 74 constitute excellent oral tools to probe ATM inhibition in vivo. Efficacy in combination with the DSB-inducing agent irinotecan was observed in a disease relevant model.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/antagonistas & inibidores , Descoberta de Drogas , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Quinolinas/farmacologia , Administração Oral , Animais , Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Antineoplásicos/química , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/metabolismo , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Estrutura Molecular , Neoplasias Experimentais/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Experimentais/patologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/administração & dosagem , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Quinolinas/administração & dosagem , Quinolinas/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
Among the various subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), those with chromosomal rearrangements of the MLL oncogene (AML-MLL) have a poor prognosis. AML-MLL tumor cells are resistant to current genotoxic therapies because of an attenuated response by p53, a protein that induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in response to DNA damage. In addition to chemicals that damage DNA, efforts have focused on targeting DNA repair enzymes as a general chemotherapeutic approach to cancer treatment. Here, we found that inhibition of the kinase ATR, which is the primary sensor of DNA replication stress, induced chromosomal breakage and death of mouse AML(MLL) cells (with an MLL-ENL fusion and a constitutively active N-RAS independently of p53. Moreover, ATR inhibition as a single agent exhibited antitumoral activity, both reducing tumor burden after establishment and preventing tumors from growing, in an immunocompetent allograft mouse model of AML(MLL) and in xenografts of a human AML-MLL cell line. We also found that inhibition of ATM, a kinase that senses DNA double-strand breaks, also promoted the survival of the AML(MLL) mice. Collectively, these data indicated that ATR or ATM inhibition represent potential therapeutic strategies for the treatment of AML, especially MLL-driven leukemias.
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Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia , Rearranjo Gênico , Histona-Lisina N-Metiltransferase , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , Proteína de Leucina Linfoide-Mieloide , Neoplasias Experimentais , Animais , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/genética , Proteínas Mutadas de Ataxia Telangiectasia/metabolismo , Histona-Lisina N-Metiltransferase/genética , Histona-Lisina N-Metiltransferase/metabolismo , Humanos , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/enzimologia , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Camundongos , Proteína de Leucina Linfoide-Mieloide/genética , Proteína de Leucina Linfoide-Mieloide/metabolismo , Neoplasias Experimentais/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Experimentais/enzimologia , Neoplasias Experimentais/genética , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) is a transcription factor that plays key roles in cancer, including providing a mechanism for cell survival under proteotoxic stress. Therefore, inhibition of the HSF1-stress pathway represents an exciting new opportunity in cancer treatment. We employed an unbiased phenotypic screen to discover inhibitors of the HSF1-stress pathway. Using this approach we identified an initial hit (1) based on a 4,6-pyrimidine scaffold (2.00 µM). Optimisation of cellular SAR led to an inhibitor with improved potency (25, 15 nM) in the HSF1 phenotypic assay. The 4,6-pyrimidine 25 was also shown to have high potency against the CDK9 enzyme (3 nM).