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TTK is an essential spindle assembly checkpoint enzyme in many organisms. It plays a central role in tumor cell proliferation and is aberrantly overexpressed in a wide range of tumor types. We recently reported on a series of potent and selective TTK inhibitors with strong antiproliferative activity in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell lines (8: TTK IC50 = 3.0 nM; CAL-51 IC50 = 84.0 nM). Inspired by previously described potent tricyclic TTK inhibitor 6 (TTK IC50 = 0.9 nM), we embarked on a structure-enabled design and optimization campaign to identify an improved series with excellent potency, TTK selectivity, solubility, CYP inhibition profile, and in vivo efficacy in a TNBC xenograft model. These efforts culminated in the discovery of 25 (TTK IC50 = 3.0 nM; CAL-51 IC50 = 16.0 nM), which showed significant single-agent efficacy when dosed iv in a TNBC xenograft model without body weight loss.
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Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Tirosina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Antineoplásicos , Neoplasias da Mama , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Feminino , Regulação Enzimológica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Estrutura Molecular , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive disease with high relapse rates and few treatment options. Outlined in previous publications, we identified a series of potent, dual TTK/CLK2 inhibitors with strong efficacy in TNBC xenograft models. Pharmacokinetic properties and kinome selectivity were optimized, resulting in the identification of a new series of potent, selective, and orally bioavailable TTK inhibitors. We describe here the structure-activity relationship of the 2,4-disubstituted-7 H-pyrrolo[2,3- d]pyrimidine series, leading to significant single agent efficacy in a TNBC xenograft model without body weight loss. The design effort evolving an iv-dosed TTK/CLK2 inhibitor to an orally bioavailable TTK inhibitor is described.
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Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/antagonistas & inibidores , Pirimidinas/uso terapêutico , Pirróis/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias de Mama Triplo Negativas/tratamento farmacológico , Animais , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/farmacocinética , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Docetaxel/uso terapêutico , Desenho de Fármacos , Feminino , Camundongos SCID , Proteínas Associadas aos Microtúbulos/metabolismo , Estrutura Molecular , Fosforilação/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/síntese química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacocinética , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Pirimidinas/síntese química , Pirimidinas/farmacocinética , Pirróis/síntese química , Pirróis/farmacocinética , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
We report here the synthesis and structure-activity relationship (SAR) of a novel series of triazole containing mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) kinase inhibitors. SAR studies examining the potency, selectivity, and PK parameters for a series of triazole containing 4,6- or 1,7-disubstituted-3,4-dihydropyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazine-2(1H)-ones resulted in the identification of triazole containing mTOR kinase inhibitors with improved PK properties. Potent compounds from this series were found to block both mTORC1(pS6) and mTORC2(pAktS473) signaling in PC-3 cancer cells, in vitro and in vivo. When assessed in efficacy models, analogs exhibited dose-dependent efficacy in tumor xenograft models. This work resulted in the selection of CC-115 for clinical development.
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Desenho de Fármacos , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Pirazinas/química , Pirazinas/farmacologia , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/antagonistas & inibidores , Triazóis/química , Triazóis/farmacologia , Animais , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Humanos , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Conformação Proteica , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacocinética , Pirazinas/metabolismo , Pirazinas/farmacocinética , Ratos , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/química , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/metabolismo , Triazóis/metabolismo , Triazóis/farmacocinética , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
We report here the synthesis and structure-activity relationship (SAR) of a novel series of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) kinase inhibitors. A series of 4,6- or 1,7-disubstituted-3,4-dihydropyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazine-2(1H)-ones were optimized for in vivo efficacy. These efforts resulted in the identification of compounds with excellent mTOR kinase inhibitory potency, with exquisite kinase selectivity over the related lipid kinase PI3K. The improved PK properties of this series allowed for exploration of in vivo efficacy and ultimately the selection of CC-223 for clinical development.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Descoberta de Drogas , Inibidores de Fosfoinositídeo-3 Quinase , Neoplasias da Próstata/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Pirazinas/farmacologia , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/antagonistas & inibidores , Animais , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Humanos , Masculino , Modelos Moleculares , Estrutura Molecular , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/síntese química , Pirazinas/síntese química , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Células Tumorais CultivadasRESUMO
mTOR is a serine/threonine kinase that regulates cell growth, metabolism, proliferation, and survival. mTOR complex-1 (mTORC1) and mTOR complex-2 (mTORC2) are critical mediators of the PI3K-AKT pathway, which is frequently mutated in many cancers, leading to hyperactivation of mTOR signaling. Although rapamycin analogues, allosteric inhibitors that target only the mTORC1 complex, have shown some clinical activity, it is hypothesized that mTOR kinase inhibitors, blocking both mTORC1 and mTORC2 signaling, will have expanded therapeutic potential. Here, we describe the preclinical characterization of CC-223. CC-223 is a potent, selective, and orally bioavailable inhibitor of mTOR kinase, demonstrating inhibition of mTORC1 (pS6RP and p4EBP1) and mTORC2 [pAKT(S473)] in cellular systems. Growth inhibitory activity was demonstrated in hematologic and solid tumor cell lines. mTOR kinase inhibition in cells, by CC-223, resulted in more complete inhibition of the mTOR pathway biomarkers and improved antiproliferative activity as compared with rapamycin. Growth inhibitory activity and apoptosis was demonstrated in a panel of hematologic cancer cell lines. Correlative analysis revealed that IRF4 expression level associates with resistance, whereas mTOR pathway activation seems to associate with sensitivity. Treatment with CC-223 afforded in vivo tumor biomarker inhibition in tumor-bearing mice, after a single oral dose. CC-223 exhibited dose-dependent tumor growth inhibition in multiple solid tumor xenografts. Significant inhibition of mTOR pathway markers pS6RP and pAKT in CC-223-treated tumors suggests that the observed antitumor activity of CC-223 was mediated through inhibition of both mTORC1 and mTORC2. CC-223 is currently in phase I clinical trials.
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Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Pirazinas/farmacologia , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/antagonistas & inibidores , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Western Blotting , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Células HCT116 , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Alvo Mecanístico do Complexo 1 de Rapamicina , Alvo Mecanístico do Complexo 2 de Rapamicina , Camundongos SCID , Estrutura Molecular , Complexos Multiproteicos/antagonistas & inibidores , Complexos Multiproteicos/metabolismo , Neoplasias/irrigação sanguínea , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Neovascularização Patológica/prevenção & controle , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Pirazinas/química , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/metabolismo , Carga Tumoral/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
We report here the discovery of a novel series of selective mTOR kinase inhibitors and the identification of CC214-2, a compound with demonstrated anti-tumor activity upon oral dosing in a PC3 prostate cancer xenograft model. A series of 4,6-disubstituted-3,4-dihydropyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazine-2(1H)-ones were discovered through a core modification of our original compound series. Analogs from this series have excellent mTOR potency and maintain selectivity over the related PI3Kα lipid kinase. Compounds such as CC214-2 were found to block both mTORC1(pS6) and mTORC2(pAktS473) signaling in PC3 cancer cells, in vitro and in vivo.
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Antineoplásicos/química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Pirazinas/química , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/antagonistas & inibidores , Administração Oral , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacocinética , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos , Meia-Vida , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases/metabolismo , Inibidores de Fosfoinositídeo-3 Quinase , Neoplasias da Próstata/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias da Próstata/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacocinética , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/metabolismo , Pirazinas/farmacocinética , Pirazinas/uso terapêutico , Pirazinas/toxicidade , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/metabolismo , Transplante HeterólogoRESUMO
We report here the discovery of a novel series of selective mTOR kinase inhibitors. A series of imidazo[4,5-b]pyrazin-2-ones, represented by screening hit 1, was developed into lead compounds with excellent mTOR potency and exquisite kinase selectivity. Potent compounds from this series show >1000-fold selectivity over the related PI3Kα lipid kinase. Further, compounds such as 2 achieve mTOR pathway inhibition, blocking both mTORC1 and mTORC2 signaling, in PC3 cancer cells as measured by inhibition of pS6 and pAkt (S473).
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Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Pirazinas/química , Pirazinas/farmacologia , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/antagonistas & inibidores , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/metabolismo , Antineoplásicos/química , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Descoberta de Drogas , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias/enzimologia , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
Genetic evidence suggests that caveolin-1, an essential component of membrane caveolae, acts as a tumor promoter in some, and a tumor suppressor in other cancers. The role of caveolin-1 in colon carcinogenesis is controversial. We report here, for the first time, that caveolin-1 is transcriptionally induced in colon cancer cells in response to conditional expression of a full length adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene. This induction of caveolin-1 by APC is mediated by both FOXO1a, a member of the Forkhead family of transcription factor, and c-myc. The FOXO1a protein, which is increased by wild-type APC expression, induces caveolin-1 promoter-reporter activity and binds directly to a FKHR consensus binding sequence in the caveolin-1 promoter. The c-myc protein, which is reduced in the presence of wild-type APC, acts to repress caveolin-1 expression by acting at non-E-box containing elements in the caveolin-1 promoter. These data predict that caveolin-1 protein expression would be decreased early in colonic carcinogenesis, which is associated with loss of wild-type APC. Our results would be consistent with the interpretation that caveolin-1 may have tumor suppressing functions during early stages of colon carcinogenesis.
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Caveolina 1/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Colo/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/metabolismo , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Genes APC , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-myc/metabolismo , Adenocarcinoma/genética , Adenocarcinoma/metabolismo , Caveolina 1/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Neoplasias do Colo/genética , Proteína Forkhead Box O1 , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/genética , Células HCT116 , Células HT29 , Humanos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-myc/genéticaRESUMO
c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) is a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase family, and its function is critical for signal transduction in tumor and endothelial cells. JNK is a serine/threonine protein kinase that phosphorylates c-Jun, a component of the activator protein-1 transcription factor complex. We hypothesize that inhibiting JNK will lead to the inhibition of tumor growth; therefore, we evaluated the efficacy of the recently described JNK inhibitor SP600125 [anthra[1,9-cd] pyrazol-6 (2H)-one]. SP600125 is an anthrapyrazole that is a reversible, ATP-competitive inhibitor of JNK1/2. SP600125 exhibited broad-based antiproliferative activity in human endothelial and tumor cell lines. SP600125 affects proliferation by arresting cells in the G2/M phase of the cell cycle. SP600125 also acts to inhibit endothelial cell migration. In cell lines, a correlation of cell growth inhibition with reduced JNK activity was observed. The systemic administration of SP600125 resulted in the inhibition of DU145 human prostate carcinoma xenografts and murine Lewis lung carcinoma. SP600125 also enhanced the potency of cyclophosphamide in the inhibition of Lewis lung tumor growth. These data indicate the therapeutic antitumor potential of small molecule inhibitors that act to block the cellular activity of JNK.
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Inibidores da Angiogênese/farmacologia , Antracenos/farmacologia , Antracenos/uso terapêutico , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias/patologia , Animais , Western Blotting , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Progressão da Doença , Células Endoteliais/efeitos dos fármacos , Feminino , Citometria de Fluxo , Fase G2/efeitos dos fármacos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Transplante de NeoplasiasRESUMO
Most sporadic colon adenomas acquire mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli gene (APC) and show defects in APC-dependent signaling. APC influences the expression of several genes, including the c-myc oncogene and its antagonist Mad1. Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the first enzyme in polyamine synthesis, is a transcriptional target of c-myc and a modifier of APC-dependent tumorigenesis. A single-nucleotide polymorphism exists in intron 1 of the human ODC gene, which lies between two myc-binding domains. This region is known to affect ODC transcription, but no data exist on the relationship of this polymorphism to risk of colorectal neoplasia in humans. We show that individuals homozygous for the minor ODC A-allele who reported using aspirin are approximately 0.10 times as likely to have an adenoma recurrence as non-aspirin users homozygous for the major G-allele. Mad1 selectively suppressed the activity of the ODC promoter containing the A-allele, but not the G-allele, in a human colon cancer-derived cell line (HT29). Aspirin (>or=10 microM) did not affect ODC allele-specific promoter activity but did activate polyamine catabolism and lower polyamine content in HT29 cells. We propose that the ODC polymorphism and aspirin act independently to reduce the risk of adenoma recurrence by suppressing synthesis and activating catabolism, respectively, of colonic mucosal polyamines. These findings confirm the hypothesis that the ODC polymorphism is a genetic marker for colon cancer risk, and support the use of ODC inhibitors and aspirin, or other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), in combination as a strategy for colon cancer prevention.
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Adenoma/tratamento farmacológico , Adenoma/patologia , Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/uso terapêutico , Aspirina/uso terapêutico , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Ornitina Descarboxilase/genética , Polimorfismo Genético , Recidiva , Adenoma/prevenção & controle , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Alelos , Sequência de Bases , Neoplasias do Colo/genética , Neoplasias do Colo/metabolismo , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Genótipo , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Modelos Biológicos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Plasmídeos/metabolismo , Poliaminas/metabolismo , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , RNA/metabolismo , Fatores de Tempo , Transfecção , Células Tumorais CultivadasRESUMO
Mutation/deletion of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor gene in germline cells of rodents and humans is associated with increased intestinal activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), the first enzyme in polyamine synthesis, and intestinal neoplasia. To study the role of APC in signaling ODC expression, we used the human colon tumor cell line HT29 (wtAPC-/-), which has been stably transfected with a zinc-inducible wild-type APC gene. The addition of ZnCl(2) to HT29-APC cells increased wild-type APC protein and Mad1 RNA and protein and decreased levels of c-myc and ODC RNA and protein, relative to these parameters in HT29 cells transfected with the same plasmid containing the beta-galactosidase gene in place of APC. Upon induction of APC expression, ODC promoter activity and RNA levels were suppressed. When the e-box domain in the 5' flanking region of the ODC gene was mutated, ODC promoter activity was unaffected by wild-type APC expression. Antisense, but not missense, c-myc oligonucleotides decreased ODC activity in HT29 cells expressing mutant APC. These results demonstrated that wild-type APC suppressed c-myc and activated Mad1 expression in HT29 colon-derived cells. These proteins, in turn, regulated the transcription of target genes, including ODC. The data presented indicate that ODC is a modifier of APC-dependent signaling in intestinal cells and tissues.