Identification of MK-5710 ((8aS)-8a-methyl-1,3-dioxo-2-[(1S,2R)-2-phenylcyclo- propyl]-N-(1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)hexahydro-imidazo[1,5-a]pyrazine-7(1H)-carboxamide), a potent smoothened antagonist for use in Hedgehog pathway dependent malignancies, Part 2
作者:Olaf Kinzel、Anna Alfieri、Sergio Altamura、Mirko Brunetti、Simone Bufali、Fabrizio Colaceci、Federica Ferrigno、Gessica Filocamo、Massimiliano Fonsi、Paola Gallinari、Savina Malancona、Jose Ignacio Martin Hernando、Edith Monteagudo、Maria Vittoria Orsale、Maria Cecilia Palumbi、Vincenzo Pucci、Michael Rowley、Romina Sasso、Rita Scarpelli、Christian Steinkühler、Philip Jones
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.06.023
日期:2011.8
The Hedgehog (Hh-) signaling pathway is a key developmental pathway which gets reactivated in many human tumors, and smoothened (Smo) antagonists are emerging as novel agents for the treatment of malignancies dependent on the Hh-pathway, with the most advanced compounds demonstrating encouraging results in initial clinical trials. A novel series of potent bicyclic hydantoin Smo antagonists was reported in the preceding article, these have been resolved, and optimized to identify potent homochiral derivatives with clean off-target profiles and good pharmacokinetic properties in preclinical species. While showing in vivo efficacy in mouse allograft models, unsubstituted bicyclic tetrahydroimidazo[1,5-a]pyrazine-1,3(2H,5H)-diones were shown to epimerize in plasma. Alkylation of the C-8 position blocks this epimerization, resulting in the identification of MK-5710 (47) which was selected for further development. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.