Development of a novel class of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma ligands as an anticancer agent with a unique binding mode based on a non-thiazolidinedione scaffold
作者:Keisuke Yamamoto、Tomohiro Tamura、Rina Nakamura、Shintaro Hosoe、Masahiro Matsubara、Keiko Nagata、Hiroshi Kodaira、Takeshi Uemori、Yuichi Takahashi、Michihiko Suzuki、Jun-ichi Saito、Kimihisa Ueno、Satoshi Shuto
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2019.115122
日期:2019.11
We previously identified dibenzooxepine derivative 1 as a potent PPAR. ligand with a unique binding mode owing to its non-thiazolidinedione scaffold. However, while 1 showed remarkably potent MKN-45 gastric cancer cell aggregation activity, an indicator of cancer differentiation-inducing activity induced by PPAR. activation, we recognized that 1 was metabolically unstable. In the present study, we identified a metabolically soft spot, and successfully discovered 3-fluoro dibenzooxepine derivative 9 with better metabolic stability. Further optimization provided imidazo[1,2-alpha]pyridine derivative 17, which showed potent MKN-45 gastric cancer cell aggregation activity and excellent PK profiles compared with 9. Compound 17 exerted a growth inhibitory effect on AsPC-1/AG1 pancreatic tumor in mice. Furthermore, the decrease in the hematocrit (an indicator of localized edema, a serious adverse effect of PPAR gamma ligands) was tolerable even with oral administration at 200 mg/kg in healthy mice.