Discovery, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Orally Active Pyrrolidone Derivatives as Novel Inhibitors of p53–MDM2 Protein–Protein Interaction
作者:Chunlin Zhuang、Zhenyuan Miao、Lingjian Zhu、Guoqiang Dong、Zizhao Guo、Shengzheng Wang、Yongqiang Zhang、Yuelin Wu、Jianzhong Yao、Chunquan Sheng、Wannian Zhang
DOI:10.1021/jm300969t
日期:2012.11.26
The p53-MDM2 interaction has been proved to,, be a valuable target, to develop effective antitumor agents. Novel p53-MDM2 inhibitors bearing pyrrolidone scaffolds were successfully identified by structure-based design. The nanomolar inhibitor 5 possessed good p53-MDM2 inhibitory activity (K-i = 780 nM) due to its hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions with MDM2. Further hit optimization led to. the discovery of a number of highly potent pyrrolidone derivative's with improved p537-MDM2 inhibitory activity and in vitro antiproliferative potency. Compounds 41 (K-i = 260.0 nM) and 60a (K-i = 150.0 nM) showed good and selective activity against tumor cells with deleted p53. In addition, these two Compounds also :effectively inhibited the tumor growth in the A549 xenograft model: Interestingly, compound 41 was proved to be a potent MDM2/MDMX dual inhibitor. The novel pyrrolidone p53-MDM2 inhibitors represent promising lead structures for the development Of novel antitumor agents.