Potent and Selective Non-Cysteine-Containing Inhibitors of Protein Farnesyltransferase
作者:David J. Augeri、Stephen J. O'Connor、Dave Janowick、Bruce Szczepankiewicz、Gerry Sullivan、John Larsen、Douglas Kalvin、Jerry Cohen、Edward Devine、Haichao Zhang、Sajeev Cherian、Badr Saeed、Shi-Chung Ng、Saul Rosenberg
DOI:10.1021/jm980298s
日期:1998.10.1
Potent and selective non-thiol-containing inhibitors of protein farnesyltransferase are described. FTI-276 (1) was transformed into pyridyl ether analogue 19. The potency of pyridyl ether 19 was improved by modification of the biphenyl core to that of an o-tolyl substituted biphenyl core to give 29. In addition to 0.4 nM in vitro potency, 29 displayed 350 nM potency in whole cells as the parent carboxylic acid. The o-tolyl biphenyl core dramatically and unexpectedly enhanced the potency of other compounds as exemplified by 46, 47, 48, and 49.