Discovery of Novel and Potent Stearoyl Coenzyme A Desaturase 1 (SCD1) Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents
作者:Keisuke Imamura、Naoki Tomita、Youichi Kawakita、Yoshiteru Ito、Kouji Ono、Noriyuki Nii、Tohru Miyazaki、Kazuko Yonemori、Michiko Tawada、Hiroyuki Sumi、Yoshihiko Satoh、Yukiko Yamamoto、Ikuo Miyahisa、Masako Sasaki、Yoshinori Satomi、Megumi Hirayama、Ryuichi Nishigaki、Hironobu Maezaki
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2017.05.016
日期:2017.7
A lead compound A was identified previously as an stearoyl coenzyme A desaturase (SCD) inhibitor during research on potential treatments for obesity. This compound showed high SCD1 binding affinity, but a poor pharmacokinetic (PK) profile and limited chemical accessibility, making it suboptimal for use in anticancer research. To identify potent SCD1 inhibitors with more promising PK profiles, we newly
在对肥胖症的潜在治疗方法进行研究期间,先前已将先导化合物A确定为硬脂酰辅酶A去饱和酶(SCD)抑制剂。该化合物显示出高的SCD1结合亲和力,但药代动力学(PK)谱较差,化学可及性有限,使其在抗癌研究中不理想。为了鉴定具有更富前景的PK谱的有效SCD1抑制剂,我们基于分子模型研究,新设计了一系列“非螺” 4,4-二取代哌啶衍生物。结果,我们发现了化合物1a,其保留了中等的SCD1结合亲和力。通过分析Hansch–Fujita和Hammett常数,加快了1a附近的优化,以获得4-苯基-4-(三氟甲基)哌啶衍生物1n。对1n的唑部分进行微调,得到化合物1o(T-3764518),该化合物保留了纳摩尔摩尔亲和力并表现出出色的PK分布。口服化合物1o反映了良好的药效和PK曲线,在HCT116小鼠异种移植模型中显示出显着的药效学(PD)标记降低(0.3 mg / kg,bid),在786-小鼠中抑制了肿瘤生长(以1