Design, synthesis and evaluation of highly selective pyridone-based class II MET inhibitors
作者:Nengfang She、Linsheng Zhuo、Wen Jiang、Xiaolei Zhu、Jia Wang、Zhihui Ming、Xinge Zhao、Xin Cong、Wei Huang
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.05.097
日期:2014.8
The high incidence of MET oncogene activation in human malignancies has prompted researchers to develop MET inhibitors. As part of our efforts to developing effective and safe therapeutic agents against MET-dependent tumors, a pyridone-based class II MET inhibitor, namely, 1-(4-((2-amino-3-iodopyridin-4-yl)-oxy)-3-fluorophenyl)-N-(4-fluorobenzyl)-4-methoxy-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide (3s), was identified. Knowledge of the binding mode of class II MET inhibitors led to the design of new inhibitors that utilize 2-pyridone to conformationally restrain key pharmacophoric groups within the molecule. Integrated molecular docking and SAR studies resulted in the discovery of a novel class of pyridone MET inhibitors with high potency (IC50 of 0.005 mu M) and efficient selectivity (>5000 fold) to VEGFR-2, c-Kit and RET kinases. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.