Development and Binding Mode Assessment of <i>N</i>-[4-[2-Propyn-1-yl[(6<i>S</i>)-4,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4-oxo-3<i>H</i>-cyclopenta[<i>g</i>]quinazolin-6-yl]amino]benzoyl]-<scp>l</scp>-γ-glutamyl-<scp>d</scp>-glutamic Acid (BGC 945), a Novel Thymidylate Synthase Inhibitor That Targets Tumor Cells
作者:Anna Tochowicz、Sean Dalziel、Oliv Eidam、Joseph D. O’Connell、Sarah Griner、Janet S. Finer-Moore、Robert M. Stroud
DOI:10.1021/jm400490e
日期:2013.7.11
N-[4-[2-Propyn-1-yl[(6S)-4,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4-oxo-3H-cyclopent[g]quinazolin-6-yl]amino]benzoyl]-L-gamma-glutamyl-D-glutamic acid 1 (BGC 945, now known as ONX 0801); is a small molecule thymidylate synthase (TS) inhibitor discovered at the Institute of Cancer Research in London. It is licensed by Onyx Pharmaceuticals and is in phase,1 clinical studies. It is a novel antifolate drug resembling TS inhibitors plevitrexed and raltitrexed that combines enzymatic inhibition of thymidylate synthase with alpha-folate receptor-mediated targeting of tumor cells. Thus, it has potential for efficacy with lower toxicity due to selective intracellular accumulation through alpha-folate receptor (alpha-FR) transport. The alpha-FR, a cell-surface receptor glycoprotein, which is overexpressed mainly in ovarian and lung cancer tumors, has an affinity for 1 similar to that for its natural ligand, folic acid. This study describes a novel synthesis of 1, an X-ray crystal structure of its complex with Escherichia coli TS and 2'-deoxyuridine-5'-monophosphate, and a model for a similar complex with human TS.