Identification of a Potent Janus Kinase 3 Inhibitor with High Selectivity within the Janus Kinase Family
作者:Gebhard Thoma、Francois Nuninger、Rocco Falchetto、Erwin Hermes、Gisele A. Tavares、Eric Vangrevelinghe、Hans-Günter Zerwes
DOI:10.1021/jm101157q
日期:2011.1.13
We describe a synthetic approach toward the rapid modification of phenyl-indolyl maleimides and the discovery of potent Jak3 inhibitor 1 with high selectivity within the Jak kinase family We provide a rationale for this unprecedented selectivity based on the X-ray crystal structure of an analogue of 1 bound to the ATP-binding site of Jak3 While equally potent compared to the Pfizer pan Jak inhibitor CP-690,550 (2) in an enzymatic Jak3 assay, compound 1 was found to be 20 fold less potent in cellular assays measuring cytokine-triggered signaling through cytokine receptors containing the common gamma chain (gamma C) Contrary to compound 1, compound 2 inhibited Jak1 in addition to Jak3 Permeability and cellular concentrations of compounds 1 and 2 were similar As Jak3 always cooperates with Jak 1 for signaling, we speculate that specific inhibition of Jak3 is not sufficient to efficiently block gamma C cytokine signal transduction required for strong immunosuppression