DNA-Encoded Library Technology-Based Discovery, Lead Optimization, and Prodrug Strategy toward Structurally Unique Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) Inhibitors
作者:Wieslaw M. Kazmierski、Bing Xia、John Miller、Martha De la Rosa、David Favre、Richard M. Dunham、Yoshiaki Washio、Zhengrong Zhu、Feng Wang、Makda Mebrahtu、Hongfeng Deng、Jonathan Basilla、Liping Wang、Ghotas Evindar、Lijun Fan、Alison Olszewski、Ninad Prabhu、Christopher Davie、Jeffrey A. Messer、Vicente Samano
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01799
日期:2020.4.9
We report the discovery of a novel indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) inhibitor class through the affinity selection of a previously unreported indole-based DNA-encoded library (DEL). The DEL exemplar, spiro-chromane 1, had moderate IDO1 potency but high in vivo clearance. Series optimization quickly afforded a potent, low in vivo clearance lead 11. Although amorphous 11 was highly bio-available, crystalline 11 was poorly soluble and suffered disappointingly low bio-availability because of solubility-limited absorption. A prodrug approach was deployed and proved effective in discovering the highly bio-available phosphonooxymethyl 31, which rapidly converted to 11 in vivo. Obtaining crystalline 31 proved problematic, however; thus salt screening was performed in an attempt to circumvent this obstacle and successfully delivered greatly soluble and bio-available crystalline tris-salt 32. IDO1 inhibitor 32 is characterized by a low calculated human dose, best-in-class potential, and an unusual inhibition mode by binding the IDO1 heme-free (apo) form.