Discovery of 2,4-diarylaminopyrimidines bearing a resorcinol motif as novel ALK inhibitors to overcome the G1202R resistant mutation
摘要:
To address drug resistance caused by ALK kinase mutations, especially the most refractory and predominant mutation G1202R for the second-generation ALK inhibitor, a series of new diary-laminopyrimidine analogues were designed by incorporating a resorcinol moiety (A-ring) to interact the ALK kinase domain where the G1202R is located. Compound 12d turns out as the most potent with IC50 values of 1.7, 3.5, and 1.8 nM against ALK wild type, gatekeeper mutant L1196M, and the G1202R mutant, respectively. More importantly, compound 12d has excellent inhibitory effects against the proliferation of BaF3 cells specifically expressing ALK wild type, gatekeeper L1196M, and the most challenging mutant G1202R, with IC50 values all less than 1.5 nM. Collectively, compound 12d is worthy of further investigation as a new more potent third-generation ALK inhibitor to circumvent drug resistance of both the first-generation and the second-generation inhibitors. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
Discovery of Novel 2,4-Diarylaminopyrimidine Analogues (DAAPalogues) Showing Potent Inhibitory Activities against Both Wild-type and Mutant ALK Kinases
摘要:
We have developed a series of new 2,4-diarylaminopyrimidine analogues (DAAPalogues) bearing a flexible amino acid side chain, different from the majority of the literature reported ALK inhibitors that often possess a structurally constrained arylpiperazine fragment or its equivalents in the solvent-interaction region. Extensive structural elaboration led to compound 15 possessing IC50 values of 2.7 and 15.3 nM, respectively, in the ALK wild-type and gate-keeper mutant L1196M enzymatic assays. This compound not only showed high proliferative inhibition against ALK-addicted cells across different oncogenic forms but also effectively suppressed several ALK secondary mutant cells, including the gate-keeper L1196M and F1174L. Significant antitumor efficacy was achieved in the ALK-driven SUP-M2 xenograft model.
Rather than by directly focusing on the ever-changing ALK mutants, here we report an alternative strategy to overcome the drug resistance caused by treatment of ALK inhibitors by developing ALK and Hsp90 dual targeting inhibitors. Since Hsp90 is a molecular chaperone that regulates the maturation, activation and stability of numerous "client proteins" including ALK, dual targeting ALK and Hsp90 may bring more benefits and efficacy against drug resistance of ALK inhibitors. By using our previously developed ALK inhibitor 6 and the clinical Hsp90 inhibitors AUY922 or AT13387 as the templates, we developed several series of resorcinol tethered 2,4-diaminopyrimidines as ALK/Hsp90 dual inhibitors bearing various linkers at different linking sites. Compound 10h and 10j showed high potency against ALK (173 vs 9.8 nM) and Hsp90 alpha (100 vs 40 nM). They also have high potency against ALK resistant mutants, especially the gatekeeper mutation ALK(L1196M). Both compounds showed strong antiproliferative activity against the ALK-addictive H3122 cells (11 vs 13 nM). The dual functioning mechanism is further confirmed by their down-regulation of the Hsp90 clients ALK and AICT, and up-regulation of the chaperone protein Hsp70 in H3122 cells. (C) 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.