Structure Activity Relationships of α<sub>v</sub> Integrin Antagonists for Pulmonary Fibrosis by Variation in Aryl Substituents
作者:James Adams、Edward C. Anderson、Emma E. Blackham、Yin Wa Ryan Chiu、Thomas Clarke、Natasha Eccles、Luke A. Gill、Joshua J. Haye、Harvey T. Haywood、Christian R. Hoenig、Marius Kausas、Joelle Le、Hannah L. Russell、Christopher Smedley、William J. Tipping、Tom Tongue、Charlotte C. Wood、Jason Yeung、James E. Rowedder、M. Jonathan Fray、Thomas McInally、Simon J. F. Macdonald
DOI:10.1021/ml5002079
日期:2014.11.13
Antagonism of alpha(v)beta(6) is emerging as a potential treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis based on strong target validation. Starting from an alpha(v)beta(3) antagonist lead and through simple variation in the nature and position of the aryl substituent, the discovery of compounds with improved alpha(v)beta(6) activity is described. The compounds also have physicochemical properties commensurate with oral bioavailability and are high quality starting points for a drug discovery program. Compounds 33S and 43E1 are pan av antagonists having ca. 100 nM potency against alpha(v)beta(3), alpha(v)beta(5), alpha(v)beta(6), and av beta 8 in cell adhesion assays. Detailed structure activity relationships with these integrins are described which also reveal substituents providing partial selectivity (defined as at least a 0.7 log difference in pIC(50) values between the integrins in question) for alpha(v)beta(3) and alpha(v)beta(5).