Discovery of 3,6-dihydroimidazo[4,5-d]pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-2(1H)-one derivatives as novel JAK inhibitors
作者:Hiroaki Yamagishi、Shohei Shirakami、Yutaka Nakajima、Akira Tanaka、Fumie Takahashi、Hisao Hamaguchi、Keiko Hatanaka、Ayako Moritomo、Masamichi Inami、Yasuyuki Higashi、Takayuki Inoue
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2015.05.028
日期:2015.8
Because Janus kinases (JAKs) play a crucial role in cytokine-mediated signal transduction, JAKs are an attractive target for the treatment of organ transplant rejection and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To identify JAK inhibitors, we focused on the 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivative 3, which exhibited moderate JAK3 and JAK1 inhibitory activities. Optimization of 3 identified the tricyclic imidazo-pyrrolopyridinone derivative 19, which exhibited potent JAK3 and JAK1 inhibitory activities (IC50 = 1.1 nM, 1.5 nM, respectively) with favorable metabolic stability. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.