Fragment-Based Identification of Amides Derived from <i>trans</i>-2-(Pyridin-3-yl)cyclopropanecarboxylic Acid as Potent Inhibitors of Human Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT)
作者:Anthony M. Giannetti、Xiaozhang Zheng、Nicholas J. Skelton、Weiru Wang、Brandon J. Bravo、Kenneth W. Bair、Timm Baumeister、Eric Cheng、Lisa Crocker、Yezhen Feng、Janet Gunzner-Toste、Yen-Ching Ho、Rongbao Hua、Bianca M. Liederer、Yongbo Liu、Xiaolei Ma、Thomas O’Brien、Jason Oeh、Deepak Sampath、Youming Shen、Chengcheng Wang、Leslie Wang、Hongxing Wu、Yang Xiao、Po-wai Yuen、Mark Zak、Guiling Zhao、Qiang Zhao、Peter S. Dragovich
DOI:10.1021/jm4015108
日期:2014.2.13
Potent, trans-2-(pyridin-3-yl)cyclopropane-carboxamide-containing inhibitors of the human nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) enzyme were identified using fragment-based screening and structure-based design techniques. Multiple crystal structures were obtained of initial fragment leads, and this structural information was utilized to improve the biochemical and cell-based potency of the associated molecules. Many of the optimized compounds exhibited nanomolar antiproliferative activities against human tumor lines in in vitro cell culture experiments. In a key example, a fragment lead (13, K-D = 51 mu M) was elaborated into a potent NAMPT inhibitor (39, NAMPT IC50 = 0.0051 mu M, A2780 cell culture IC50 = 0.000 49 mu M) which demonstrated encouraging in vivo efficacy in an HT-1080 mouse xenograft tumor model.