Design and Biological Activity of (<i>S</i>)-4-(5-{[1-(3-Chlorobenzyl)-2- oxopyrrolidin-3-ylamino]methyl}imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzonitrile, a 3-Aminopyrrolidinone Farnesyltransferase Inhibitor with Excellent Cell Potency
作者:Ian M. Bell、Steven N. Gallicchio、Marc Abrams、Douglas C. Beshore、Carolyn A. Buser、J. Christopher Culberson、Joseph Davide、Michelle Ellis-Hutchings、Christine Fernandes、Jackson B. Gibbs、Samuel L. Graham、George D. Hartman、David C. Heimbrook、Carl F. Homnick、Joel R. Huff、Kelem Kassahun、Kenneth S. Koblan、Nancy E. Kohl、Robert B. Lobell、Joseph J. Lynch、Patricia A. Miller、Charles A. Omer、A. David Rodrigues、Eileen S. Walsh、Theresa M. Williams
DOI:10.1021/jm010156p
日期:2001.8.1
The synthesis, structure-activity relationships, and biological properties of a novel series of imidazole-containing inhibitors of farnesyltransferase are described. Starting from a 3-amino-pyrrolidinone core, a systematic series of modifications provided 5h, a non-thiol, non-peptide farnesyltransferase inhibitor with excellent bioavailability in dogs. Compound 5h was found to have an unusually favorable ratio of cell potency to intrinsic potency, compared with other known FTIs. It exhibited excellent potency against a range of tumor cell lines in vitro and showed full efficacy in the K-rasB transgenic mouse model.