Synthesis and Evaluation of Indenopyrazoles as Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors. 2. Probing the Indeno Ring Substituent Pattern
作者:David A. Nugiel、Anup Vidwans、Anna-Marie Etzkorn、Karen A. Rossi、Pamela A. Benfield、Catherine R. Burton、Sarah Cox、Deborah Doleniak、Steven P. Seitz
DOI:10.1021/jm020171+
日期:2002.11.1
We disclose a novel series of indenopyrazole-based cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors. Kinetic experiments confirmed our initial molecular modeling studies that the compounds are competitive with respect to adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and bind in the kinase ATP pocket. A unique combination of active pharmacophores led us to a series of semicarbazide-based. inhibitors that are highly potent against CDK2 and CDK4 while maintaining selectivity against other relevant serine/threonine kinases. These compounds were active against a transformed human colon cancer cell line (HCT116) while maintaining an acceptable margin of activity against a normal fibroblast cell line. The compounds were found to be highly protein bound in our cell-based assay with the exception of 11k, which maintained a reasonable level of activity in the presence of human plasma proteins.