Discovery of Novel, Potent, and Selective Inhibitors of 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Kinase (PDK1)
作者:Sean T. Murphy、Gordon Alton、Simon Bailey、Sangita M. Baxi、Benjamin J. Burke、Thomas A. Chappie、Jacques Ermolieff、RoseAnn Ferre、Samantha Greasley、Michael Hickey、John Humphrey、Natasha Kablaoui、John Kath、Steven Kazmirski、Michelle Kraus、Stan Kupchinsky、John Li、Laura Lingardo、Matthew A. Marx、Dan Richter、Steven P. Tanis、Khanh Tran、William Vernier、Zhi Xie、Min-Jean Yin、Xiao-Hong Yu
DOI:10.1021/jm201019k
日期:2011.12.22
Analogues substituted with various amines at the 6-position of the pyrazine ring on (4-amino-7-isopropyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)pyrazin-2-ylmethanone were discovered as potent and selective inhibitors of PDK1 with potential as anticancer agents. An early lead with 2-pyridine-3-ylethylamine as the pyrazine substituent showed moderate potency and selectivity. Structure-based drug design led to improved potency and selectivity against PI3K alpha through a combination of cyclizing the ethylene spacer into a saturated, five-membered ring and substituting on the 4-position of the aryl ring with a fluorine. ADME properties were improved by lowering the lipophilicity with heteroatom replacements in the saturated, five-membered ring. The optimized analogues have a PDK1 K-i of 1 nM and >100-fold selectivity against PI3K/AKT-pathway kinases. The cellular potency of these analogues was assessed by the inhibition of AKT phosphorylation (T308) and by their antiproliferation activity against a number of tumor cell lines.