| Autor: |
Mallinger A; Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit at The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW7 3RP, U.K., Crumpler S, Pichowicz M, Waalboer D, Stubbs M, Adeniji-Popoola O, Wood B, Smith E, Thai C, Henley AT, Georgi K, Court W, Hobbs S, Box G, Ortiz-Ruiz MJ, Valenti M, De Haven Brandon A, TePoele R, Leuthner B, Workman P, Aherne W, Poeschke O, Dale T, Wienke D, Esdar C, Rohdich F, Raynaud F, Clarke PA, Eccles SA, Stieber F, Schiemann K, Blagg J |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of medicinal chemistry [J Med Chem] 2015 Feb 26; Vol. 58 (4), pp. 1717-35. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Feb 13. |
| DOI: |
10.1021/jm501436m |
| Abstrakt: |
WNT signaling is frequently deregulated in malignancy, particularly in colon cancer, and plays a key role in the generation and maintenance of cancer stem cells. We report the discovery and optimization of a 3,4,5-trisubstituted pyridine 9 using a high-throughput cell-based reporter assay of WNT pathway activity. We demonstrate a twisted conformation about the pyridine-piperidine bond of 9 by small-molecule X-ray crystallography. Medicinal chemistry optimization to maintain this twisted conformation, cognisant of physicochemical properties likely to maintain good cell permeability, led to 74 (CCT251545), a potent small-molecule inhibitor of WNT signaling with good oral pharmacokinetics. We demonstrate inhibition of WNT pathway activity in a solid human tumor xenograft model with evidence for tumor growth inhibition following oral dosing. This work provides a successful example of hypothesis-driven medicinal chemistry optimization from a singleton hit against a cell-based pathway assay without knowledge of the biochemical target. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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