Screening and Identification of a Novel Class of TGF-β Type 1 Receptor Kinase Inhibitor

Autor: Erinn E. Pagratis, Benjamin A. Turner, Xiaohong Liu, Kelly R. Pitts, Q. Khai Huynh, Nikos Pagratis, Laurie A. Castonguay, Sarah Wise, David Koditek, Christopher B. Glascock, Keith A. Koch, Brian Reid, Magdeleine Hung, Bin Han
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: SLAS Discovery. 16:724-733
ISSN: 2472-5552
DOI: 10.1177/1087057111405846
Popis: Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) type I receptor (activin receptor-like kinase 5, ALK5) has been identified as a promising target for fibrotic diseases. To find a novel inhibitor of ALK5, the authors performed a high-throughput screen of a library of 420,000 compounds using dephosphorylated ALK5. From primary hits of 1521 compounds, 555 compounds were confirmed. In total, 124 compounds were then selected for follow-up based on their unique structures and other properties. Repeated concentration-response testing and final interference assays of the above compounds resulted in the discovery of a structurally novel ALK5 inhibitor (compound 8) (N-(thiophen 2-ylmethyl)-3-(3,4,5 trimethoxyphenyl)imidazo[1,2β]pyridazin 6-amine) with a low IC(50) value of 0.7 µM. Compound 8 also inhibited the TGF-β-induced nuclear translocation of SMAD with an EC(50) value of 0.8 µM. Kinetic analysis revealed that compound 8 inhibited ALK5 via mixed-type inhibition, suggesting that it may bind to ALK5 differently than other published adenosine triphosphate site inhibitors.
Databáze: OpenAIRE