Fast-forwarding hit to lead: aurora and epidermal growth factor receptor kinase inhibitor lead identification

J Med Chem. 2010 Jul 8;53(13):4980-8. doi: 10.1021/jm1000198.

Abstract

A focused library of furanopyrimidine (350 compounds) was rapidly synthesized in parallel reactors and in situ screened for Aurora and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase activity, leading to the identification of some interesting hits. On the basis of structural biology observations, the hit 1a was modified to better fit the back pocket, producing the potent Aurora inhibitor 3 with submicromolar antiproliferative activity in HCT-116 colon cancer cell line. On the basis of docking studies with EGFR hit 1s, introduction of acrylamide Michael acceptor group led to 8, which inhibited both the wild and mutant EGFR kinase and also showed antiproliferative activity in HCC827 lung cancer cell line. Furthermore, the X-ray cocrystal study of 3 and 8 in complex with Aurora and EGFR, respectively, confirmed their hypothesized binding modes. Library construction, in situ screening, and structure-based drug design (SBDD) strategy described here could be applied for the lead identification of other kinases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Aurora Kinases
  • Blotting, Western
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / enzymology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • ErbB Receptors / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • ErbB Receptors / metabolism
  • Furans / chemical synthesis
  • Furans / chemistry*
  • Furans / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / enzymology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Models, Molecular
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • Pyrimidines / chemical synthesis
  • Pyrimidines / chemistry*
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Furans
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Pyrimidines
  • ErbB Receptors
  • Aurora Kinases
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases