Hit to Lead optimization of a novel class of squarate-containing polo-like kinases inhibitors

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2012 Dec 15;22(24):7615-22. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.10.009. Epub 2012 Oct 11.

Abstract

A high throughput screening (HTS) hit, 1 (Plk1 K(i)=2.2 μM) was optimized and evaluated for the enzymatic inhibition of Plk-1 kinase. Molecular modeling suggested the importance of adding a hydrophobic aromatic amine side chain in order to improve the potency by a classic kinase H-donor-acceptor binding mode. Extensive SAR studies led to the discovery of 49 (Plk1 K(i)=5 nM; EC(50)=1.05 μM), which demonstrated moderate efficacy at 100 mpk in a MiaPaCa tumor model, with no overt toxicity.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays*
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neoplasms, Experimental / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms, Experimental / pathology
  • Polo-Like Kinase 1
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / administration & dosage
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases