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ACS Med Chem Lett. 2016 Mar 28;7(6):573-8. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00022. eCollection 2016 Jun 09.

2,8-Disubstituted-1,6-Naphthyridines and 4,6-Disubstituted-Isoquinolines with Potent, Selective Affinity for CDK8/19.

ACS medicinal chemistry letters

Aurélie Mallinger, Kai Schiemann, Christian Rink, Jimmy Sejberg, Mark A Honey, Paul Czodrowski, Mark Stubbs, Oliver Poeschke, Michael Busch, Richard Schneider, Daniel Schwarz, Djordje Musil, Rosemary Burke, Klaus Urbahns, Paul Workman, Dirk Wienke, Paul A Clarke, Florence I Raynaud, Suzanne A Eccles, Christina Esdar, Felix Rohdich, Julian Blagg

Affiliations

  1. Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research , London SW7 3RP, UK.
  2. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt 64293, Germany.

PMID: 27326329 PMCID: PMC4904262 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00022

Abstract

We demonstrate a designed scaffold-hop approach to the discovery of 2,8-disubstituted-1,6-naphthyridine- and 4,6-disubstituted-isoquinoline-based dual CDK8/19 ligands. Optimized compounds in both series exhibited rapid aldehyde oxidase-mediated metabolism, which could be abrogated by introduction of an amino substituent at C5 of the 1,6-naphthyridine scaffold or at C1 of the isoquinoline scaffold. Compounds 51 and 59 were progressed to in vivo pharmacokinetic studies, and 51 also demonstrated sustained inhibition of STAT1(SER727) phosphorylation, a biomarker of CDK8 inhibition, in an SW620 colorectal carcinoma human tumor xenograft model following oral dosing.

Keywords: CDK19; CDK8; aldehyde oxidase; kinase inhibitor; mediator complex

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