Development of Selective Pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one-Based Mammalian STE20-Like (MST3/4) Kinase Inhibitors

Mammalian STE20-like (MST) kinases 1-4 play key roles in regulating the Hippo and autophagy pathways, and their dysregulation has been implicated in cancer development. In contrast to the well-studied MST1/2, the roles of MST3/4 are less clear, in part due to the lack of potent and selective inhibitors. Here, we re-evaluated literature compounds, and used structure-guided design to optimize the p21-activated kinase (PAK) inhibitor G-5555 (8) to selectively target MST3/4. These efforts resulted in the development of MR24 (24) and MR30 (27) with good kinome-wide selectivity and high cellular potency. The distinct cellular functions of closely related MST kinases can now be elucidated with subfamily-selective chemical tool compounds using a combination of the MST1/2 inhibitor PF-06447475 (2) and the two MST3/4 inhibitors developed. We found that MST3/4-selective inhibition caused a cell-cycle arrest in the G1 phase, whereas MST1/2 inhibition resulted in accumulation of cells in the G2/M phase.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

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Journal of medicinal chemistry - 67(2024), 5 vom: 14. März, Seite 3813-3842

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rak, Marcel [VerfasserIn]
Menge, Amelie [VerfasserIn]
Tesch, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Berger, Lena M [VerfasserIn]
Balourdas, Dimitrios-Ilias [VerfasserIn]
Shevchenko, Ekaterina [VerfasserIn]
Krämer, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Elson, Lewis [VerfasserIn]
Berger, Benedict-Tilman [VerfasserIn]
Abdi, Ismahan [VerfasserIn]
Wahl, Laurenz M [VerfasserIn]
Poso, Antti [VerfasserIn]
Kaiser, Astrid [VerfasserIn]
Hanke, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Kronenberger, Thales [VerfasserIn]
Joerger, Andreas C [VerfasserIn]
Müller, Susanne [VerfasserIn]
Knapp, Stefan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

EC 2.7.11.1
Journal Article
P21-Activated Kinases
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases

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Date Completed 15.03.2024

Date Revised 15.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c02217

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369123751