Combining X-ray crystallography and molecular modeling toward the optimization of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines as potent c-Src inhibitors active in vivo against neuroblastoma

c-Src is a tyrosine kinase belonging to the Src-family kinases. It is overexpressed and/or hyperactivated in a variety of cancer cells, thus its inhibition has been predicted to have therapeutic effects in solid tumors. Recently, the pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine 3 was reported as a dual c-Src/Abl inhibitor. Herein we describe a multidisciplinary drug discovery approach for the optimization of the lead 3 against c-Src. Starting from the X-ray crystal structure of c-Src in complex with 3, Monte Carlo free energy perturbation calculations were applied to guide the design of c-Src inhibitors with improved activities. As a result, the introduction of a meta hydroxyl group on the C4 anilino ring was computed to be particularly favorable. The potency of the synthesized inhibitors was increased with respect to the starting lead 3. The best identified compounds were also found active in the inhibition of neuroblastoma cell proliferation. Furthermore, compound 29 also showed in vivo activity in xenograft model using SH-SY5Y cells..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Journal of medicinal chemistry - 58(2015), 1, Seite 347

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tintori, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Fallacara, Anna Lucia [Sonstige Person]
Radi, Marco [Sonstige Person]
Zamperini, Claudio [Sonstige Person]
Dreassi, Elena [Sonstige Person]
Crespan, Emmanuele [Sonstige Person]
Maga, Giovanni [Sonstige Person]
Schenone, Silvia [Sonstige Person]
Musumeci, Francesca [Sonstige Person]
Brullo, Chiara [Sonstige Person]
Richters, André [Sonstige Person]
Gasparrini, Francesca [Sonstige Person]
Angelucci, Adriano [Sonstige Person]
Festuccia, Claudio [Sonstige Person]
Delle Monache, Simona [Sonstige Person]
Rauh, Daniel [Sonstige Person]
Botta, Maurizio [Sonstige Person]

Links:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

BKL:

44.42

Themen:

Cell Cycle - drug effects
Cell Proliferation - drug effects
Neuroblastoma - drug therapy
Neuroblastoma - pathology
Protein Kinase Inhibitors - chemistry
Protein Kinase Inhibitors - metabolism
Protein Kinase Inhibitors - pharmacology
Pyrazoles - chemistry
Pyrazoles - pharmacology
Pyrimidines - chemistry
Pyrimidines - metabolism
Pyrimidines - pharmacology
Src-Family Kinases - antagonists & inhibitors
Src-Family Kinases - chemistry
Src-Family Kinases - metabolism

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1967096880