Discovery of XL413, a potent and selective CDC7 inhibitor

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作者
Koltun, Elena S. [1 ]
Tsuhako, Amy Lew [1 ]
Brown, David S. [1 ]
Aay, Naing [1 ]
Arcalas, Arlyn [1 ]
Chan, Vicky [1 ]
Du, Hongwang [1 ]
Engst, Stefan [1 ]
Ferguson, Kim [1 ]
Franzini, Maurizio [1 ]
Galan, Adam [1 ]
Holst, Charles R. [1 ]
Huang, Ping [1 ]
Kane, Brian [1 ]
Kim, Moon H. [1 ]
Li, Jia [1 ]
Markby, David [1 ]
Mohan, Manisha [1 ]
Noson, Kevin [1 ]
Plonowski, Arthur [1 ]
Richards, Steven J. [1 ]
Robertson, Scott [1 ]
Shaw, Kenneth [1 ]
Stott, Gordon [1 ]
Stout, Thomas J. [1 ]
Young, Jenny [1 ]
Yu, Peiwen [1 ]
Zaharia, Cristiana A. [1 ]
Zhang, Wentao [1 ]
Zhou, Peiwen [1 ]
Nuss, John M. [1 ]
Xu, Wei [1 ]
Kearney, Patrick C. [1 ]
机构
[1] Exelixis, Dept Drug Discovery, San Francisco, CA 94080 USA
关键词
CDC7 kinase inhibitor; CK2; inhibitors; Benzofuropyrimidinone; Cell cycle arrest; PROTEIN-KINASE CK2; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES-POMBE; REPLICATION CHECKPOINT; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE; CDC7-DBF4; KINASE; S-PHASE; SWI1;
D O I
10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.04.024
中图分类号
R914 [药物化学];
学科分类号
100701 ;
摘要
CDC7 is a serine/threonine kinase that has been shown to be required for the initiation and maintenance of DNA replication. Up-regulation of CDC7 is detected in multiple tumor cell lines, with inhibition of CDC7 resulting in cell cycle arrest. In this paper, we disclose the discovery of a potent and selective CDC7 inhibitor, XL413 (14), which was advanced into Phase 1 clinical trials. Starting from advanced lead 3, described in a preceding communication, we optimized the CDC7 potency and selectivity to demonstrate in vitro CDC7 dependent cell cycle arrest and in vivo tumor growth inhibition in a Colo-205 xenograft model. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:3727 / 3731
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