4 research outputs found
Technically Extended MultiParameter Optimization (TEMPO): An Advanced Robust Scoring Scheme To Calculate Central Nervous System Druggability and Monitor Lead Optimization
At the discovery stage, it is important
to understand the drug
design concepts for a CNS drug compared to those for a non-CNS drug.
Previously, we published on ideal CNS drug property space and defined
in detail the physicochemical property distribution of CNS versus
non-CNS oral drugs, the application of radar charting (a graphical
representation of multiple physicochemical properties used during
CNS lead optimization), and a recursive partition classification tree
to differentiate between CNS- and non-CNS drugs. The objective of
the present study was to further understand the differentiation of
physicochemical properties between CNS and non-CNS oral drugs by the
development and application of a new CNS scoring scheme: Technically
Extended MultiParameter Optimization (TEMPO). In this multiparameter
method, we identified eight key physicochemical properties critical
for accurately assessing CNS druggability: (1) number of basic amines,
(2) carbon–heteroatom (non-carbon, non-hydrogen) ratio, (3)
number of aromatic rings, (4) number of chains, (5) number of rotatable
bonds, (6) number of H-acceptors, (7) computed octanol/water partition
coefficient (AlogP), and (8) number of nonconjugated C atoms in nonaromatic
rings. Significant features of the CNS-TEMPO penalty score are the
extension of the multiparameter approach to generate an accurate weight
factor for each physicochemical property, the use of limits on both
sides of the computed property space range during the penalty calculation,
and the classification of CNS and non-CNS drug scores. CNS-TEMPO significantly
outperformed CNS-MPO and the Schrödinger QikProp CNS parameter
(QP_CNS) in evaluating CNS drugs and has been extensively applied
in support of CNS lead optimization programs
Discovery of an Orally Efficacious Inhibitor of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a promising therapeutic
target for the treatment of cancer, supported by considerable favorable
preclinical and clinical activities over the past several years and
culminating in the recent FDA approval of the ALK inhibitor crizotinib.
Through a series of targeted modifications on an ALK inhibitor diaminopyrimidine
scaffold, our research group has driven improvements in ALK potency,
kinase selectivity, and overall pharmaceutical properties. Optimization
of this scaffold has led to the identification of a potent and efficacious
inhibitor of ALK, <b>25b</b>. A striking feature of <b>25b</b> over previously described ALK inhibitors is its >600-fold selectivity
over insulin receptor (IR), a closely related kinase family member.
Most importantly, <b>25b</b> exhibited dose proportional escalation
in rat compared to compound <b>3</b> which suffered dose limiting
absorption preventing further advancement. Compound <b>25b</b> exhibited significant in vivo antitumor
efficacy when dosed orally in an ALK-positive ALCL tumor xenograft
model in SCID mice, warranting further assessment in advanced preclinical
models
Strategies to Mitigate the Bioactivation of 2-Anilino-7-Aryl-Pyrrolo[2,1-<i>f</i>][1,2,4]triazines: Identification of Orally Bioavailable, Efficacious ALK Inhibitors
Chemical strategies to mitigate cytochrome P450-mediated
bioactivation of novel 2,7-disubstituted pyrrolo[2,1-<i>f</i>][1,2,4]triazine ALK inhibitors are described along with synthesis
and biological activity. Piperidine-derived analogues showing minimal
microsomal reactive metabolite formation were discovered. Potent,
selective, and metabolically stable ALK inhibitors from this class
were identified, and an orally bioavailable compound (<b>32</b>) with antitumor efficacy in ALK-driven xenografts in mouse models
was extensively characterized
Discovery of Clinical Candidate CEP-37440, a Selective Inhibitor of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) and Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK)
Analogues structurally related to
anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)
inhibitor <b>1</b> were optimized for metabolic stability. The
results from this endeavor not only led to improved metabolic stability,
pharmacokinetic parameters, and in vitro activity against clinically
derived resistance mutations but also led to the incorporation of
activity for focal adhesion kinase (FAK). FAK activation, via amplification
and/or overexpression, is characteristic of multiple invasive solid
tumors and metastasis. The discovery of the clinical stage, dual FAK/ALK
inhibitor <b>27b</b>, including details surrounding SAR, in
vitro/in vivo pharmacology, and pharmacokinetics, is reported herein