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  2. Novel hinge binder improves activity and pharmacokinetic properties of BRAF inhibitors

Novel hinge binder improves activity and pharmacokinetic properties of BRAF inhibitors

  • J Med Chem. 2010 Aug 12;53(15):5639-55. doi: 10.1021/jm100383b.
Alfonso Zambon 1 Delphine Ménard Bart M J M Suijkerbuijk Ion Niculescu-Duvaz Steven Whittaker Dan Niculescu-Duvaz Arnaud Nourry Lawrence Davies Helen A Manne Filipa Lopes Natasha Preece Douglas Hedley Lesley M Ogilvie Ruth Kirk Richard Marais Caroline J Springer
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Affiliation

  • 1 The Institute of Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Sutton, Surrey, UK.
Abstract

Mutated BRAF serine/threonine kinase is implicated in several types of Cancer, with particularly high frequency in melanoma and colorectal carcinoma. We recently reported on the development of BRAF inhibitors based on a tripartite A-B-C system featuring an imidazo[4,5]pyridin-2-one group hinge binder. Here we present the design, synthesis, and optimization of a new series of inhibitors with a different A-B-C system that has been modified by the introduction of a range of novel hinge Binders (A ring). The optimization of the hinge binding moiety has enabled the development of compounds with low nanomolar potencies in both BRAF inhibition and cellular assays. These compounds display optimal pharmacokinetic properties that warrant further in vivo investigations.

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