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  2. Discovery of a series of 2-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridines as ALK5 inhibitors with potential utility in the prevention of dermal scarring

Discovery of a series of 2-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridines as ALK5 inhibitors with potential utility in the prevention of dermal scarring

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2012 May 15;22(10):3392-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.04.013.
Mark L Boys 1 Feng Bian James B Kramer Christopher L Chio Xiao-Dan Ren Huifen Chen Stephen D Barrett Karen E Sexton Donna M Iula Gary F Filzen Maria N Nguyen Paul Angell Victoria L Downs Zhi Wang Neil Raheja Edmund L Ellsworth Stephen Fakhoury Larry D Bratton Paul R Keller Richard Gowan Elena M Drummond Samarendra N Maiti Mostofa A Hena Leroy Lu Patrick McConnell John D Knafels Venkataraman Thanabal Fang Sun Diane Alessi Ann McCarthy Erli Zhang Barry C Finzel Sneha Patel Susan M Ciotti Rone Eisma N A Payne Richard B Gilbertsen Catherine R Kostlan David J Pocalyko Deepak S Lala
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  • 1 Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor Laboratories, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA. mark.boys@arraybiopharma.com
Abstract

A series of 2-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridines are described as inhibitors of ALK5 (TGFβ receptor I kinase). Modeling compounds in the ALK5 kinase domain enabled some optimization of potency via substitutions on the pyrazole core. One of these compounds PF-03671148 gave a dose dependent reduction in TGFβ induced fibrotic gene expression in human fibroblasts. A similar reduction in fibrotic gene expression was observed when PF-03671148 was applied topically in a rat wound repair model. Thus these compounds have potential utility for the prevention of dermal scarring.

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