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  2. Discovery of (E)-N-(4-methyl-5-(3-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)vinyl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)thiazol-2-yl)-2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)acetamide (IHMT-TRK-284) as a novel orally available type II TRK kinase inhibitor capable of overcoming multiple resistant mutants

Discovery of (E)-N-(4-methyl-5-(3-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)vinyl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)thiazol-2-yl)-2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)acetamide (IHMT-TRK-284) as a novel orally available type II TRK kinase inhibitor capable of overcoming multiple resistant mutants

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2020 Dec 1;207:112744. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112744.
Beilei Wang 1 Wentao Zhang 2 Xuesong Liu 3 Fengming Zou 1 Junjie Wang 2 Qingwang Liu 1 Aoli Wang 1 Zhenquan Hu 3 Yongfei Chen 1 Shuang Qi 1 Zongru Jiang 1 Cheng Chen 2 Chen Hu 1 Li Wang 1 Wenchao Wang 1 Qingsong Liu 4 Jing Liu 5
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Institute of Health & Medical Technology, CAS Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, PR China; Precision Medicine Research Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui 230088, PR China.
  • 2 Institute of Health & Medical Technology, CAS Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, PR China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China.
  • 3 Institute of Health & Medical Technology, CAS Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, PR China.
  • 4 Institute of Health & Medical Technology, CAS Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, PR China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China; Precision Medicine Research Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui 230088, PR China; Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China. Electronic address: qsliu97@hmfl.ac.cn.
  • 5 Institute of Health & Medical Technology, CAS Key Laboratory of High Magnetic Field and Ion Beam Physical Biology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, PR China; Precision Medicine Research Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui 230088, PR China. Electronic address: jingliu@hmfl.ac.cn.
Abstract

Due to the critical tumorigenic role of fused NTRK genes in multiple cancers, TRK kinases have attracted extensive attention as a drug discovery target. Starting from an indazole based scaffold, through the type II kinase inhibitor fragments hybrid design approach with a ring closure strategy, we discovered a novel potent type II TRK kinase inhibitor compound 34 (IHMT-TRK-284), which exhibited IC50 values of 10.5 nM, 0.7 nM and 2.6 nM to TrkA, B, and C respectively. In addition, it displayed great selectivity profile in the kinome when tested among 468 kinases and mutants (S score (1) = 0.02 at 1 μM). Importantly, 34 could overcome drug resistant mutants including V573M and F589L in the ATP binding pocket as well as G667C/S in the DFG region. In vivo, 34 exhibited good PK profiles in different species including mice, rats, and dogs. It also displayed good in vivo antitumor efficacies in the TrkA/B/C, TrkA mutants, and KM-12-LUC cells mediated mouse models. The potent activity against clinically important TRK mutants combined with the good in vivo PK and efficacy properties of 34 indicated that it might be a new potential therapeutic candidate for TRK kinase fusion or mutants driven cancers.

Keywords

Drug resistance; Kinase inhibitor; NTRK; TRK mutant.

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