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  2. Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of I-BET567, a Pan-Bromodomain and Extra Terminal (BET) Bromodomain Oral Candidate

Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of I-BET567, a Pan-Bromodomain and Extra Terminal (BET) Bromodomain Oral Candidate

  • J Med Chem. 2022 Feb 10;65(3):2262-2287. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01747.
Philip G Humphreys 1 Stephen J Atkinson 1 Paul Bamborough 1 Rino A Bit 1 Chun-Wa Chung 1 Peter D Craggs 1 Leanne Cutler 1 Rob Davis 1 Alan Ferrie 1 GangLi Gong 2 Laurie J Gordon 1 Matthew Gray 1 Lee A Harrison 1 Thomas G Hayhow 1 Andrea Haynes 1 Nick Henley 1 David J Hirst 1 Ian D Holyer 1 Matthew J Lindon 1 Cerys Lovatt 1 David Lugo 1 Scott McCleary 1 Judit Molnar 1 Qendresa Osmani 1 Chris Patten 1 Alex Preston 1 Inmaculada Rioja 1 Jonathan T Seal 1 Nicholas Smithers 1 Fenglai Sun 2 Dalin Tang 2 Simon Taylor 1 Natalie H Theodoulou 1 3 Clare Thomas 1 Robert J Watson 1 Christopher R Wellaway 1 Linrong Zhu 2 Nicholas C O Tomkinson 3 Rab K Prinjha 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, United Kingdom.
  • 2 WuXi Shanghai STA Pharmaceutical R&D Co., Ltd., No. 90 Delin Road, WaiGaoQiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, China.
  • 3 WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, United Kingdom.
Abstract

Through regulation of the epigenome, the bromodomain and extra terminal (BET) family of proteins represent important therapeutic targets for the treatment of human disease. Through mimicking the endogenous N-acetyl-lysine group and disrupting the protein-protein interaction between histone tails and the bromodomain, several small molecule pan-BET inhibitors have progressed to oncology clinical trials. This work describes the medicinal chemistry strategy and execution to deliver an orally bioavailable tetrahydroquinoline (THQ) pan-BET candidate. Critical to the success of this endeavor was a potency agnostic analysis of a data set of 1999 THQ BET inhibitors within the GSK collection which enabled identification of appropriate lipophilicity space to deliver compounds with a higher probability of desired oral candidate quality properties. SAR knowledge was leveraged via Free-Wilson analysis within this design space to identify a small group of targets which ultimately delivered I-BET567 (27), a pan-BET candidate inhibitor that demonstrated efficacy in mouse models of oncology and inflammation.

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