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  2. IRAK1/4/pan-FLT3 Kinase Inhibitors with Reduced hERG Block as Treatments for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

IRAK1/4/pan-FLT3 Kinase Inhibitors with Reduced hERG Block as Treatments for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

  • ACS Med Chem Lett. 2025 Apr 29;16(5):887-895. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00147.
Scott B Hoyt 1 Chris J Finocchio 1 Elizabeth Croll 1 Gregory J Tawa 1 Mingliang Zhang 2 Jiangong Wang 2 Huixi Li 2 Li Ma 2 Kaikai Li 2 Xiaohu Zhang 1 Xin Xu 1 Pranav Shah 1 Yuhong Fang 1 Lyndsey C Bolanos 3 Gabriel Gracia-Maldonado 4 Amal Kolt 4 Christina Robinson 5 Jessica Free 5 Elijah F Edmondson 5 Simone Difilippantonio 5 LaQuita M Jones 6 Ashley E Culver-Cochran 3 Jan S Rosenbaum 4 Daniel T Starczynowski 3 Craig J Thomas 1 7
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States.
  • 2 WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., 168 Nanhai Road, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China.
  • 3 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Experimental Hematology, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, United States.
  • 4 Kurome Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208, United States.
  • 5 Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States.
  • 6 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Oncology, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, United States.
  • 7 National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, United States.
Abstract

We report the optimization of a series of IRAK1/4/pan-FLT3 kinase inhibitors. These efforts have produced a key compound 27 that displays potent and selective inhibition of IRAK1, IRAK4, and FLT3, reduced block of hERG, and good pharmacokinetic properties. In a mouse xenograft model of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), 27 produces survival prolongation superior to that of gilteritinib, the leading FDA-approved FLT3 Inhibitor currently used to treat AML.

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