Discovery and optimization of a series of 3-(3-phenyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-2-amines: orally bioavailable, selective, and potent ATP-independent Akt inhibitors.
Ashwell, M.A., Lapierre, J.M., Brassard, C., Bresciano, K., Bull, C., Cornell-Kennon, S., Eathiraj, S., France, D.S., Hall, T., Hill, J., Kelleher, E., Khanapurkar, S., Kizer, D., Koerner, S., Link, J., Liu, Y., Makhija, S., Moussa, M., Namdev, N., Nguyen, K., Nicewonger, R., Palma, R., Szwaya, J., Tandon, M., Uppalapati, U., Vensel, D., Volak, L.P., Volckova, E., Westlund, N., Wu, H., Yang, R.Y., Chan, T.C.(2012) J Med Chem 55: 5291-5310
- PubMed: 22533986 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jm300276x
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This paper describes the implementation of a biochemical and biophysical screening strategy to identify and optimize small molecule Akt1 inhibitors that act through a mechanism distinct from that observed for kinase domain ATP-competitive inhibitors. With the aid of an unphosphorylated Akt1 cocrystal structure of 12j solved at 2 ...