Download MendeleyIdentification of Pyrimidine-Based Lead Compounds for Understudied Kinases Implicated in Driving Neurodegeneration.
Drewry, D.H., Annor-Gyamfi, J.K., Wells, C.I., Pickett, J.E., Dederer, V., Preuss, F., Mathea, S., Axtman, A.D.(2022) J Med Chem 65: 1313-1328
- PubMed: 34333981
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00440
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
7P1L - PubMed Abstract:
The pyrimidine core has been utilized extensively to construct kinase inhibitors, including eight FDA-approved drugs. Because the pyrimidine hinge-binding motif is accommodated by many human kinases, kinome-wide selectivity of resultant molecules can be poor. This liability was seen as an advantage since it is well tolerated by many understudied kinases. We hypothesized that nonexemplified aminopyrimidines bearing side chains from well-annotated pyrimidine-based inhibitors with off-target activity on understudied kinases would provide us with useful inhibitors of these lesser studied kinases. Our strategy paired mixing and matching the side chains from the 2- and 4-positions of the parent compounds with modifications at the 5-position of the pyrimidine core, which is situated near the gatekeeper residue of the binding pocket. Utilizing this approach, we imparted improved kinome-wide selectivity to most members of the resultant library. Importantly, we also identified potent biochemical and cell-active lead compounds for understudied kinases like DRAK1, BMP2K, and MARK3/4.
Organizational Affiliation:
Structural Genomics Consortium, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
