Discovery and optimization of 7-aminofuro[2,3-c]pyridine inhibitors of TAK1.
Hornberger, K.R., Berger, D.M., Crew, A.P., Dong, H., Kleinberg, A., Li, A.H., Medeiros, M.R., Mulvihill, M.J., Siu, K., Tarrant, J., Wang, J., Weng, F., Wilde, V.L., Albertella, M., Bittner, M., Cooke, A., Gray, M.J., Maresca, P., May, E., Meyn, P., Peick, W., Romashko, D., Tanowitz, M., Tokar, B.(2013) Bioorg Med Chem Lett 23: 4517-4522
- PubMed: 23850198 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.06.053
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4L3P, 4L52 - PubMed Abstract: 
The discovery and potency optimization of a series of 7-aminofuro[2,3-c]pyridine inhibitors of TAK1 is described. Micromolar hits taken from high-throughput screening were optimized for biochemical and cellular mechanistic potency to ~10nM, as exemplified by compound 12az. Application of structure-based drug design aided by co-crystal structures of TAK1 with inhibitors significantly shortened the number of iterations required for the optimization.
Organizational Affiliation: 
OSI Pharmaceuticals LLC, 1 Bioscience Park Drive, Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA. keith.hornberger@boehringer-ingelheim.com