Download MendeleyScaffold-Hopping and Structure-Based Discovery of Potent, Selective, And Brain Penetrant N-(1H-Pyrazol-3-yl)pyridin-2-amine Inhibitors of Dual Leucine Zipper Kinase (DLK, MAP3K12).
Patel, S., Harris, S.F., Gibbons, P., Deshmukh, G., Gustafson, A., Kellar, T., Lin, H., Liu, X., Liu, Y., Liu, Y., Ma, C., Scearce-Levie, K., Ghosh, A.S., Shin, Y.G., Solanoy, H., Wang, J., Wang, B., Yin, J., Siu, M., Lewcock, J.W.(2015) J Med Chem 58: 8182-8199
- PubMed: 26431428
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01072
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
5CEN, 5CEO, 5CEP, 5CEQ - PubMed Abstract:
Recent data suggest that inhibition of dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK, MAP3K12) has therapeutic potential for treatment of a number of indications ranging from acute neuronal injury to chronic neurodegenerative disease. Thus, high demand exists for selective small molecule DLK inhibitors with favorable drug-like properties and good CNS penetration. Herein we describe a shape-based scaffold hopping approach to convert pyrimidine 1 to a pyrazole core with improved physicochemical properties. We also present the first crystal structures of DLK. By utilizing a combination of property and structure-based design, we identified inhibitor 11, a potent, selective, and brain-penetrant inhibitor of DLK with activity in an in vivo nerve injury model.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd. , 288 Fute Zhonglu, Wai Gao Qiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai, 200131, P. R. China.
