2-Amino-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-5-carboxamide-Based Discoidin Domain Receptor 1 (DDR1) Inhibitors: Design, Synthesis, and in Vivo Antipancreatic Cancer Efficacy.
Zhu, D., Huang, H., Pinkas, D.M., Luo, J., Ganguly, D., Fox, A.E., Arner, E., Xiang, Q., Tu, Z.C., Bullock, A.N., Brekken, R.A., Ding, K., Lu, X.(2019) J Med Chem 62: 7431-7444
- PubMed: 31310125 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00365
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6HP9 - PubMed Abstract: 
A series of 2-amino-2,3-dihydro-1 H -indene-5-carboxamides were designed and synthesized as new selective discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) inhibitors. One of the representative compounds, 7f , bound with DDR1 with a K d value of 5.9 nM and suppressed the kinase activity with an half-maximal (50%) inhibitory concentration value of 14.9 nM. 7f potently inhibited collagen-induced DDR1 signaling and epithelial-mesenchymal transition, dose-dependently suppressed colony formation of pancreatic cancer cells, and exhibited promising in vivo therapeutic efficacy in orthotopic mouse models of pancreatic cancer.
Organizational Affiliation: 
International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE), School of Pharmacy , Jinan University , 601 Huangpu Avenue West , Guangzhou 510632 , China.