Property Focused Structure-Based Optimization of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Protein–Protein Interaction between Menin and Mixed Lineage Leukemia (MLL)

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• 作者：Dmitry Borkin ; Jonathan Pollock ; Katarzyna Kempinska ; Trupta Purohit ; Xiaoqin Li ; Bo Wen ; Ting Zhao ; Hongzhi Miao ; Shirish Shukla ; Miao He ; Duxin Sun ; Tomasz Cierpicki ; Jolanta Grembecka
• 刊名：Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 11, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：59
• 期：3
• 页码：892-913
• 全文大小：830K
• ISSN：1520-4804

文摘

Development of potent small molecule inhibitors of protein–protein interactions with optimized druglike properties represents a challenging task in lead optimization process. Here, we report synthesis and structure-based optimization of new thienopyrimidine class of compounds, which block the protein–protein interaction between menin and MLL fusion proteins that plays an important role in acute leukemias with MLL translocations. We performed simultaneous optimization of both activity and druglike properties through systematic exploration of substituents introduced to the indole ring of lead compound 1 (MI-136) to identify compounds suitable for in vivo studies in mice. This work resulted in the identification of compound 27 (MI-538), which showed significantly increased activity, selectivity, polarity, and pharmacokinetic profile over 1 and demonstrated a pronounced effect in a mouse model of MLL leukemia. This study, which reports detailed structure–activity and structure–property relationships for the menin–MLL inhibitors, demonstrates challenges in optimizing inhibitors of protein–protein interactions for potential therapeutic applications.