Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Is the Anticancer Target for a Novel Series of Potent Naphthoquinone-Based Inhibitors

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• 作者：Sanjeev Kumar ; William P. Malachowski ; James B. DuHadaway ; Judith M. LaLonde ; Patrick J. Carroll ; Daniel Jaller ; Richard Metz ; George C. Prendergast ; Alexander J. Muller
• 刊名：Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：March 27, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：51
• 期：6
• 页码：1706 - 1718
• 全文大小：386K
• 年卷期：v.51,no.6(March 27, 2008)
• ISSN：1520-4804

文摘

Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is emerging as an important new therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer, chronic viral infections, and other diseases characterized by pathological immune suppression. While small molecule inhibitors of IDO exist, there remains a dearth of high-potency compounds offering in vivo efficacy and clinical translational potential. In this study, we address this gap by defining a new class of naphthoquinone-based IDO inhibitors exemplified by the natural product menadione, which is shown in mouse tumor models to have similar antitumor activity to previously characterized IDO inhibitors. Genetic validation that IDO is the critical in vivo target is demonstrated using IDO-null mice. Elaboration of menadione to a pyranonaphthoquinone has yielded low nanomolar potency inhibitors, including new compounds which are the most potent reported to date (K_i = 61–70 nM). Synthetic accessibility of this class will facilitate preclinical chemical−genetic studies as well as further optimization of pharmacological parameters for clinical translation.