Discovery of 3H-Benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-ones as Potent, Highly Selective, and Orally Bioavailable Inhibitors of the Human Protooncogene Proviral Insertion Site in Moloney Muri

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• 作者：Zhi-Fu Tao ; Lisa A. Hasvold ; Joel D. Leverson ; Edward K. Han ; Ran Guan ; Eric F. Johnson ; Vincent S. Stoll ; Kent D. Stewart ; Geoff Stamper ; Nirupama Soni ; Jennifer J. Bouska ; Yan Luo ; Thomas J. Sowin
• 刊名：Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：November 12, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：52
• 期：21
• 页码：6621-6636
• 全文大小：1105K
• 年卷期：v.52,no.21(November 12, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-4804

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Pim-1, Pim-2, and Pim-3 are a family of serine/threonine kinases which have been found to be overexpressed in a variety of hematopoietic malignancies and solid tumors. Benzothienopyrimidinones were discovered as a novel class of Pim inhibitors that potently inhibit all three Pim kinases with subnanomolar to low single-digit nanomolar K_i values and exhibit excellent selectivity against a panel of diverse kinases. Protein crystal structures of the bound Pim-1 complexes of benzothienopyrimidinones 3b (PDB code 3JYA), 6e (PDB code 3JYO), and 12b (PDB code 3JXW) were determined and used to guide SAR studies. Multiple compounds exhibited potent antiproliferative activity in K562 and MV4-11 cells with submicromolar EC₅₀ values. For example, compound 14j inhibited the growth of K562 cells with an EC₅₀ value of 1.7 μM and showed K_i values of 2, 3, and 0.5 nM against Pim-1, Pim-2, and Pim-3, respectively. These novel Pim kinase inhibitors efficiently interrupted the phosphorylation of Bad in both K562 and LnCaP-Bad cell lines, indicating that their potent biological activities are mechanism-based. The pharmacokinetics of 14j was studied in CD-1 mice and shown to exhibit bioavailability of 76% after oral dosing. ADME profiling of 14j suggested a long half-life in both human and mouse liver microsomes, good permeability, modest protein binding, and no CYP inhibition below 20 μM concentration.