Discovery of potent and selective CDK8 inhibitors from an HSP90 pharmacophore. Issue 5 (1st March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schiemann, Kai; Mallinger, Aurélie; Wienke, Dirk; Esdar, Christina; Poeschke, Oliver; Busch, Michael; Rohdich, Felix; Eccles, Suzanne A.; Schneider, Richard; Raynaud, Florence I.; Czodrowski, Paul; Musil, Djordje; Schwarz, Daniel; Urbahns, Klaus; Blagg, Julian
• Is Part Of: Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters. Volume 26:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 1443
• Page End: 1451
• Publication Date: 2016-03-01
• Subjects: JMTPOBLXKZZYCU-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- KBXKPZZOWBAGTC-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- ZKGWDQMQMQRGLJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- OHNXBYACIOVGBQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- MJZXLJIFSOYQOU-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- LZRZCEHXAQZTIA-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- BGVLCUOYRCTJCU-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- UQRFZZAOVZWDSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- ZWTOETHVOACJIW-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- DDMBDFURJHEOSG-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- DALLTCCRBXGGIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- CISPMBXZQNYLKC-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- UETJKJCLDAZMNX-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- WVZGDHXIWUSKHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- MUKGYZFIZLFCGL-IBGZPJMESA-N -- MUKGYZFIZLFCGL-LJQANCHMSA-N -- LCUMHIHAYAXPDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- QOHBWKYBTSWNGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- APIRNJQTJSYXTA-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- OMIZKYBIVWGYBC-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- IIIQUEYXCDAEGD-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- HAMWSFRMPKMULI-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- CPFVIABLSKKULA-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- FGWWXXXOMYTMPD-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- QZIQKCPFANRCTO-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- GEANABGVEPQZHT-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- GPXUGZJCRBUYGZ-INIZCTEOSA-N -- LJDCQQGXLNPEAO-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- ZGPVOHOOXZLRKY-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- WWSYRAJTUUAHEC-UHFFFAOYSA-N -- LBFYQISQYCGDDW-UHFFFAOYSA-N; WNT pathway inhibitors -- Mediator complex -- CDK8 -- CDK19 -- HSP90 -- Indazoles; Bioorganic chemistry -- Periodicals; Pharmaceutical chemistry -- Periodicals; 572
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.01.062
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0960-894X

Abstract

Graphical abstract: Abstract: Here we describe the discovery and optimization of 3-benzylindazoles as potent and selective inhibitors of CDK8, also modulating CDK19, discovered from a high-throughput screening (HTS) campaign sampling the Merck compound collection. The primary hits with strong HSP90 affinity were subsequently optimized to potent and selective CDK8 inhibitors which demonstrate inhibition of WNT pathway activity in cell-based assays. X-ray crystallographic data demonstrated that 3-benzylindazoles occupy the ATP binding site of CDK8 and adopt a Type I binding mode. Medicinal chemistry optimization successfully led to improved potency, physicochemical properties and oral pharmacokinetics. Modulation of phospho-STAT1, a pharmacodynamic biomarker of CDK8, was demonstrated in an APC -mutant SW620 human colorectal carcinoma xenograft model following oral administration.