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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry2017

Structure-guided development of covalent TAK1 inhibitors.

Li Tan, Deepak Gurbani, Ellen L Weisberg, John C Hunter, Lianbo Li, Douglas S Jones, Scott B Ficarro, Samar Mowafy, Chun-Pong Tam, Suman Rao and 6 more

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Li TanDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Deepak GurbaniDepartment of Biochemistry, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Ellen L WeisbergDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
John C HunterDepartment of Biochemistry, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Lianbo LiDepartment of Biochemistry, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Douglas S JonesHMS LINCS Center and Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Scott B FicarroDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Samar MowafyDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Misr International University, Km 28 Cairo, Ismailia Rd., Ahmed Orabi Dist., Cairo, Egypt.
Chun-Pong TamDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Suman RaoDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA; HMS LINCS Center and Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Guangyan DuDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
James D GriffinDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Peter K SorgerHMS LINCS Center and Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Jarrod A MartoDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Kenneth D WestoverDepartment of Biochemistry, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390, USA. Electronic address: Kenneth.Westover@UTSouthwestern.edu.
Nathanael S GrayDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: Nathanael_Gray@dfci.harvard.edu.

Funding

StructureP01CA154303 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI JANNE, PASI A · 2012 to 2021
$17.8M
Pharmaco Response Signatures and Disease MechanismU54HL127365 · NHLBI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI SORGER, PETER KARL · 2014 to 2019
$13.1M
TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACOLOGY COREP50GM107618 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MALISZEWSKI, LAURA ELIZABETH · 2014 to 2018
$10.8M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA154303NHLBI NIH HHS U54 HL127365NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM107618
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TAK1 (transforming growth factor-β-activated kinase 1) is an essential intracellular mediator of cytokine and growth factor signaling and a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of immune diseases and cancer. Herein we report development of a series of 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine covalent TAK1 inhibitors that target Cys174, a residue immediately adjacent to the 'DFG-motif' of the kinase activation loop. Co-crystal structures of TAK1 with candidate compounds enabled iterative rounds of structure-based design and biological testing to arrive at optimized compounds. Lead compounds such as 2 and 10 showed greater than 10-fold biochemical selectivity for TAK1 over the closely related kinases MEK1 and ERK1 which possess an equivalently positioned cysteine residue. These compounds are smaller, more easily synthesized, and exhibit a different spectrum of kinase selectivity relative to previously reported macrocyclic natural product TAK1 inhibitors such as 5Z-7-oxozeanol.

Indexed as

AnimalsCrystallography, X-RayDose-Response Relationship, DrugHumansMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 7MAP Kinase Kinase KinasesMiceMicrosomes, LiverModels, MolecularMolecular StructureProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyrimidinesStructure-Activity RelationshipMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 7MAP Kinase Kinase KinasesProtein Kinase InhibitorspyrimidinePyrimidines2,4-Disubstituted pyrimidineCovalent inhibitorsStructure-activity relationshipStructure-based designTAK1 kinase inhibitors

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PMID28011204
PMCPMC5484537

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