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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2025

The Discovery of Bridged Benzoazepine Amides as Selective Allosteric Modulators of RIPK1.

Joanna L Chen, Joey L Methot, Matthew J Mitcheltree, Andrew Musacchio, Emily B Corcoran, Guo Feng, Alfred Lammens, Klaus Maskos, Rachel L Palte, Meredith M Rickard and 10 more

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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20 authors.

Joanna L ChenDepartment of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1574-1000
Joey L MethotDepartment of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3374-181X
Matthew J MitcheltreeDepartment of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3774-628X
Andrew MusacchioDepartment of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Emily B CorcoranDepartment of Process Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Guo FengDepartment of Discovery Quantitative Biosciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Alfred LammensDepartment of Protein Crystallography, Proteros Biostructures GmbH, Planegg-Martinsried, Bavaria 82152, Germany.
Klaus MaskosDepartment of Protein Crystallography, Proteros Biostructures GmbH, Planegg-Martinsried, Bavaria 82152, Germany.
Rachel L PalteDepartment of Structural Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Meredith M RickardDepartment of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Karin M OtteDepartment of Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics, Metabolism and Bioanalytics, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
My S MansuetoDepartment of Discovery Quantitative Biosciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Sriraman VenkatDepartment of Discovery Quantitative Biosciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Christopher SondeyDepartment of Discovery Quantitative Biosciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Maren ThomsenDepartment of Protein Crystallography, Proteros Biostructures GmbH, Planegg-Martinsried, Bavaria 82152, Germany.
Charles A LesburgDepartment of Structural Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7245-7331
Xavier FraderaDepartment of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Matthew J FellDepartment of Discovery Quantitative Biosciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Erin F DiMauroDepartment of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5054-1140
Phieng SiliphaivanhDepartment of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Receptor-interacting protein kinase 1 (RIPK1) plays an essential role in necroptosis, a form of inflammatory, caspase-independent, programmed cell death. Allosteric inhibitors of RIPK1 have been shown to block necroptotic cell death and thus may offer potential therapeutic opportunities across a range of infectious, autoimmune, and neurodegenerative diseases. We report the structure-informed discovery of a novel series of bridged benzoazepine amides as part of our efforts to develop a CNS-penetrant small-molecule inhibitor of RIPK1 with a low projected oral human dose.

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PMID40365380
PMCPMC12067136

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