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  2. Discovery of potent and selective pyrazolopyrimidine janus kinase 2 inhibitors

Discovery of potent and selective pyrazolopyrimidine janus kinase 2 inhibitors

  • J Med Chem. 2012 Nov 26;55(22):10090-107. doi: 10.1021/jm3012239.
Emily J Hanan 1 Anne van Abbema Kathy Barrett Wade S Blair Jeff Blaney Christine Chang Charles Eigenbrot Sean Flynn Paul Gibbons Christopher A Hurley Jane R Kenny Janusz Kulagowski Leslie Lee Steven R Magnuson Claire Morris Jeremy Murray Richard M Pastor Tom Rawson Michael Siu Mark Ultsch Aihe Zhou Deepak Sampath Joseph P Lyssikatos
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Discovery Chemistry, Genentech, Inc. 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA.
Abstract

The discovery of somatic JAK2 mutations in patients with chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms has led to significant interest in discovering selective JAK2 inhibitors for use in treating these disorders. A high-throughput screening effort identified the pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine scaffold as a potent inhibitor of JAK2. Optimization of lead compounds 7a-b and 8 in this chemical series for activity against JAK2, selectivity against Other Jak family kinases, and good in vivo pharmacokinetic properties led to the discovery of 7j. In a SET2 xenograft model that is dependent on JAK2 for growth, 7j demonstrated a time-dependent knock-down of pSTAT5, a downstream target of JAK2.

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