1. Academic Validation
  2. Discovery of a potent, covalent BTK inhibitor for B-cell lymphoma

Discovery of a potent, covalent BTK inhibitor for B-cell lymphoma

  • ACS Chem Biol. 2014 May 16;9(5):1086-91. doi: 10.1021/cb4008524.
Hong Wu 1 Wenchao Wang Feiyang Liu Ellen L Weisberg Bei Tian Yongfei Chen Binhua Li Aoli Wang Beilei Wang Zheng Zhao Douglas W McMillin Chen Hu Hong Li Jinhua Wang Yanke Liang Sara J Buhrlage Junting Liang Jing Liu Guang Yang Jennifer R Brown Steven P Treon Constantine S Mitsiades James D Griffin Qingsong Liu Nathanael S Gray
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 High Magnetic Field laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Mailbox 1110, 350 Shushanhu Road, Hefei 230031, Anhui, P. R. China.
Abstract

Btk is a member of the TEC family of non-receptor tyrosine kinases whose deregulation has been implicated in a variety of B-cell-related diseases. We have used structure-based drug design in conjunction with kinome profiling and cellular assays to develop a potent, selective, and irreversible Btk kinase inhibitor, QL47, which covalently modifies Cys481. QL47 inhibits Btk kinase activity with an IC50 of 7 nM, inhibits autophosphorylation of Btk on Tyr223 in cells with an EC50 of 475 nM, and inhibits phosphorylation of a downstream effector PLCγ2 (Tyr759) with an EC50 of 318 nM. In Ramos cells QL47 induces a G1 cell cycle arrest that is associated with pronounced degradation of Btk protein. QL47 inhibits the proliferation of B-cell lymphoma Cancer cell lines at submicromolar concentrations.

Figures
Products