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  2. Discovery of novel 7-azaindole derivatives bearing dihydropyridazine moiety as c-Met kinase inhibitors

Discovery of novel 7-azaindole derivatives bearing dihydropyridazine moiety as c-Met kinase inhibitors

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2017 Jun 16:133:97-106. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.03.045.
Qidong Tang 1 Linxiao Wang 2 Yongli Duan 2 Wenhui Wang 2 Shunmin Huang 2 Jia Zhi 2 Shuang Jia 2 Wufu Zhu 2 Ping Wang 2 Rong Luo 3 Pengwu Zheng 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, PR China. Electronic address: tangqidongcn@126.com.
  • 2 School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, PR China.
  • 3 Jiangxi Province Institute of Materia Medica, Nanchang 330000, PR China.
  • 4 School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, PR China. Electronic address: zhengpw@126.com.
Abstract

A series of 7-azaindole derivatives bearing the dihydropyridazine scaffold were synthesized and evaluated for their c-Met kinase inhibitory, and antiproliferative activity against 4 Cancer cell lines (HT29, A549, H460, U87MG) were evaluated in vitro. Most compounds showed moderate to excellent potency. Compared to foretinib, the most promising analog 34 (c-Met IC50: 1.06 nM, a multitarget tyrosine kinase inhibitor) showed a 6.4-, 7.8-, and 3.2-fold increase in activity against HT29, A549, and H460 cell lines, respectively. Structure activity relationship studies indicated that mono-EWGs (such as R2 = F) at 4-position of moiety D was a key factor in improving the antitumor activity.

Keywords

7-Azaindole derivatives; Anti-tumor; Dihydropyridazine; Receptor tyrosine kinase; c-Met.

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