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Synthesis and anti-tumor activity of imidazopyrazines as TAK1 inhibitors

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2019 Feb 1:163:660-670. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.12.025.
Seok Jong Kang 1 Jung Wuk Lee 2 Shin Hyuck Chung 2 Sun Young Jang 1 Jaeyul Choi 3 Kwee Hyun Suh 3 Young Hoon Kim 3 Young Jin Ham 3 Kyung Hoon Min 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea; Department of Drug Discovery, Hanmi Research Center, Gyeonggi-do, 18469, Republic of Korea.
  • 2 College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea.
  • 3 Department of Drug Discovery, Hanmi Research Center, Gyeonggi-do, 18469, Republic of Korea.
  • 4 College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: khmin@cau.ac.kr.
Abstract

Transforming growth factor-β activated kinase-1 (TAK1) is a potential therapeutic target for cancers and inflammatory diseases. We synthesized a series of novel imidazopyrazine derivatives, which were found to exhibit potent inhibitory effect against TAK1. Compound 22a, which possesses a good pharmacokinetic profile, showed excellent in vitro kinase activity and significant in vivo efficacy in mice xenografted with SW620, a KRAS-dependent colon Cancer cell line.

Keywords

Colon cancer; Imidazopyrazine; TAK1.

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