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Selective and reversible modification of kinase cysteines with chlorofluoroacetamides

  • Nat Chem Biol. 2019 Mar;15(3):250-258. doi: 10.1038/s41589-018-0204-3.
Naoya Shindo 1 Hirokazu Fuchida 1 Mami Sato 1 Kosuke Watari 1 Tomohiro Shibata 1 Keiko Kuwata 2 Chizuru Miura 1 Kei Okamoto 1 Yuji Hatsuyama 1 Keisuke Tokunaga 1 Seiichi Sakamoto 1 Satoshi Morimoto 1 Yoshito Abe 1 Mitsunori Shiroishi 1 Jose M M Caaveiro 1 Tadashi Ueda 1 Tomonori Tamura 3 Naoya Matsunaga 1 Takaharu Nakao 1 Satoru Koyanagi 1 Shigehiro Ohdo 1 Yasuchika Yamaguchi 4 Itaru Hamachi 3 Mayumi Ono 1 Akio Ojida 5
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  • 2 Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
  • 3 Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 4 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, Sasebo, Japan.
  • 5 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. ojida@phar.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Abstract

Irreversible inhibition of disease-associated proteins with small molecules is a powerful approach for achieving increased and sustained pharmacological potency. Here, we introduce α-chlorofluoroacetamide (CFA) as a novel warhead of targeted covalent inhibitor (TCI). Despite weak intrinsic reactivity, CFA-appended quinazoline showed high reactivity toward Cys797 of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). In cells, CFA-quinazoline showed higher target specificity for EGFR than the corresponding Michael acceptors in a wide concentration range (0.1-10 μM). The cysteine adduct of the CFA derivative was susceptible to hydrolysis and reversibly yielded intact thiol but was stable in solvent-sequestered ATP-binding pocket of EGFR. This environment-dependent hydrolysis can potentially reduce off-target protein modification by CFA-based drugs. Oral administration of CFA quinazoline NS-062 significantly suppressed tumor growth in a mouse xenograft model. Further, CFA-appended pyrazolopyrimidine irreversibly inhibited Bruton's tyrosine kinase with higher target specificity. These results demonstrate the utility of CFA as a new class warheads for TCI.

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