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  2. Discovery of a Furanopyrimidine-Based Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor (DBPR112) as a Clinical Candidate for the Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Discovery of a Furanopyrimidine-Based Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor (DBPR112) as a Clinical Candidate for the Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

  • J Med Chem. 2019 Nov 27;62(22):10108-10123. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00722.
Shu-Yu Lin 1 Yung Chang Hsu 1 Yi-Hui Peng 1 Yi-Yu Ke 1 Wen-Hsing Lin 1 Hsu-Yi Sun 1 Hui-Yi Shiao 1 Fu-Ming Kuo 1 Pei-Yi Chen 1 Tzu-Wen Lien 1 Chun-Hwa Chen 1 Chang-Ying Chu 1 Sing-Yi Wang 1 Kai-Chia Yeh 1 Ching-Ping Chen 1 Tsu-An Hsu 1 Su-Ying Wu 1 Teng-Kuang Yeh 1 Chiung-Tong Chen 1 Hsing-Pang Hsieh 1 2
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research , National Health Research Institutes , 35 Keyan Road , Zhunan, Miaoli County 35053 , Taiwan , ROC.
  • 2 Department of Chemistry , National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu 30013 , Taiwan , ROC.
Abstract

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeted therapy in non-small cell lung Cancer represents a breakthrough in the field of precision medicine. Previously, we have identified a lead compound, furanopyrimidine 2, which contains a (S)-2-phenylglycinol structure as a key fragment to inhibit EGFR. However, compound 2 showed high clearance and poor oral bioavailability in its pharmacokinetics studies. In this work, we optimized compound 2 by scaffold hopping and exploiting the potent inhibitory activity of various warhead groups to obtain a clinical candidate, 78 (DBPR112), which not only displayed a potent inhibitory activity against EGFRL858R/T790M double mutations but also exhibited tenfold potency better than the third-generation inhibitor, osimertinib, against EGFR and HER2 exon 20 insertion mutations. Overall, pharmacokinetic improvement through lead-to-candidate optimization yielded fourfold oral AUC better that afatinib along with F = 41.5%, an encouraging safety profile, and significant antitumor efficacy in in vivo xenograft models. DBPR112 is currently undergoing phase 1 clinical trial in Taiwan.

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    98.37%, EGFR 抑制剂