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  2. Discovery of Lanraplenib (GS-9876): A Once-Daily Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor for Autoimmune Diseases

Discovery of Lanraplenib (GS-9876): A Once-Daily Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor for Autoimmune Diseases

  • ACS Med Chem Lett. 2020 Feb 12;11(4):506-513. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00621.
Peter Blomgren 1 Jayaraman Chandrasekhar 1 Julie A Di Paolo 2 Wanchi Fung 2 Guoju Geng 2 Carmen Ip 2 Randall Jones 1 Jeffrey E Kropf 1 Eric B Lansdon 2 Seung Lee 1 Jennifer R Lo 1 Scott A Mitchell 1 Bernard Murray 2 Chris Pohlmeyer 2 Aaron Schmitt 1 Kimberly Suekawa-Pirrone 2 Sarah Wise 2 Jin-Ming Xiong 1 Jianjun Xu 1 Helen Yu 2 Zhongdong Zhao 1 Kevin S Currie 1 2
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Gilead Sciences, 199 E. Blaine Street, Seattle, Washington 98102, United States.
  • 2 Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, California 94404, United States.
Abstract

Spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) is a critical regulator of signaling in a variety of immune cell types such as B-cells, monocytes, and macrophages. Accordingly, there have been numerous efforts to identify compounds that selectively inhibit Syk as a means to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. We previously disclosed GS-9973 (entospletinib) as a selective Syk Inhibitor that is under clinical evaluation in hematological malignancies. However, a BID dosing regimen and drug interaction with Proton Pump inhibitors (PPI) prevented development of entospletinib in inflammatory diseases. Herein, we report the discovery of a second-generation Syk Inhibitor, GS-9876 (lanraplenib), which has human pharmacokinetic properties suitable for once-daily administration and is devoid of any interactions with PPI. Lanraplenib is currently under clinical evaluation in multiple autoimmune indications.

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