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  2. Design, synthesis and biological activity of novel 2,3,4,5-tetra-substituted thiophene derivatives as PI3Kα inhibitors with potent antitumor activity

Design, synthesis and biological activity of novel 2,3,4,5-tetra-substituted thiophene derivatives as PI3Kα inhibitors with potent antitumor activity

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2020 Jul 1:197:112309. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112309.
Weike Liao 1 Zhongyuan Wang 2 Yufei Han 3 Yinliang Qi 3 Jiaan Liu 4 Juan Xie 2 Ye Tian 3 Qiancheng Lei 1 Rui Chen 1 Ming Sun 3 Lei Tang 5 Guowei Gong 6 Yanfang Zhao 7
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Chemical Drug R&D, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550004, PR China.
  • 2 Department of Pharmacy, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, 550002, PR China.
  • 3 Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110016, PR China.
  • 4 Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, United States.
  • 5 State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Chemical Drug R&D, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550004, PR China. Electronic address: tlei1974@hotmail.com.
  • 6 Department of Bioengineering, Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai Campus, Zhuhai, 519041, Guangdong, PR China. Electronic address: sammyld@163.com.
  • 7 Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang, 110016, PR China. Electronic address: yanfangzhao@126.com.
Abstract

Using a rational design strategy for isoform-selective inhibition of PI3Kα, two series of novel 2,3,4,5-tetra-substituted thiophene derivatives containing either diaryl urea or N-Acylarylhydrazone scaffold were designed and synthesized. The most promising compound 12k was demonstrated to bear nanomolar PI3Kα inhibitory potency with 12, 28, 30, 196-fold selectivity against isoforms β, γ, δ and mTOR. Besides, it also showed good developability profiles in cell-based proliferation against a panel of human tumor cells as well as ADME assays. We herein report on their design, synthesis, SAR and potential developability properties.

Keywords

2,3,4,5-Tetra-substituted thiophene derivatives; Antiproliferative activities; PI3Kα; Synthesis.

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