1. Academic Validation
  2. Discovery of a Candidate Containing an (S)-3,3-Difluoro-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1 H-inden Scaffold as a Highly Potent Pan-Inhibitor of the BCR-ABL Kinase Including the T315I-Resistant Mutant for the Treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Discovery of a Candidate Containing an (S)-3,3-Difluoro-1-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1 H-inden Scaffold as a Highly Potent Pan-Inhibitor of the BCR-ABL Kinase Including the T315I-Resistant Mutant for the Treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

  • J Med Chem. 2021 Jun 10;64(11):7434-7452. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00082.
Dongfeng Zhang 1 Peng Li 1 Yongxin Gao 1 Yaoyao Song 2 Yaqin Zhu 2 Hong Su 2 Beibei Yang 1 Li Li 1 Gang Li 1 Ningbo Gong 3 Yang Lu 3 Huanjie Shao 2 Chunrong Yu 4 Haihong Huang 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Beijing Key Laboratory of Active Substance Discovery and Druggability Evaluation, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, P. R. China.
  • 2 College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 Xi Chang An Street, Xi'an 710119, P. R. China.
  • 3 Beijing Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, P. R. China.
  • 4 Taizhou Astar BioTechnology Co. Ltd, Kou Tai Road, Taizhou 225300, P. R. China.
Abstract

Bcr-Abl kinase inhibition is an effective strategy for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Herein, we report compound 3a-P1, bearing a difluoro-indene scaffold, as a novel potent pan-inhibitor against Bcr-Abl mutants, including the most refractory T315I mutant. As the privileged (S)-isomer compared to its (R)-isomer 3a-P2, 3a-P1 exhibited potent antiproliferative activities against K562 and Ku812 CML cells and Bcr-Abl and Bcr-AblT315I BaF3 cells, with IC50 values of 0.4, 0.1, 2.1, and 4.7 nM, respectively. 3a-P1 displayed a good safety profile in a battery of assays, including single-dose toxicity, hERG K+, and genotoxicity. It also showed favorable mice pharmacokinetic properties with a good oral bioavailability (32%), a reasonable half-life (4.61 h), and a high exposure (1386 h·ng/mL). Importantly, 3a-P1 demonstrated a higher potency than ponatinib in a mice xenograft model of BaF3 harboring Bcr-AblT315I. Overall, the results indicate that 3a-P1 is a promising drug candidate for the treatment of CML to overcome the imatinib-resistant T315I Bcr-Abl mutation.

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