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  2. Potent and Selective Inhibitors of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor to Overcome C797S-Mediated Resistance

Potent and Selective Inhibitors of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor to Overcome C797S-Mediated Resistance

  • J Med Chem. 2021 Sep 23;64(18):13704-13718. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01055.
M Raymond V Finlay 1 Peter Barton 1 Sue Bickerton 1 Michal Bista 2 Nicola Colclough 1 Darren A E Cross 1 Laura Evans 1 Nicolas Floc'h 1 Clare Gregson 1 Carine M Guérot 1 David Hargreaves 2 Xiaoming Kang 3 Eva M Lenz 1 Xu Li 3 Yi Liu 3 Olivier Lorthioir 1 Matthew J Martin 1 Darren McKerrecher 1 Claire McWhirter 2 Daniel O'Neill 2 Jonathan P Orme 2 Arash Mosallanejad 1 Amar Rahi 1 Paul D Smith 1 Verity Talbot 2 Richard A Ward 1 Gail Wrigley 1 Marta Wylot 1 Lin Xue 3 Tieguang Yao 3 Yang Ye 3 Xiliang Zhao 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 AstraZeneca, Oncology R&D, Research & Early Development, Darwin Building, 310, Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K.
  • 2 AstraZeneca, Discovery Sciences, Research & Early Development, Darwin Building, 310, Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K.
  • 3 Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd., 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing 100176, P. R. China.
Abstract

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) harboring activating mutations is a clinically validated target in non-small-cell lung Cancer, and a number of inhibitors of the EGFR tyrosine kinase domain, including osimertinib, have been approved for clinical use. Resistance to these therapies has emerged due to a variety of molecular events including the C797S mutation which renders third-generation C797-targeting covalent EGFR inhibitors considerably less potent against the target due to the loss of the key covalent-bond-forming residue. We describe the medicinal chemistry optimization of a biochemically potent but modestly cell-active, reversible EGFR inhibitor starting point with sub-optimal physicochemical properties. These studies culminated in the identification of compound 12 that showed improved cell potency, oral exposure, and in vivo activity in clinically relevant EGFR-mutant-driven disease models, including an Exon19 deletion/T790M/C797S triple-mutant mouse xenograft model.

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    Product Name
    Description
    Target
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  • HY-115716
    98.42%, EGFR抑制剂