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  2. Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Aminoindazole Derivatives as Highly Selective Covalent Inhibitors of Wild-Type and Gatekeeper Mutant FGFR4

Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Aminoindazole Derivatives as Highly Selective Covalent Inhibitors of Wild-Type and Gatekeeper Mutant FGFR4

  • J Med Chem. 2022 Mar 24;65(6):5113-5133. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00096.
Min Shao 1 Xiaojuan Chen 2 Fang Yang 1 Xiaojuan Song 1 Yang Zhou 1 Qianmeng Lin 2 Ying Fu 2 Raquel Ortega 3 Xiaojing Lin 3 Zhengchao Tu 1 Adam V Patterson 3 4 Jeff B Smaill 3 4 Yongheng Chen 2 Xiaoyun Lu 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Discovery of Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE), School of Pharmacy, Jinan University, #855 Xingye Avenue, Guangzhou 510632, China.
  • 2 Department of Oncology, NHC Key Laboratory of Cancer Proteomics, State Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Anticancer Drugs, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China.
  • 3 Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland 92019, New Zealand.
  • 4 Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland 92019, New Zealand.
Abstract

Aberrant FGF19/FGFR4 signaling has been shown to be an oncogenic driver of growth and survival in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with several pan-FGFR inhibitors and FGFR4-selective inhibitors currently being evaluated in the clinic. However, FGFR4 gatekeeper mutation induced acquired resistance remains an unmet clinical challenge for HCC treatment. Thus, a series of aminoindazole derivatives were designed and synthesized as new irreversible inhibitors of wild-type and gatekeeper mutant FGFR4. One representative compound (7v) exhibited excellent potency against FGFR4, FGFR4V550L, and FGFR4V550M with nanomolar activity in both the biochemical and cellular assays while sparing FGFR1/2/3. While compound 7v demonstrated modest in vivo antitumor efficacy in nude mice bearing the Huh-7 xenograft model consistent with its unfavorable pharmacokinetic properties, it provides a promising new starting point for future drug discovery combating FGFR4 gatekeeper mediated resistance in HCC patients.

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  • HY-145836
    FGFR4抑制剂