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  2. Structure-Based Drug Design of 2-Amino-[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-carboxamide Derivatives as Selective PKMYT1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of CCNE1-Amplified Breast Cancer

Structure-Based Drug Design of 2-Amino-[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-carboxamide Derivatives as Selective PKMYT1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of CCNE1-Amplified Breast Cancer

  • J Med Chem. 2024 Sep 12;67(17):15816-15836. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01458.
Chaofan Wang 1 Yan Fang 2 3 Ziqin Zhou 1 Zhuoheng Liu 1 Fang Feng 2 Xuan Wan 2 3 Yan Li 2 Shuang Liu 4 Jian Ding 2 3 Zhi-Min Zhang 1 Hua Xie 5 3 6 Xiaoyun Lu 1 4
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Affiliations

  • 1 State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability Assessment, International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Discovery of Chinese Ministry of Education, Guangzhou City Key Laboratory of Precision Chemical Drug Development, School of Pharmacy, Jinan University, #855 Xingye Avenue, Guangzhou 510632, China.
  • 2 Division of Antitumor Pharmacology & State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
  • 3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China.
  • 4 Department of Hematology, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
  • 5 Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan 528400, China.
  • 6 Division of Antitumor Pharmacology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
Abstract

CCNE1 amplification occurs in breast Cancer and currently lacks effective therapies. PKMYT1 as a synthetic lethal target for CCNE1 amplification holds promise for the treatment of CCNE1-amplified breast Cancer. Herein, we discover a series of 2-amino-[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-carboxamide derivatives as potent and selective PKMYT1 inhibitors using structure-based drug design. The representative compound 8ma exhibited excellent potency against PKMYT1, while sparing Wee1. It also suppressed proliferation of the CCNE1-amplified HCC1569 breast Cancer cell line and showed synergistic cytotoxicity in combination with gemcitabine. PKMYT1 X-ray cocrystallography confirmed that introduction of key binding interactions between the inhibitors and residues Asp251 and Tyr121 of PKMYT1 greatly enhanced the potency and selectivity of the compounds.

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