PMID: 18789685

Authors:

Baldwin I, Bamborough P, Haslam CG, Hunjan SS, Longstaff T, Mooney CJ, Patel S, Quinn J, Somers DO

Title:

Kinase array design, back to front: biaryl amides.

Journal:

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Oct 1;18(19):5285-9. Epub 2008 Aug 22.

Abstract:

New kinase inhibitors can be found by synthesis of targeted arrays of compounds designed using system-based knowledge as well as through screening focused or diverse compounds. Most array strategies aim to add functionality to a fragment that binds in the purine subpocket of the ATP-site. Here, an alternative pharmacophore-guided array approach is described which set out to discover novel purine subpocket-binding groups. Results are shown for p38alpha and cFMS kinase, for which multiple distinct series with nanomolar potency were discovered. Some of the compounds showed potency in cell-based assays and good pharmacokinetic properties.