PMID: 22244937

Authors:

Plantevin Krenitsky V, Nadolny L, Delgado M, Ayala L, Clareen SS, Hilgraf R, Albers R, Hegde S, D'Sidocky N, Sapienza J, Wright J, McCarrick M, Bahmanyar S, Chamberlain P, Delker SL, Muir J, Giegel D, Xu L, Celeridad M, Lachowitzer J, Bennett B, Moghaddam M, Khatsenko O, Katz J, Fan R, Bai A, Tang Y, Shirley MA, Benish B, Bodine T, Blease K, Raymon H, Cathers BE, Satoh Y

Title:

Discovery of CC-930, an orally active anti-fibrotic JNK inhibitor.

Journal:

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2012 Feb 1;22(3):1433-8. Epub 2011 Dec 10.

Abstract:

In this Letter we describe the discovery of potent, selective, and orally active aminopurine JNK inhibitors. Improving the physico-chemical properties as well as increasing the potency and selectivity of a subseries with rat plasma exposure, led to the identification of four structurally diverse inhibitors. Differentiation based on PK profiles in multiple species as well as activity in a chronic efficacy model led to the identification of 1 (CC-930) as a development candidate, which is currently in Phase II clinical trial for IPF.