1. Discovery of a highly potent orally bioavailable imidazo-[1, 2-a]pyrazine Aurora inhibitor.
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Yu T, Zhang Y, Kerekes AD, Tagat JR, Doll RJ, Xiao Y, Esposite S, Hruza A, Belanger DB, Voss M, Rainka MP, Basso A, Liu M, Liang L, Sui N, Prelusky D, Rindgen D, and Zhang L
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- Administration, Oral, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents administration & dosage, Antineoplastic Agents chemical synthesis, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacokinetics, Dogs, HCT116 Cells, Haplorhini, Histones metabolism, Humans, Imidazoles administration & dosage, Imidazoles chemical synthesis, Imidazoles pharmacokinetics, Mice, Phosphorylation, Protein Kinase Inhibitors administration & dosage, Protein Kinase Inhibitors chemical synthesis, Protein Kinase Inhibitors pharmacokinetics, Pyrazines administration & dosage, Pyrazines chemical synthesis, Pyrazines pharmacokinetics, Rats, Stereoisomerism, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use, Aurora Kinase A antagonists & inhibitors, Aurora Kinase B antagonists & inhibitors, Imidazoles therapeutic use, Protein Kinase Inhibitors therapeutic use, Pyrazines therapeutic use
- Abstract
Imidazo-[1, 2-a]pyrazine 1 is a potent inhibitor of Aurora A and B kinase in vitro and is effective in in vivo tumor models, but has poor oral bioavailbility and is unsuitable for oral dosing. We describe herein our effort to improve oral exposure in this class, resulting ultimately in the identification of a potent Aurora inhibitor 16, which exhibited good drug exposure levels across species upon oral dosing, and showed excellent in vivo efficacy in a mouse xenograft tumor model when dosed orally., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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