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A new series of 4-anilinoquinazolines with C-6 ureido and thioureido side chains and various substituents at the C-4 anilino moiety was designed, synthesized and evaluated as wild type (WT) and mutant EGFR inhibitors. Most of the compounds inhibited EGFR kinase wild type (EGFR WT) with IC50 values in the low nanomolar range (<0.495-9.05nM) and displayed more potent cytotoxic effect in BaF/3 expressing EGFR WT than reference compound gefitinib. The anti-proliferative effect of all synthesized compounds against gefitinib insensitive double mutant cell lines Ba/F3 expressing Del19/T790M and Ba/F3 expressing L858R/T790M were assayed. Compounds 4d, 6f, 7e showed significant inhibition (IC50=1.76-2.38μM) in these mutant lines and significant Her2 enzyme inhibition (IC50=19.2-40.6nM) compared to lapatinib (60.1nM). The Binding mode of compounds 6d, 6f, 7a, 7b and 8b were demonstrated. Furthermore, growth inhibition against gefitinib insensitive cell lines PC9-GR4 (Del19/T790M) were tested, compounds 6f and 7e showed about eight and three folds respectively greater potency than gefitinib. Our structure-activity relationships (SAR) studies suggested that presence of ethyl piperidino urea/thiourea at 6-position and bulky group of (3-chloro-4-(3-fluorobenzyloxy)phenyl)amino at 4-position of quinazoline may serve as promising scaffold for developing inhibitors against wild type and mutant EGFR., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

4-Anilino-6-substituted-quinazolines were designed, synthesized and evaluated for EGFR-TK and tumor growth inhibitory activities. The target compounds were designed with enamine ester or urea moieties appended at the C-6 of quinazoline as additional hydrogen bond acceptor functions. Most of the synthesized compounds displayed potent EGFR-TK inhibitory activity at 10 μM and the 6-ureido-anilinoquinazoline derivative 7a showed IC50 value of 0.061 μM. Moreover, six compounds were tested by National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA for their anti-proliferative activity at 10 μM in full NCI 60 cell panel. Compound 7a was further assayed for five dose molar ranges in full NCI 60 cell panel and exhibited remarkable growth inhibitory activity pattern against Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer EKVX (GI50 = 0.37 μM), NCI-H322M (GI50 = 0.36 μM), Renal Cancer A498 (GI50 = 0.46 μM), TK-10 (GI50 = 0.99 μM) and Breast Cancer MDA-MB-468 (GI50 = 1.096 μM) which are of high EGFR expression. Docking study was performed for the active compounds into ATP binding site of EGFR-TK which showed similar binding mode to gefitinib and additional binding with Cys-773 at the gatekeeper of EGFR-TK enzyme., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Several hybrid molecules of diphenylamine-2,4'-dicarboxamide with various azolidinones and related heterocyclic rings have been synthesized and explored as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase inhibitors. Most of them displayed promising in vitro tyrosine kinase inhibition as well as potent cellular antiproliferative activity in the EGFR over-expressing breast cancer cell line (MCF-7). Compounds 12b and 13b that exhibited the highest inhibition in the kinase assay (89, 81% inhibition at 10 μM, respectively), showed potent antiproliferative effect against MCF-7 tumor cell line (IC(50) 1.04, 0.91 μM respectively). Molecular docking studies revealed that these compounds can bind to ATP binding site of the EGFR kinase domain and were involved in H-bonding with Met 793, in analogy to the known EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Moreover, compounds 15a-c possessed profound antitumor activity (IC(50) 0.59-0.73 μM) and significant EGFR-TK inhibition, making them of particular interest. In summary, the newly synthesized compounds provide promising new lead for the future design and development of anticancer agents of potential EGFR-TK inhibitory activity.