Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Orally Bioavailable CHK1 Inhibitors Active against Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Checkpoint kinase 1 (CHK1) is a central component in DNA damage response and has emerged as a target for antitumor therapeutics. Herein, we describe the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a novel series of potent diaminopyrimidine CHK1 inhibitors. The compounds exhibited moderate to potent CHK1 inhibition and could suppress the proliferation of malignant hematological cell lines.

Discovery of (R)-5-((5-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-4-(methylamino)pyrimidin-2-yl)amino)-3-(piperidin-3-yloxy)picolinonitrile, a novel CHK1 inhibitor for hematologic malignancies.

Through virtual screening, we identified the lead compound MCL1020, which exhibited modest CHK1 inhibitory activity. Then a series of 5-(pyrimidin-2-ylamino)picolinonitrile derivatives as CHK1 inhibitors were discovered by further rational optimization. One promising molecule, (R)-17, whose potency was one of the best, had an IC of 0.

Identification of novel inhibitors of Aurora A with a 3-(pyrrolopyridin-2-yl)indazole scaffold.

A novel series of 3-(pyrrolopyridin-2-yl)indazole derivatives were synthesized and biologically evaluated for their anti-proliferative effects on five human cancer cell lines. As a result, all of them exhibited vigorous potency against HL60 cell line with IC50 values ranging from singe digital nanomolar to micromolar level. Besides, a majority of them displayed modest to good antiproliferative activities against the other four cell lines, including KB, SMMC-7721, HCT116, and A549.

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of thienopyridinones as Chk1 inhibitors.

A series of thienopyridinone derivatives was designed and synthesized as inhibitors of checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1). Most of them exhibited moderate to good Chk1 inhibitory activities. Among them, compounds 8q, 8t, and 8w with excellent Chk1 inhibitory activities (IC50 values of 4.