We used a progressive elimination strategy to identify oocyte-specific WEE2 kinase inhibitors for potential non-hormonal contraceptives that target meiosis. Beginning with an in-house library of over 300,000 compounds, virtual high throughput screening identified 57 WEE2 inhibitors with preferential predicted binding over the somatic variant WEE1. Seven compounds were further evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to measure biochemical inhibition on WEE1 and WEE2 phosphorylation of CDK1. To assess specificity, we evaluated WEE2-mediated inhibition of meiosis using oocyte fertilization, and WEE1-mediated inhibition of mitosis using a somatic cell proliferation assay. Our results from these assays identified three candidates for further development: 6-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-2-((4-(2-(diethylamino)ethoxy) phenyl)amino)-8-methylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one , 6-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-8-methyl-2-((4-morpholinophenyl) amino)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one , and 3-((6-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-8-methyl-7-oxo-7,8-dihydropyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-2-yl)amino)benzoic acid .
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