1,4,6-Trisubstituted imidazo[4,5-c]pyridines as inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase.

Soňa Krajčovičová, Radek Jorda, David Vanda, Miroslav Soural, Vladimír Kryštof

European journal of medicinal chemistry 2021 Feb 05

filter terms:

Herein, we report an efficient synthetic approach towards trisubstituted imidazo [4,5-c]pyridines designed as inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). Two alternative synthetic routes for the simple preparation of desired compounds with variable substitutions at the N1, C4, C6 positions were introduced with readily available building blocks. Further, the developed synthetic approach was feasible for isomeric compounds bearing imidazo [4,5-b]pyridine scaffolds. In contrast to expectations based on previous studies, the imidazo [4,5-c]pyridine inhibitor exhibited a significantly higher activity against BTK compared to its imidazo [4,5-b]pyridine isomer. An inherent SAR study in the series of imidazo [4,5-c]pyridine compounds revealed a remarkably high tolerance of C6 substitutions for both hydrophobic and hydrophilic substituents. Preliminary cellular experiments indicated selective BTK targeting in Burkitt lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma cell lines. The inhibitors could thus serve as starting points for further development, eventually leading to BTK inhibitors that could be used after ibrutinib failure. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Citation

Soňa Krajčovičová, Radek Jorda, David Vanda, Miroslav Soural, Vladimír Kryštof. 1,4,6-Trisubstituted imidazo[4,5-c]pyridines as inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase. European journal of medicinal chemistry. 2021 Feb 05;211:113094