Q3 · MEDICINE
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Author: Laufer, Radoslaw ; Lin, Dan Chi-Chia ; Chirgadze, Nickolay Y ; Leung, Genie ; Lang, Yunhui ; Green, Erin ; Edwards, Louise G ; Feher, Miklos ; Beletskaya, Irina ; Wei, Xin ; Hodgson, Richard ; Luo, Xunyi ; Mak, Tak W ; Patel, Narendra Kumar B ; Li, Sze-Wan ; Harris-Brandts, Marees ; Awrey, Don E ; Plotnikova, Olga ; Ng, Grace ; Liu, Yong ; Ban, Fuqiang ; Mao, Guodong ; Qiu, Wei ; Pan, Guohua J ; Nadeem, Vincent ; Kiarash, Reza ; Huang, Ping ; Pauls, Henry W ; Mason, Jacqueline M
TTK kinase was identified by in-house siRNA screen and pursued as a tractable, novel target for cancer treatment. A screening campaign and systematic optimization, supported by computer modeling led to an indazole core with key sulfamoylphenyl and acetamido moieties at positions 3 and 5, respectively, establishing a novel chemical class culminating in identification of 72 (CFI-400936). This potent inhibitor of TTK (IC50=3.6nM) demonstrated good activity in cell based assay and selectivity against a panel of human kinases. A co-complex TTK X-ray crystal structure and results of a xenograft study with TTK inhibitors from this class are described.