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  2. Identification of 1,5-naphthyridine derivatives as a novel series of potent and selective TGF-beta type I receptor inhibitors

Identification of 1,5-naphthyridine derivatives as a novel series of potent and selective TGF-beta type I receptor inhibitors

  • J Med Chem. 2004 Aug 26;47(18):4494-506. doi: 10.1021/jm0400247.
Françoise Gellibert 1 James Woolven Marie-Hélène Fouchet Neil Mathews Helen Goodland Victoria Lovegrove Alain Laroze Van-Loc Nguyen Stéphane Sautet Ruolan Wang Cheryl Janson Ward Smith Gaël Krysa Valérie Boullay Anne-Charlotte De Gouville Stéphane Huet David Hartley
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  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, GlaxoSmithKline, 25-27 Avenue du Québec, 91951 Les Ulis, France. fjg23217@gsk.com
Abstract

Optimization of the screening hit 1 led to the identification of novel 1,5-naphthyridine aminothiazole and pyrazole derivatives, which are potent and selective inhibitors of the transforming growth factor-beta type I receptor, ALK5. Compounds 15 and 19, which inhibited ALK5 autophosphorylation with IC50 = 6 and 4 nM, respectively, showed potent activities in both binding and cellular assays and exhibited selectivity over p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. The X-ray crystal structure of 19 in complex with human ALK5 is described, confirming the binding mode proposed from docking studies.

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