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Discovery of Selective Histone Deacetylase 6 Inhibitors Using the Quinazoline as the Cap for the Treatment of Cancer

  • J Med Chem. 2016 Feb 25;59(4):1455-70. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01342.
Zhuang Yang 1 2 Taijin Wang 2 Fang Wang 2 Ting Niu 3 Zhuowei Liu 4 Xiaoxin Chen 4 Chaofeng Long 4 Minghai Tang 2 Dong Cao 2 Xiaoyan Wang 2 Wei Xiang 2 Yuyao Yi 3 Liang Ma 2 Jingsong You 1 Lijuan Chen 1 2
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China.
  • 2 State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
  • 3 Department of Hematology and Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University , Chengdu, 610041, China.
  • 4 Guangdong Zhongsheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Dongguan, Guangdong 523325, China.
Abstract

Novel selective histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitors using the quinazoline as the cap were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for HDAC enzymatic assays. N-Hydroxy-4-(2-methoxy-5-(methyl(2-methylquinazolin-4-yl)amino)phenoxy)butanamide, 23bb, was the most potent selective inhibitor for HDAC6 with an IC50 of 17 nM and showed 25-fold and 200-fold selectivity relative to HDAC1 and HDAC8, respectively. In vitro, 23bb presented low nanomolar antiproliferative effects against panel of Cancer cell lines. Western blot analysis further confirmed that 23bb increased acetylation level of α-tubulin in vitro. 23bb has a good pharmacokinetic profile with oral bioavailability of 47.0% in rats. In in vivo efficacy evaluations of colorectal HCT116, acute myelocytic leukemia MV4-11, and B cell lymphoma Romas xenografts, 23bb more effectively inhibited the tumor growth than SAHA even at a 4-fold reduced dose or ACY-1215 at the same dose. Our results indicated that 23bb is a potent oral Anticancer candidate for selective HDAC6 Inhibitor and deserves further investigation.

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  • HY-18947
    ≥98.0%, HDAC6 Inhibitor