Journal
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 41, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116220
Keywords
RSK; Kinase; Inhibitor; Structure-activity relationship
Funding
- ALSAM Therapeutics Innovation grant
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The study developed a series of compounds to inhibit cellular RSK2 activity by replacing the pteridinone ring of BI-D1870, with some compounds uncoupling cellular RSK2 inhibition from potent cytotoxicity in the MOLM-13 AML cell line. This suggests the potential for improved RSK potency and selectivity by further examining substituents extending from the ATP- to the substrate-binding site.
The RSK2 kinase is the downstream effector of the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK pathway, that is often aberrantly activated in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Recently, we reported a structure-activity study for BI-D1870, the pan-RSK inhibitor, and identified pteridinones that inhibited cellular RSK2 activity that did not result in concomitant cytotoxicity. In the current study, we developed a series of pyrrolopyrimidines and purines to replace the pteridinone ring of BI-D1870, with a range of N-substituents that extend to the substrate binding site to probe complementary interactions, while retaining the 2,6-difluorophenol-4-amino group to maintain interactions with the hinge domain and the DFG motif. Several compounds inhibited cellular RSK2 activity, and we identified compounds that uncoupled cellular RSK2 inhibition from potent cytotoxicity in the MOLM-13 AML cell line. These N-substituted probes have revealed an opportunity to further examine substituents that extend from the ATP- to the substrate-binding site may confer improved RSK potency and selectivity.
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