The discovery of in vivo active mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (BCATm) inhibitors by hybridizing fragment and HTS hits

Sophie M. Bertrand; Nicolas Ancellin; Benjamin Beaufils; Ryan P. Bingham; Jennifer A. Borthwick; Anne Bénédicte Boullay; Eric Boursier; Paul S. Carter; Chun Wa Chung; Ian Churcher; Nerina Dodic; Marie Hélène Fouchet; Charlène Fournier; Peter L. Francis; Laura A. Gummer; Kenny Herry; Andrew Hobbs; Clare I. Hobbs; Paul Homes; Craig Jamieson; Edwige Nicodeme; Stephen D. Pickett; Iain H. Reid; Graham L. Simpson; Lisa A. Sloan; Sarah E. Smith; Donald O N Somers; Claus Spitzfaden; Colin J. Suckling; Klara Valko; Yoshiaki Washio; Robert J. Young

doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00313

The discovery of in vivo active mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (BCATm) inhibitors by hybridizing fragment and HTS hits

Sophie M. Bertrand^*, Nicolas Ancellin, Benjamin Beaufils, Ryan P. Bingham, Jennifer A. Borthwick, Anne Bénédicte Boullay, Eric Boursier, Paul S. Carter, Chun Wa Chung, Ian Churcher, Nerina Dodic, Marie Hélène Fouchet, Charlène Fournier, Peter L. Francis, Laura A. Gummer, Kenny Herry, Andrew Hobbs, Clare I. Hobbs, Paul Homes, Craig JamiesonEdwige Nicodeme, Stephen D. Pickett, Iain H. Reid, Graham L. Simpson, Lisa A. Sloan, Sarah E. Smith, Donald O N Somers, Claus Spitzfaden, Colin J. Suckling, Klara Valko, Yoshiaki Washio, Robert J. Young

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Abstract

The hybridization of hits, identified by complementary fragment and high throughput screens, enabled the discovery of the first series of potent inhibitors of mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (BCATm) based on a 2-benzylamino-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidinone-3-carbonitrile template. Structure-guided growth enabled rapid optimization of potency with maintenance of ligand efficiency, while the focus on physicochemical properties delivered compounds with excellent pharmacokinetic exposure that enabled a proof of concept experiment in mice. Oral administration of 2-((4-chloro-2,6-difluorobenzyl)amino)-7-oxo-5-propyl-4,7-dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carbonitrile 61 significantly raised the circulating levels of the branched-chain amino acids leucine, isoleucine, and valine in this acute study.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7140-7163
Number of pages	24
Journal	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume	58
Issue number	18
Early online date	19 Jun 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00313
Publication status	Published - 24 Sept 2015

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branched-chain aminotransferases
BCATs
enzymes
amino acids

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Bertrand, S. M., Ancellin, N., Beaufils, B., Bingham, R. P., Borthwick, J. A., Boullay, A. B., Boursier, E., Carter, P. S., Chung, C. W., Churcher, I., Dodic, N., Fouchet, M. H., Fournier, C., Francis, P. L., Gummer, L. A., Herry, K., Hobbs, A., Hobbs, C. I., Homes, P., ... Young, R. J. (2015). The discovery of in vivo active mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (BCATm) inhibitors by hybridizing fragment and HTS hits. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 58(18), 7140-7163. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00313

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