Abstract:The synthesis of a series of 1-aralkyl-4-ureidopiperidines is reported. These compounds are related to the benzamidopiperidines exemplified by indoramin. Some of the ureidopiperidines are more potent antihypertensive agents than their benzamidopiperidine counterparts. Two examples, 1-(2-thenoyl)-3-[1-[2-(3-indolyl)ethyl]piperid-4-yl]urea and 1-(2-thenoyl)-3-[1-[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-oxobutyl]piperid-4-yl]urea (19 and 58), emerged as the most potent antihypertensive agents in this series.
“…In route i, reductive amination of a boc-protected 4-amino piperidine ( 2 ) yielded a common protected amine ( 3 ) with good yield (70–99%). Subsequent acid-mediated deprotection and condensation of the resulting amine with isocyanates furnished the desired disubstituted urea analogues ( 4 ) in moderate yields over the two steps (40–75%). − Synthesis of the trisubstituted ureas utilized two separate routes (ii and iii) that permitted the late-stage introduction of either the Ile or the hinge pocket substitutions. Starting from 4-piperidone ( 5 ), alkylation to give 6 and reductive amination afforded an amine common intermediate 7 that was coupled with isocyanates to give alkylurea analogues targeting the hinge pocket 8 .…”
We previously discovered and validated a class of piperidinyl ureas that regulate defective in cullin neddylation 1 (DCN1)-dependent neddylation of cullins. Here, we report preliminary structure-activity relationship studies aimed at advancing our high-throughput screen hit into a tractable tool compound for dissecting the effects of acute DCN1-UBE2M inhibition on the NEDD8/cullin pathway. Structure-enabled optimization led to a 100-fold increase in biochemical potency and modestly increased solubility and permeability as compared to our initial hit. The optimized compounds inhibit the DCN1-UBE2M protein-protein interaction in our TR-FRET binding assay and inhibit cullin neddylation in our pulse-chase NEDD8 transfer assay. The optimized compounds bind to DCN1 and selectively reduce steady-state levels of neddylated CUL1 and CUL3 in a squamous cell carcinoma cell line. Ultimately, we anticipate that these studies will identify early lead compounds for clinical development for the treatment of lung squamous cell carcinomas and other cancers.
“…In route i, reductive amination of a boc-protected 4-amino piperidine ( 2 ) yielded a common protected amine ( 3 ) with good yield (70–99%). Subsequent acid-mediated deprotection and condensation of the resulting amine with isocyanates furnished the desired disubstituted urea analogues ( 4 ) in moderate yields over the two steps (40–75%). − Synthesis of the trisubstituted ureas utilized two separate routes (ii and iii) that permitted the late-stage introduction of either the Ile or the hinge pocket substitutions. Starting from 4-piperidone ( 5 ), alkylation to give 6 and reductive amination afforded an amine common intermediate 7 that was coupled with isocyanates to give alkylurea analogues targeting the hinge pocket 8 .…”
We previously discovered and validated a class of piperidinyl ureas that regulate defective in cullin neddylation 1 (DCN1)-dependent neddylation of cullins. Here, we report preliminary structure-activity relationship studies aimed at advancing our high-throughput screen hit into a tractable tool compound for dissecting the effects of acute DCN1-UBE2M inhibition on the NEDD8/cullin pathway. Structure-enabled optimization led to a 100-fold increase in biochemical potency and modestly increased solubility and permeability as compared to our initial hit. The optimized compounds inhibit the DCN1-UBE2M protein-protein interaction in our TR-FRET binding assay and inhibit cullin neddylation in our pulse-chase NEDD8 transfer assay. The optimized compounds bind to DCN1 and selectively reduce steady-state levels of neddylated CUL1 and CUL3 in a squamous cell carcinoma cell line. Ultimately, we anticipate that these studies will identify early lead compounds for clinical development for the treatment of lung squamous cell carcinomas and other cancers.
“…Reductive amination of 14 with benzylamine furnished the secondary amine 15 Tables and ). − Given the wider availability of anilines, we used the CDI-mediated reaction for our parallel chemistry. For this reaction, it was critical to allow CDI to react with the aniline prior to addition of the secondary amine 15 .…”
We previously reported the discovery, validation, and structure-activity relationships of a series of piperidinyl ureas that potently inhibit the DCN1-UBE2M interaction. We demonstrated that compound 7 inhibits both the DCN1-UBE2M protein-protein interaction and DCN1-mediated cullin neddylation in biochemical assays and reduces levels of steady-state cullin neddylation in a squamous carcinoma cell line harboring DCN1 amplification. Although compound 7 exhibits good solubility and permeability, it is rapidly metabolized in microsomal models (CL = 170 mL/min/kg). This work lays out the discovery of an orally bioavailable analogue, NAcM-OPT (67). Compound 67 retains the favorable biochemical and cellular activity of compound 7 but is significantly more stable both in vitro and in vivo. Compound 67 is orally bioavailable, well tolerated in mice, and currently used to study the effects of acute pharmacologic inhibition of the DCN1-UBE2M interaction on the NEDD8/CUL pathway.
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