C.R.Smith
et al.
(2015).
Fragment-Based Discovery of a Small Molecule Inhibitor of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase.
J Med Chem,
58,
5437-5444.
PubMed id: 26087137
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00734
The discovery and optimization of a series of 4-aminocinnoline-3-carboxamide
inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase are reported. A fragment-based screening
approach incorporating X-ray co-crystallography was used to identify a cinnoline
fragment and characterize its binding mode in the ATP binding site of Btk.
Optimization of the fragment hit resulted in the identification of a lead
compound which reduced paw swelling in a dose- and exposure-dependent fashion in
a rat model of collagen-induced arthritis.