Discovery of D6808, a Highly Selective and Potent Macrocyclic c-Met Inhibitor for Gastric Cancer Harboring MET Gene Alteration Treatment

J Med Chem. 2022 Nov 24;65(22):15140-15164. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00981. Epub 2022 Nov 10.

Abstract

MET alterations have been validated as a driven factor in NSCLC and gastric cancers. The c-Met inhibitors, capmatinib, tepotinib, and savolitinib, are only approved for the treatment of NSCLC harboring exon 14 skipping mutant MET. We used a molecular hybridization in conjunction with macrocyclization strategy for structural optimization to obtain a series of 2-(2-(quinolin-6-yl)ethyl)pyridazin-3(2H)-one derivatives as new c-Met inhibitors. One of the macrocyclic compounds, D6808, potently inhibited c-Met kinase and MET-amplified Hs746T gastric cancer cells with IC50 values of 2.9 and 0.7 nM, respectively. It also strongly suppressed Ba/F3-Tpr-Met cells harboring resistance-relevant mutations (F1200L/M1250T/H1094Y/F1200I/L1195V) with IC50 values of 4.2, 3.2, 1.0, 39.0, and 33.4 nM, respectively. Furthermore, D6808 exhibited extraordinary target specificity in a Kinome profiling against 373 wild-type kinases and served as a promising macrocycle-based compound for further anticancer drug development.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Macrocyclic Compounds* / pharmacology
  • Macrocyclic Compounds* / therapeutic use
  • Mutation
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met* / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met* / genetics
  • Stomach Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Stomach Neoplasms* / genetics

Substances

  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met
  • Macrocyclic Compounds