Structure- and Reactivity-Based Development of Covalent Inhibitors of the Activating and Gatekeeper Mutant Forms of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR)
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A novel series of small-molecule inhibitors has been developed to target the double mutant form of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase, which is resistant to treatment with gefitinib and erlotinib. Our reported compounds also show selectivity over wild-type EGFR. Guided by molecular modeling, this series was evolved to target a cysteine residue in the ATP binding site via covalent bond formation and demonstrates high levels of activity in cellular models of the double mutant form of EGFR. In addition, these compounds show significant activity against the activating mutations, which gefitinib and erlotinib target and inhibition of which gives rise to their observed clinical efficacy. A glutathione (GSH)-based assay was used to measure thiol reactivity toward the electrophilic functionality of the inhibitor series, enabling both the identification of a suitable reactivity window for their potency and the development of a reactivity quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) to support design.
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- Authors
- Ward, R. A., Anderton, M. J., Ashton, S., Bethel, P. A., Box, M., Butterworth, S., Colclough, N., Chorley, C. G., Chuaqui, C., Cross, D. A. E., Dakin, L. A., Debreczeni, J. É., Eberlein, C., Finlay, M. R. V., Hill, G. B., Grist, M., Klinowska, T. C. M., Lane, C., Martin, S., Orme, J. P., Smith, P., Wang, F., & Waring, M. J.
- Affiliations
- AstraZeneca (United Kingdom) (GB)
- AstraZeneca (United States) (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ward, Richard A.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2013-08-30
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 7025-7048
- ISSN
- 0022-2623 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-4804
- OpenAlex
- W1963826141
- Cited by
- 279
- References
- 42
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- 2026: 17 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 9
- FWCI
- 14.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
- DORA PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Synthesis and biological activity
- Keywords
- epidermal growth factor receptor, EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors, covalent inhibitors, activating mutations, gatekeeper mutation, gefitinib resistance, erlotinib resistance, ATP binding site, QSPR, small molecule inhibitors
- MeSH terms
- Models, Molecular, Mutation, Structure-Activity Relationship, ErbB Receptors
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