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作者: Miller, Meredith ; Pang, Jihai ; McAfoos, Timothy ; Han, Michelle ; Herrera, Zachary ; Hamilton, Matthew M. ; Morlacchi, Pietro ; Le, Kang ; Garvey, Jill R. ; Soth, Michael J. ; Johnson, Troy A. ; Shepard, Hannah E. ; Yau, Ju Anne ; Czako, Barbara ; Xu, Alan ; Spencer, Nakia D. ; Toniatti, Carlo ; Liu, Gang ; Harris, Angela ; Heffernan, Timothy P. ; Rudin, Charles M. ; Johnson, Sarah B. ; Giuliani, Virginia ; Jones, Philip ; Huang, Sha ; Do, Mary K. Geck ; Feng, Ningping ; de Stanchina, Elisa ; Theroff, Jay ; Leonard, Paul G. ; Carroll, Chris L. ; Gay, Jason P. ; Bardenhagen, Jennifer P. ; Burke, Jason P. ; Wu, Qi ; Kovacs, Jeffrey J. ; Mullinax, Robert A. ; Liu, Zhen ; Kang, Zhijun ; Draetta, Giulio ; Rogers, Norma ; Di Francesco, Maria Emilia ; Bristow, Christopher A. ; Cardozo, Mario ; Jiang, Yongying ; Palmer, Wylie S. ; Greer, Jennifer
Inhibition of glutaminase-1 (GLS-1) hampers the proliferation of tumor cells reliant on glutamine. Known glutaminase inhibitors have potential limitations, and in vivo exposures are potentially limited due to poor physicochemical properties. We initiated a GLS-1 inhibitor discovery program focused on optimizing physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties, and have developed a new selective inhibitor, compound 27 (IPN60090), which is currently in phase 1 clinical trials. Compound 27 attains high oral exposures in preclinical species, with strong in vivo target engagement, and should robustly inhibit glutaminase in humans.