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作者: McWilliams, Lisa ; Zhang, Andrew X. ; Degorce, Sébastien L. ; Lane, Jordan ; Orme, Jonathan P. ; Hemsley, Paul ; Yao, Tieguang ; Gill, Sonja J. ; Di Fruscia, Paolo ; Pike, Andy ; Ghosh, Avipsa ; Larner, Carrie J.B. ; Embrey, Kevin J. ; Schimpl, Marianne ; Talbot, Verity ; Edmondson, Scott D. ; Pachl, Fiona ; Staniszewska, Anna D. ; Pei, Xiaohui ; Varnes, Jeffrey G. ; Bista, Michal ; Barratt, Derek ; She, Hongyao ; Johannes, Jeffrey W. ; Chuba, Matthew D. ; Leo, Elisabetta ; Zhang, Ke ; Hande, Sudhir M. ; Balazs, Amber Y. S. ; Heightman, Tom D. ; Packer, Martin J. ; Madin, Andrew ; Underwood, Elizabeth ; Fawell, Stephen ; Xue, Lin ; Illuzzi, Giuditta ; Gunnarsson, Anders ; O’Connor, Mark J. ; Critchlow, Susan E. ; Zheng, Xiaolan ; Liu, Lina ; Cosulich, Sabina
PARP inhibitors have attracted considerable interest in drug discovery due to the clinical success of first-generation agents such as olaparib, niraparib, rucaparib, and talazoparib. Their success lies in their ability to trap PARP to DNA; however, first-generation PARP inhibitors were not strictly optimized for trapping nor for selectivity among the PARP enzyme family. Previously we described the discovery of the second-generation PARP inhibitor AZD5305, a selective PARP1-DNA trapper. AZD5305 maintained the antitumor efficacy of first-generation PARP inhibitors while exhibiting lower hematological toxicity. Recently, there has been interest in central nervous system (CNS)-penetrant PARP inhibitors for CNS malignancies and other neurological conditions; however, AZD5305 is not CNS penetrant. Herein we describe the discovery and optimization of a series of CNS-penetrant, PARP1-selective inhibitors and PARP1-DNA trappers, culminating in the discovery of AZD9574, a compound that maintains the PARP1 selectivity of AZD5305 with improved permeability, reduced efflux, and increased CNS penetration.