Discovery and SAR of Novel Disubstituted Quinazolines as Dual PI3Kalpha/mTOR Inhibitors Targeting Breast Cancer

Aisha A.K. Al-Ashmawy*, Khaled M. Elokely, Oscar Perez-Leal, Mario Rico, John Gordon, George Mateo, Abdelsattar M. Omar, Magid Abou-Gharbia, Wayne E. Childers

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Abstract

The dual PI3Kα/ m TOR inhibitors represent a promising molecularly targeted therapy for cancer. Here, we documented the discovery of new 2,4-disubstituted quinazoline analogs as potent dual PI3Kα/sm TOR inhibitors. Our structure based chemistry endeavor yielded six excellent compounds 9e, 9f, 9g, 9k, 9m, and 9o with single/double digit nanomolar IC50 values against both enzymes and acceptable aqueous solubility and stability to oxidative metabolism. One of those analogs, 9m, possessed a sulfonamide substituent, which has not been described for this chemical scaffold before. The short direct synthetic routes, structure-Activity relationship, in vitro 2D cell culture viability assays against normal fibroblasts and 3 breast cancer cell lines, and in vitro 3D culture viability assay against MCF7 cells for this series are described.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2156-2164
Number of pages9
JournalACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume11
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Nov 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 4-Morpholinoquinazolines
  • PI3Kα
  • breast cancer cell lines
  • mTOR. dual inhibitors
  • mammalian target of rapamycin

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