Rational drug design of 6-substituted 4-anilino-2-phenylpyrimidines for exploration of novel ABCG2 binding site

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2021.0

Abstract

In the search for novel, highly potent, and nontoxic adjuvant chemotherapeutics to resolve the major issue of ABC transporter-mediated multidrug resistance (MDR), pyrimidines were discovered as a promising compound class of modern ABCG2 inhibitors. As ABCG2-mediated MDR is a major obstacle in leukemia, pancreatic carcinoma, and breast cancer chemotherapy, adjuvant chemotherapeutics are highly desired for future clinical oncology. Very recently, docking studies of one of the most potent reversers of ABCG2-mediated MDR were reported and revealed a putative second binding pocket of ABCG2. Based on this (sub)pocket, a series of 16 differently 6-substituted 4-anilino-2-phenylpyrimidines was designed and synthesized to explore the potential increase in inhibitory activity of these ABCG2 inhibitors. The compounds were assessed for their influence on the ABCG2-mediated pheophorbide A transport, as well as the ABCB1- and ABCC1-mediated transport of calcein AM. They were additionally evaluated in MDR reversal assays to determine their half-maximal reversal concentration (EC). The 6-substitution did not only show increased toxicity against ABCG2-overexpressing cells in combination with SN-38 but also a negative influence on cell viability in general. Nevertheless, several candidates had EC values in the low double-digit nanomolar concentration range, qualifying them as some of the most potent reversers of ABCG2-mediated MDR. In addition, five novel multitarget ABCB1, ABCC1, and ABCG2 inhibitors were discovered, four of them exerting their inhibitory power against the three stated transporters at least in the single-digit micromolar concentration range.

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