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The discovery of 2-amino-3,5-diarylbenzamide inhibitors of IKK-alpha and IKK-beta kinases

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2007 Jul 15;17(14):3972-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.04.088.
John A Christopher 1 Barbara G Avitabile Paul Bamborough Aurelie C Champigny Geoffrey J Cutler Susan L Dyos Ken G Grace Jeffrey K Kerns Jeremy D Kitson Geoffrey W Mellor James V Morey Mary A Morse Carolyn F O'Malley Champa B Patel Nicholas Probst William Rumsey Clive A Smith Michael J Wilson
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  • 1 GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, UK. [email protected]
Abstract

A potent and selective series of 2-amino-3,5-diarylbenzamide inhibitors of IKK-alpha and IKK-beta is described. The most potent compounds are 8h, 8r and 8v, with IKK-beta inhibitory potencies of pIC(50) 7.0, 6.8 and 6.8, respectively. The series has excellent selectivity, both within the IKK family over IKK-epsilon, and across a wide variety of kinase assays. The potency of 8h in the IKK-beta Enzyme assay translates to significant cellular activity (pIC(50) 5.7-6.1) in assays of functional and mechanistic relevance.

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