N-aryl-benzimidazolones as novel small molecule HSP90 inhibitors
- Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 Dec 15;20(24):7503-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.10.010.
- 1. Cancer Research, Global Pharmaceutical R&D, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064-6101, USA. [email protected]
We describe the development of a novel series of N-aryl-benzimidazolone HSP90 inhibitors (9) targeting the N-terminal ATP-ase site. SAR development was influenced by structure-based design based around X-ray structures of ligand bound HSP90 complexes. Lead compounds exhibited high binding affinities, ATP-ase inhibition and cellular client protein degradation.