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Aurora -A or -B selective and pan-aurora inhibitors have demonstrated different preclinical and clinical therapeutic efficacies [2,[19], [20], [21], [22], [23]]. For example, clinical trials for a pan-Aurora inhibitor VX-680 (developed by Vertex) were halted at phase II for toxicity reasons (one case of heart failure) [6,24]. VX-689, a newer version of VX-680 which showed higher Aurora-A selectivity, has entered a phase I clinical trial [25]. MLN8237, developed by Millennium, exhibited better Aurora-A selectivity over MLN8054. A clinical trial of MLN8054 was terminated due to severe neutropenia, while MLN8237 has entered a phase III clinical trial [25,26]. These clinical observations suggest that development of Aurora-A selective compounds may be beneficial for the treatment of solid tumors due to the reduced toxicity to Edrophonium chloride sale in the myeloid lineage. On the other hand, higher response rates against hematologic malignancies have been observed in clinical trials for drugs with better Aurora-B inhibition efficacy [27]. We previously discovered a pan-Aurora kinase inhibitor named BPR1K653 (i.e. 1-(4-(2-((5-chloro-6-phenylfuro[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)ethyl)phenyl)-3-(2-((dimethylamino)methyl)phenyl)urea, Fig. 1) which showed potency against various tumors independent of the expression of MDR1 (multidrug resistance protein 1) [28]. By synthesis of a series of furanopyrimidine analogs followed by activity validation using enzymatic and cellular assays, and molecular docking, these small molecules were determined to interact differently with residues in the back pocket of Aurora-A and Aurora-B, accounting for their selective inhibition activities.
Results and discussion
Conclusions The molecular and cellular functions of Aurora kinases -A, -B and -C are distinct in space and time. Therefore, small molecules that selectively inhibit Aurora isoforms are expected to show different mechanisms of action, and thus potentially target different subsets of patients in clinical applications. In this study, we discovered BPR1K653 (1-(4-(2-((5-chloro-6-phenylfuro[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)ethyl)phenyl)-3-phenyl)urea) derivatives 3m and 3n bearing substituents at the meta position of the phenylurea, and found that they displayed a high degree of inhibition selectivity for Aurora-A over Aurora-B in both enzymatic and cellular assays, while the superior Aurora-B inhibition selectivity was maintained in an ortho derivative 3h. The molecular docking analysis of the compounds with Aurora-A and Aurora-B suggested that the spatial variation in the back pocket can be used as a design principle for isoform-specific inhibitors. This selectivity design strategy is different from previous compounds which target the non-conserved amino acids in the ATP-binding site of Aurora-A and Aurora-B. The pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the lead compounds with the best Aurora-A selectivity are currently being evaluated for in vivo animal multi-drug resistant tumor xenograft models.
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Conflicts of interest
Acknowledgement Financial support from the National Health Research Institutes and Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST-105-0324-01-13-06, MOST-106-0324-01-13-06 and ) are gratefully acknowledged. We thank Core Instrument Center of NHRI to provide fluorescence microscopy service.
Aurora Kinases Serine/threonine Aurora kinases are indispensable for eukaryotic cell division and have been intensively studied in mammals and yeast 1, 2. Aurora was first discovered in Drosophila where mutant analysis revealed monopolar spindle formation, which is why the protein was called Aurora, reminiscent of the Northern light (aurora borealis) [3]. Deregulation of Aurora kinase activity has been shown to be involved in mitotic failures leading to cancer [4]. Thus, Aurora kinases are valuable targets for anticancer therapeutics, and an enormous body of research has brought about detailed understanding of the molecular pathways in which Aurora kinases are involved (Figure 1A).