Discovery of novel 2,4-diarylaminopyrimidine derivatives as potent and selective epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors against L858R/T790M resistance mutation.

A series of novel 2,4-diarylaminopyrimidine derivatives of AZD9291 were discovered as L858R/T790M mutant selective epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors. The majority of these compounds exhibited moderate to excellent EGFR T790 M/L858R inhibitory activities and comparable anti-proliferative activities against double mutant over-expressed NCI-H1975 cells to that of AZD9291. The most promising compounds 8a displayed an IC of 4.1 nM against EGFR L858R/T790M mutants. 8a also showed excellent cytotoxic effect against NCI-H1975 cells with an IC of 59 nM and 100-fold selectivity over wide-type EGFR over-expressed A431 cells. Compound 8a significantly inhibited tumor growth in NCI-H1975 xenograft models at a non-toxic dose. Docking study performed for 8a with ATP binding site of EGFR-TK showed the similar binding mode to that of AZD9291. All these results suggested that compound 8a was a potential mutant-selective EGFR inhibitor.