Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, United States; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, United States.
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, United States.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2020 Jan 15;30(2):126788. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.126788. Epub 2019 Nov 9.
Small molecule agonists of TLR7/8, such as imidazoquinolines, are validated agonists for the treatment of cancer and for use in vaccine adjuvants. Imidazoquinolines have been extensively modified to understand the structure-activity relationship (SAR) at the N1- and C2-positions resulting in the clinical drug imiquimod, resiquimod, and several other highly potent analogues. However, the SAR of the aryl ring has not been fully elucidated in the literature. This initial study examines the SAR of C7-substituted imidazoquinolines. These compounds not only demonstrated that TLR7/8 tolerate changes at the C7-position but can increase potency and change their cytokine profiles. The most notable TLR7/8 agonists developed from this study 5, 8, and 14 which are up to 4-fold and 2-fold more active than resiquimod for TLR8 and/or TLR7, respectively, and up to 100-fold more active than the FDA approved imiquimod for TLR7.
TLR7/8 的小分子激动剂,如咪唑并喹啉类化合物,已被验证可用于治疗癌症和作为疫苗佐剂。咪唑并喹啉类化合物已被广泛修饰,以了解 N1-和 C2-位的构效关系 (SAR),从而产生了临床药物咪喹莫特、瑞喹莫特和其他几种高活性类似物。然而,芳基环的 SAR 在文献中尚未完全阐明。这项初步研究考察了 C7-取代咪唑并喹啉类化合物的 SAR。这些化合物不仅表明 TLR7/8 可以容忍 C7-位的变化,而且可以提高活性并改变细胞因子谱。从这项研究中开发出的最显著的 TLR7/8 激动剂 5、8 和 14,对 TLR8 和/或 TLR7 的活性分别比瑞喹莫特高 4 倍和 2 倍,对 TLR7 的活性比 FDA 批准的咪喹莫特高 100 倍。