Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of aminoboronic acids as growth-factor receptor inhibitors of EGFR and VEGFR-1 tyrosine kinases

Chembiochem. 2004 Apr 2;5(4):483-90. doi: 10.1002/cbic.200300748.

Abstract

A series of aminoboronic acids was synthesized based on the structure of lavendustin pharmacophore 1. Their inhibitory activities against the epidermal growth-factor receptor (EGFR) and vascular endothelial growth-factor receptor-1 (VEGFR-1, Flt-1) protein tyrosine kinases, and various protein kinases, PKA, PKC, PTK, and eEF2K were evaluated. Selective inhibition activities were observed in a series of aminoboronic acids. 4-Methoxy-3-((2- methoxyphenylamino)methyl)phenylboronic acid 10 inhibited EGFR tyrosine kinase, whereas 4-(2,5-dihydroxybenzylamino)phenylboronic acid 12 inhibited Flt-1 protein kinase, although lavendustin pharmacophore 1 inhibited both EGFR and Flt-1 kinases at a compound concentration of 1.0 microg mL(-1). The selective inhibition of EGFR by 10 is considered to be due to the substitution of the dihydroxy groups on the benzyl moiety for a boronic acid group at the para position, whereas the selective inhibition of Flt-1 by 12 is due to the substitution of the carboxyl group on the aniline moiety in the lavendustin pharmacophore 1 for a boronic acid group.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amination
  • Animals
  • Boronic Acids / chemistry*
  • Boronic Acids / pharmacology*
  • Carboxylic Acids / chemistry
  • Cell Line
  • Drug Design*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • ErbB Receptors / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • ErbB Receptors / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phosphorylation / drug effects
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1 / metabolism

Substances

  • Boronic Acids
  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • ErbB Receptors
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1