Preclinical and early clinical studies of a novel compound SYHA1813 that efficiently crosses the blood-brain barrier and exhibits potent activity against glioblastoma.

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive malignant brain tumor in adults and is poorly controlled. Previous studies have shown that both macrophages and angiogenesis play significant roles in GBM progression, and co-targeting of CSF1R and VEGFR is likely to be an effective strategy for GBM treatment. Therefore, this study developed a novel and selective inhibitor of CSF1R and VEGFR, SYHA1813, possessing potent antitumor activity against GBM. SYHA1813 inhibited VEGFR and CSF1R kinase activities with high potency and selectivity and thus blocked the cell viability of HUVECs and macrophages and exhibited anti-angiogenetic effects both in vitro and in vivo. SYHA1813 also displayed potent in vivo antitumor activity against GBM in immune-competent and immune-deficient mouse models, including temozolomide (TMZ) insensitive tumors. Notably, SYHA1813 could penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and prolong the survival time of mice bearing intracranial GBM xenografts. Moreover, SYHA1813 treatment resulted in a synergistic antitumor efficacy in combination with the PD-1 antibody. As a clinical proof of concept, SYHA1813 achieved confirmed responses in patients with recurrent GBM in an ongoing first-in-human phase I trial. The data of this study support the rationale for an ongoing phase I clinical study (ChiCTR2100045380).

Discovery of 6-(difluoro(6-(4-fluorophenyl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b][1,2,4]triazin-3-yl)methyl)quinoline as a highly potent and selective c-Met inhibitor.

c-Met/HGF overexpression has been detected in many human malignancies including tumors which are resistant to anticancer therapy. Disrupting the aberrant c-Met/HGF axis has enjoyed significant progress in both preclinical and clinical antitumor campaign. To eliminate the OCH2-related metabolic deficiency of our previously reported triazolotriazine 2, we synthesized a series of CH2-/CF2-linked triazolotriazines and assessed their c-Met activities, leading to the highly potent compound 23 with IC50 values of 0.24 nM of enzymatic activity in c-Met and 0.85 nM of cellular activity in EBC-1 cancer cell line, as well as with complete tumor regression in EBC-1 xenograft mice model at dose of 25 mg/kg via oral administration. Based on its potent anti-proliferative activities and favorable pharmacokinetic properties, 23 has been selected as a drug candidate for preclinical investigation.

Tryptamine derivatives as novel non-nucleosidic inhibitors against hepatitis B virus.

A series of tryptamine derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-hepatitis B virus (HBV) activity and cytotoxicity in the HepG2.2.15 cell line. The preliminary SAR was discussed. Compounds 2e and 4a showed potent antiviral activity (IC(50)=0.4 and <1 µM, respectively) and low cytotoxicity (CC(50)=40.6 and >25 µM, respectively).