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. 2005 Mar 24;48(6):1873-85.
doi: 10.1021/jm0495935.

Checkpoint kinase inhibitors: SAR and radioprotective properties of a series of 2-arylbenzimidazoles

Kristen L Arienti  1 , Anders Brunmark, Frank U Axe, Kelly McClure, Alice Lee, Jon Blevitt, Danielle K Neff, Liming Huang, Shelby Crawford, Chennagiri R Pandit, Lars Karlsson, J Guy Breitenbucher
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Checkpoint kinase inhibitors: SAR and radioprotective properties of a series of 2-arylbenzimidazoles

Kristen L Arienti et al. J Med Chem. .

Abstract

The discovery of a series of novel, potent, and highly selective inhibitors of the DNA damage control kinase chk2 is disclosed. Here we report the first SAR study around inhibitors of this kinase. High-throughput screening of purified human chk2 led to the identification of a novel series of 2-arylbenzimidazole inhibitors of the kinase. Optimization was facilitated using homology models of chk2 and docking of inhibitors, leading to the highly potent 2-arylbenzimidazole 2h (IC(50) 15 nM). Compound 2h is an ATP-competitive inhibitor of chk2 that dose dependently protects human CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cells from apoptosis due to ionizing radiation. This work suggests that a selective small molecule inhibitor of chk2 could be a useful adjuvant to radiotherapy, increasing the therapeutic window of such treatment.

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