1. Evotec (UK) Ltd, 114 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4SA, United Kingdom;2. Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States;3. Evotec AG, Manfred Eigen Campus, Essener Bogen 7, D-22419 Hamburg, Germany
Abstract:
Inhibition of the non-receptor tyrosine kinase ITK, a component of the T-cell receptor signalling cascade, may represent a novel treatment for allergic asthma. Here we report the structure-based optimization of a series of benzothiazole amides that demonstrate sub-nanomolar inhibitory potency against ITK with good cellular activity and kinase selectivity. We also elucidate the binding mode of these inhibitors by solving the X-ray crystal structures of several inhibitor-ITK complexes.