aWyeth Research, Chemical and Screening Sciences, 401 N. Middletown Road, Pearl River, NY 10965, USA
bWyeth Research, Inflammation, 200 Cambridge Park Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA
Abstract:
The thieno2,3-b]pyridine-5-carbonitrile with a 5-indolylamine at C-4 and a phenyl group at C-2 had a moderate activity against PKCθ. Optimization of the groups at C-4 and C-2 led to analog 29, which has an IC50 value of 7.5 nM for the inhibition of PKCθ.