Yagmur U. Doruk, Morgan E. Diolaiti, Alan Ashworth* and Tanaji T. Talele*,
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Abstract
Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs) have revolutionized the treatment of cancers with DNA repair deficiencies. Here we describe the structure-based discovery and synthesis of 6–6–5–5–6-fused pentacyclic scaffolds 5 and cis-(±)-6 as a novel class of PARP1 inhibitors. Chiral supercritical fluid chromatographic separation of cis-(±)-6 afforded inactive ent-6_P1 and active ent-6_P2. Compound 5 (P-gp ER = 0.9) and ent-6_P2 (P-gp ER = 1.1) demonstrated good Caco-2 permeability and are not actively effluxed by ABC transporters. In vitro analysis in HEK293T cells found that 5, cis-(±)-6, and ent-6_P2 showed near complete inhibition of PARP1 activity at 10 μM. Furthermore, compounds 5, cis-(±)-6, and ent-6_P2 displayed selective cytotoxic activity in BRCA mutant cancer cells but not isogenic BRCA-proficient cells. Taken together, 5 and ent-6_P2 define a novel class of lead PARP inhibitors for further development.
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