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Poudel YB, He L, Cox M, Zhang Q, Johnson WL, Cong Q, Cheng H, Chowdari NS, Tarby C, Donnell AF, Broekema M, O’Malley DP, Zhang Y, A. M. Subbaiah M, Kumar BV, Subramani L, Wang B, Li YX, Sivaprakasam P, Critton D, Mulligan D, Sandhu B, Xie C, Ramakrishnan R, Nagar J, Dudhgaonkar S, Oderinde MS, Murtaza A, Schieven GL, Mathur A, Gavai AV, Vite G, Gangwar S. Discovery of Novel TLR7 Agonists as Systemic Agent for Combination With aPD1 for Use in Immuno-oncology. ACS Med Chem Lett 2024; 15:181-188. [PMID: 38352830 PMCID: PMC10860183 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
Abstract
We have designed and developed novel and selective TLR7 agonists that exhibited potent receptor activity in a cell-based reporter assay. In vitro, these agonists significantly induced secretion of cytokines IL-6, IL-1β, IL-10, TNFa, IFNa, and IP-10 in human and mouse whole blood. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies in mice showed a significant secretion of IFNα and TNFα cytokines. When combined with aPD1 in a CT-26 tumor model, the lead compound showed strong synergistic antitumor activity with complete tumor regression in 8/10 mice dosed using the intravenous route. Structure-activity relationship studies enabled by structure-based designs of TLR7 agonists are disclosed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yam B. Poudel
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, 700 Bay Road, Redwood City, California 94063, United States
| | - Liqi He
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, 700 Bay Road, Redwood City, California 94063, United States
| | - Matthew Cox
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, 700 Bay Road, Redwood City, California 94063, United States
| | - Qian Zhang
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, 700 Bay Road, Redwood City, California 94063, United States
| | - Walter L. Johnson
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, 700 Bay Road, Redwood City, California 94063, United States
| | - Qiang Cong
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, 700 Bay Road, Redwood City, California 94063, United States
| | - Heng Cheng
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, 700 Bay Road, Redwood City, California 94063, United States
| | - Naidu S. Chowdari
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, 700 Bay Road, Redwood City, California 94063, United States
| | - Christine Tarby
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Andrew F. Donnell
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Matthais Broekema
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Daniel P. O’Malley
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Yong Zhang
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | | | - Boda Vijay Kumar
- The
Biocon Bristol Myers Squibb Research Center (BBRC), Bangalore 560099, India
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- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Yi-Xin Li
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, 700 Bay Road, Redwood City, California 94063, United States
| | - Prasanna Sivaprakasam
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - David Critton
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Dawn Mulligan
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Bhupindar Sandhu
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Chunshan Xie
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Radha Ramakrishnan
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Jignesh Nagar
- The
Biocon Bristol Myers Squibb Research Center (BBRC), Bangalore 560099, India
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- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Anwar Murtaza
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Gary L. Schieven
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Arvind Mathur
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Ashvinikumar V. Gavai
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Gregory Vite
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
| | - Sanjeev Gangwar
- Bristol-Myers
Squibb Research & Development, 700 Bay Road, Redwood City, California 94063, United States
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