Anti-BTK monoclonal antibody, clone 599DU3.2.3

The development of an expedient synthesis to GDC-0852 (1), a reversible BTK inhibitor drug candidate, is described. The key starting material tricyclic lactam 5 was prepared by an annulation reaction of unprotected piperidine-2-carbaldehyde HCl salt (20) and N-Boc piperidine-2,4-dione 21 in a safe and scalable manner. A highly selective Pd-catalyzed C-N coupling of lactam 5 and linker 2a, followed by Suzuki-Miyaura coupling to fragment 8 subsequently provided a direct and convergent access to the penultimate 17. A simple NaBH4 aldehyde reduction completed the synthesis to GDC-0852 (1) in high yield (54% over 3 steps from 5) and purity (99.0 A% HPLC). (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Psoriasis is clinically characterized by well-demarcated silvery plaques which may appear on the extremities, scalp, and sacral area. The multidimensional interactions among innate immune cells [neutrophils and dendritic cells (DCs)], adaptive immune cells and skin resident cells result in characteristic features of psoriatic inflammation such as acanthosis, hyperkeratosis, and parakeratosis. Tec family kinases are involved in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory diseases. One of them is Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) which is reported to carry out inflammatory and oxidative signaling in neutrophils and DCs. Effect of BTK inhibitor with regard to psoriatic inflammation has not been explored previously especially in a therapeutic setting. In the current investigation, effect of BTK inhibitor, Ibrutinib on oxidative/inflammatory signaling in dermal/splenic neutrophils [phosphorylated BTK (p-BTK), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), nitrotyrosine], CD11c + DCs (p-BTK, iNOS, nitrotyrosine, MCP-1, TNF-alpha) and enzymatic antioxidants [superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR)] in imiquimod (IMQ)-induced psoriatic inflammation was evaluated using therapeutic mode. Our results show that IMQ treatment led to induction of p-BTK expression along with concomitant increase in oxidative stress in neutrophils, and CD11c + DCs in skin/periphery. Therapeutic treatment with Ibrutinib caused attenuation of IMQ-induced oxidative stress in CD11c + DCs and neutrophils. Further there were dysregulations in antioxidants enzymes (SOD/GPx/GR) in the skin of IMQ-treated mice, which were corrected by Ibrutinib. In short, our study reveals that BTK signaling in neutrophils and CD11c + DCs upregulates oxidative stress which is concomitant with psoriatic inflammation in mice. Ibrutinib attenuates psoriasis inflammation through downregulation of oxidative stress in these innate immune cells.