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Current Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8673
ISSN (Online): 1875-533X

BCR-ABL Inhibitors in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Process Chemistry and Biochemical Profile

Author(s): F. Leonetti, A. Stefanachi, O. Nicolotti, M. Catto, L. Pisani, S. Cellamare and A. Carotti

Volume 18, Issue 19, 2011

Page: [2943 - 2959] Pages: 17

DOI: 10.2174/092986711796150414

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Abstract

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disease originating from a constitutively active tyrosine kinase, called BCR-ABL, expressed by an oncogene resulting from a reciprocal translocation between chromosome 9 and chromosome 22, coded as (t[9,22][q34;q11]). Inhibition of BCR-ABL with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) proved to be an efficient targeted therapy of Philadelphia-positive (Ph+) CML in the chronic phase. This review mainly addresses the synthetic pathways and process chemistry leading to the large scale preparation for pre-clinical demands and clinical supply of the three TKIs approved for Ph+ CML, i.e., imatinib, dasatinib and nilotinib and three more investigational drugs, i.e., bosutinib, ponatinib and bafetinib. Recent progress on the biochemical profiling of the six examined TKIs has been also reported.

Keywords: Chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR-ABL, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, T315I mutation, process chemistry


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