Identification of imidazo[1,2-<i>b</i>]pyridazine TYK2 pseudokinase ligands as potent and selective allosteric inhibitors of TYK2 signalling

Abstract

, which provided encouraging systemic exposures after oral dosing in mice. Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) was identified as an off-target and potential liability of the IZP ligands, and selectivity for TYK2 JH2 over this enzyme was obtained by elaborating along selectivity vectors determined from analyses of X-ray co-crystal structures of representative ligands of the IZP class bound to both proteins.