Discovery of a Potent Thiazolidine Free Fatty Acid Receptor 2 Agonist with Favorable Pharmacokinetic Properties

Free fatty acid receptor 2 (FFA2/GPR43) is a receptor for short-chain fatty acids reported to be involved in regulation of metabolism, appetite, fat accumulation, and inflammatory responses and is a potential target for treatment of various inflammatory and metabolic diseases. By bioisosteric replacement of the central pyrrolidine core of a previously disclosed FFA2 agonist with a synthetically more tractable thiazolidine, we were able to rapidly synthesize and screen analogues modified at both the 2- and 3-positions on the thiazolidine core. Herein, we report SAR exploration of thiazolidine FFA2 agonists and the identification of 31 (TUG-1375), a compound with significantly increased potency (7-fold in a cAMP assay) and reduced lipophilicity (50-fold reduced clog P) relative to the pyrrolidine lead structure. The compound has high solubility, high chemical, microsomal, and hepatocyte stability, and favorable pharmacokinetic properties and was confirmed to induce human neutrophil mobilization and to inhibit lipolysis in murine adipocytes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

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Journal of medicinal chemistry - 61(2018), 21 vom: 08. Nov., Seite 9534-9550

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hansen, Anders Højgaard [VerfasserIn]
Sergeev, Eugenia [VerfasserIn]
Bolognini, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Sprenger, Richard R [VerfasserIn]
Ekberg, Jeppe Hvidtfeldt [VerfasserIn]
Ejsing, Christer S [VerfasserIn]
McKenzie, Christine J [VerfasserIn]
Rexen Ulven, Elisabeth [VerfasserIn]
Milligan, Graeme [VerfasserIn]
Ulven, Trond [VerfasserIn]

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FFA2R protein, human
Journal Article
Receptors, Cell Surface
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Thiazolidines

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Date Completed 19.09.2019

Date Revised 08.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00855

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM288842537