Fragment-based lead discovery of a novel class of small molecule antagonists of neuropeptide B/W receptor subtype 1 (GPR7)

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Here, we report the discovery of a new class of NPBWR1 antagonists identified from a fragment-based screen. Compound 1 (cAMP IC50 = 250 µM; LE = 0.29) emerged as an initial hit. Further optimization of 1 by SAR-by-catalogue and chemical modification produced 21a (cAMP IC50 = 30 nM; LE = 0.39) with a 6700-fold increase in potency from fragment 1. Somewhat surprisingly, Schild analysis of compound 21a suggested that in vitro inhibition of NPW-mediated effects on upon cAMP accumulation were saturable, and that compound 21a dose-dependently increased [125I]-hNPW23 dissociation rate constants from NPBWR1 in kinetic binding studies. Collectively, these data are inconsistent with a classic surmountable, orthosteric mechanism of inhibition. The benzimidazole inhibitors reported herein may therefore represent a mechanistically differentiated class of compounds with which to form a better appreciation of the pharmacology and physiological roles of this central neuropeptide system.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

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Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters - 30(2020), 23 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 127510

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Moningka, Remond [VerfasserIn]
Romero, F Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Hastings, Nicholas B [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Zhiqiang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ming [VerfasserIn]
Di Salvo, Jerry [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Trusca, Dorina [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Qiaoling [VerfasserIn]
Tong, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Terebetski, Jenna L [VerfasserIn]
Ball, Richard G [VerfasserIn]
Ujjainwalla, Feroze [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-obesity
Benzimidazoles
G protein-coupled receptor
GPR7
Journal Article
NPBWR1
NPBWR1 protein, human
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
Receptors, Neuropeptide
Schild plot analysis

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Date Completed 02.07.2021

Date Revised 02.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127510

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314713514