| Literature DB >> 24900217 |
Elisabeth Christiansen1, Maria E Due-Hansen1, Christian Urban2, Nicole Merten3, Michael Pfleiderer4, Kasper K Karlsen1, Sanne S Rasmussen1, Mette Steensgaard1, Alexandra Hamacher2, Johannes Schmidt3, Christel Drewke3, Rasmus Koefoed Petersen5, Karsten Kristiansen5, Susanne Ullrich4, Evi Kostenis3, Matthias U Kassack2, Trond Ulven1.
Abstract
The free fatty acid 1 receptor (FFA1 or GPR40), which is highly expressed on pancreatic β-cells and amplifies glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, has emerged as an attractive target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Several FFA1 agonists containing the para-substituted dihydrocinnamic acid moiety are known. We here present a structure-activity relationship study of this compound family suggesting that the central methyleneoxy linker is preferable for the smaller compounds, whereas the central methyleneamine linker gives higher potency to the larger compounds. The study resulted in the discovery of the potent and selective full FFA1 agonist TUG-469 (29).Entities:
Keywords: Diabetes; FFA1; FFAR1; GPR40; drug discovery; fatty acids
Year: 2010 PMID: 24900217 PMCID: PMC4007913 DOI: 10.1021/ml100106c
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345