| Literature DB >> 24900845 |
Xiaohui Du1, Paul J Dransfield1, Daniel C-H Lin1, Simon Wong1, Yingcai Wang1, Zhongyu Wang1, Todd Kohn1, Ming Yu1, Sean P Brown1, Marc Vimolratana1, Liusheng Zhu1, An-Rong Li1, Yongli Su1, Xianyun Jiao1, Jiwen Jim Liu1, Gayathri Swaminath1, Thanhvien Tran1, Jian Luo1, Run Zhuang1, Jane Zhang1, Qi Guo1, Frank Li1, Richard Connors1, Julio C Medina1, Jonathan B Houze1.
Abstract
We recently reported the discovery of a potent GPR40 full agonist AM-1638 (1). Herein, we describe our efforts in improving the drug-like properties of the full agonists through the systematic introduction of polar groups in the C-, D-, and A-rings. This led to the discovery of new GPR40 full agonists with significantly improved pharmacokinetic propeties. Compound 8 and 20 also showed potent in vivo efficacy in oral glucose tolerance tests in mice in addition to the improvement in properties.Entities:
Keywords: FFA1; GPR40; full agonist; insulin secretagoue; type 2 diabetes
Year: 2014 PMID: 24900845 PMCID: PMC4027632 DOI: 10.1021/ml4005123
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345