| Literature DB >> 24900864 |
Samit K Bhattacharya1, Kim Andrews1, Ramsay Beveridge1, Kimberly O Cameron1, Chiliu Chen1, Matthew Dunn1, Dilinie Fernando1, Hua Gao1, David Hepworth1, V Margaret Jackson1, Vishal Khot1, Jimmy Kong1, Rachel E Kosa1, Kimberly Lapham1, Paula M Loria1, Allyn T Londregan1, Kim F McClure1, Suvi T M Orr1, Jigna Patel1, Colin Rose1, James Saenz1, Ingrid A Stock1, Gregory Storer1, Maria VanVolkenburg1, Derek Vrieze1, Guoqiang Wang1, Jun Xiao1, Yingxin Zhang1.
Abstract
The identification of potent, highly selective orally bioavailable ghrelin receptor inverse agonists from a spiro-azetidino-piperidine series is described. Examples from this series have promising in vivo pharmacokinetics and increase glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in human whole and dispersed islets. A physicochemistry-based strategy to increase lipophilic efficiency for ghrelin receptor potency and retain low clearance and satisfactory permeability while reducing off-target pharmacology led to the discovery of 16h. Compound 16h has a superior balance of ghrelin receptor pharmacology and off-target selectivity. On the basis of its promising pharmacological and safety profile, 16h was advanced to human clinical trials.Entities:
Keywords: Ghrelin; PF-5190457; diabetes; ghrelin receptor antagonist; ghrelin receptor inverse agonist
Year: 2014 PMID: 24900864 PMCID: PMC4027753 DOI: 10.1021/ml400473x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345