| Literature DB >> 25313322 |
Stefan Peukert1, Richard Hughes1, Jill Nunez1, Guo He1, Zhao Yan1, Rishi Jain1, Luis Llamas1, Sarah Luchansky1, Adam Carlson1, Guiqing Liang1, Vidya Kunjathoor1, Mike Pietropaolo1, Jeffrey Shapiro1, Anja Castellana1, Xiaoping Wu1, Avirup Bose1.
Abstract
The identification of highly potent and orally bioavailable GPR39 agonists is reported. Compound 1, found in a phenotypic screening campaign, was transformed into compound 2 with good activity on both the rat and human GPR39 receptor. This compound was further optimized to improve ligand efficiency and pharmacokinetic properties to yield GPR39 agonists for the potential oral treatment of type 2 diabetes. Thus, compound 3 is the first potent GPR39 agonist (EC50s ≤ 1 nM for human and rat receptor) that is orally bioavailable in mice and robustly induced acute GLP-1 levels.Entities:
Keywords: GLP-1 secretion; GPR39 agonists; GPR39 receptor; Zn2+-sensing receptor; antidiabetic treatment; insulin secretion; β-cell protection
Year: 2014 PMID: 25313322 PMCID: PMC4190643 DOI: 10.1021/ml500240d
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345