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Michael R Wood1, Meredith J Noetzel2, James C Tarr3, Alice L Rodriguez3, Atin Lamsal3, Sichen Chang3, Jarrett J Foster3, Emery Smith4, Peter Chase4, Peter S Hodder5, Darren W Engers2, Colleen M Niswender6, Nicholas J Brandon7, Michael W Wood7, Mark E Duggan7, P Jeffrey Conn6, Thomas M Bridges8, Craig W Lindsley9.
Abstract
This Letter describes the chemical optimization of a novel series of M4 PAMs based on a non-enolizable ketone core, identified from an MLPCN functional high-throughput screen. The HTS hit was potent, selective and CNS penetrant; however, the compound was highly cleared in vitro and in vivo. SAR provided analogs for which M4 PAM potency and CNS exposure were maintained; yet, clearance remained high. Metabolite identification studies demonstrated that this series was subject to rapid, and near quantitative, reductive metabolism to the corresponding secondary alcohol metabolite that was devoid of M4 PAM activity.Entities:
Keywords: M(4); Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor; Positive allosteric modulator (PAM); Schizophrenia; Structure–Activity Relationship (SAR)
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27476142 PMCID: PMC4987221 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.07.042
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823