| Literature DB >> 27660691 |
Spencer B Jones1, Lance A Pfeifer1, Thomas J Bleisch1, Thomas J Beauchamp1, Jim D Durbin1, V Joseph Klimkowski1, Norman E Hughes1, Christopher J Rito1, Yen Dao1, Joseph M Gruber1, Hai Bui1, Mark G Chambers1, Srinivasan Chandrasekhar1, Chaohua Lin1, Denis J McCann1, Daniel R Mudra1, Jennifer L Oskins1, Craig A Swearingen1, Kannan Thirunavukkarasu1, Bryan H Norman1.
Abstract
In an effort to develop a novel therapeutic agent aimed at addressing the unmet need of patients with osteoarthritis pain, we set out to develop an inhibitor for autotaxin with excellent potency and physical properties to allow for the clinical investigation of autotaxin-induced nociceptive and neuropathic pain. An initial hit identification campaign led to an aminopyrimidine series with an autotaxin IC50 of 500 nM. X-ray crystallography enabled the optimization to a lead compound that demonstrated favorable potency (IC50 = 2 nM), PK properties, and a robust PK/PD relationship.Entities:
Keywords: Autotaxin; LPA; osteoarthritis; tool molecule
Year: 2016 PMID: 27660691 PMCID: PMC5018868 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00207
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345