| Literature DB >> 28105282 |
Gregory L Adams1, Francisco Velazquez2, Charles Jayne2, Unmesh Shah2, Shouwu Miao2, Eric R Ashley2, Maria Madeira2, Taro E Akiyama2, Jerry Di Salvo2, Takao Suzuki3, Nengxue Wang3, Quang Truong2, Eric Gilbert2, Dan Zhou2, Andreas Verras2, Melissa Kirkland2, Michele Pachanski2, Maryann Powles2, Wu Yin2, Feroze Ujjainwalla2, Srikanth Venkatraman2, Scott D Edmondson2.
Abstract
GPR120 (FFAR4) is a fatty acid sensing G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) that has been identified as a target for possible treatment of type 2 diabetes. A selective activator of GPR120 containing a chromane scaffold has been designed, synthesized, and evaluated in vivo. Results of these efforts suggest that chromane propionic acid 18 is a suitable tool molecule for further animal studies. Compound 18 is selective over the closely related target GPR40 (FFAR1), has a clean off-target profile, demonstrates suitable pharmacokinetic properties, and has been evaluated in wild-type/knockout GPR120 mouse oGTT studies.Entities:
Keywords: FFAR4; GPR120; chromane; insulin sensitization; type 2 diabetes
Year: 2016 PMID: 28105282 PMCID: PMC5238488 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00394
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345