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J Med Chem ; 49(15): 4459-69, 2006 Jul 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16854051

ABSTRACT

The discovery and pharmacological evaluation of potent, selective, and orally bioavailable growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) antagonists are reported. Previously, 2,4-diaminopyrimidine-based GHS-R antagonists reported from our laboratories have been shown to be dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) inhibitors. By comparing the X-ray crystal structure of DHFR docked with our GHS-R antagonists and GHS-R modeling, we designed and synthesized a series of potent and DHFR selective GHS-R antagonists with good pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles. An amide derivative 13d (Ca2+ flux IC50 = 188 nM, [brain]/[plasma] = 0.97 @ 8 h in rat) showed a 10% decrease in 24 h food intake in rats, and over 5% body weight reduction after 14-day oral treatment in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice. In comparison, a urea derivative 14c (Ca2+ flux IC50 = 7 nM, [brain]/[plasma] = 0.0 in DIO) failed to show significant effect on food intake in the acute feeding DIO model. These observations demonstrated for the first time that peripheral GHS-R blockage with small molecule GHS-R antagonists might not be sufficient for suppressing appetite and inducing body weight reduction.


Subject(s)
Aminopyridines/chemical synthesis , Anti-Obesity Agents/chemical synthesis , Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/antagonists & inhibitors , Administration, Oral , Amides/chemical synthesis , Amides/pharmacology , Aminopyridines/pharmacology , Animals , Anti-Obesity Agents/pharmacology , Appetite Depressants/chemical synthesis , Appetite Depressants/pharmacology , Biological Availability , Body Weight/drug effects , Cell Line , Crystallography, X-Ray , Eating/drug effects , Humans , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Obese , Models, Molecular , Molecular Structure , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Receptors, Ghrelin , Structure-Activity Relationship , Urea/analogs & derivatives , Urea/chemical synthesis , Urea/pharmacology
2.
Biochemistry ; 45(24): 7474-82, 2006 Jun 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16768443

ABSTRACT

Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) belongs to a family of serine peptidases, and due to its indirect regulatory role in plasma glucose modulation, DPP-IV has become an attractive pharmaceutical target for diabetes therapy. DPP-IV inactivates the glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) and several other naturally produced bioactive peptides that contain preferentially a proline or alanine residue in the second amino acid sequence position by cleaving the N-terminal dipeptide. To elucidate the details of the active site for structure-based drug design, we crystallized a natural source preparation of DPP-IV isolated from rat kidney and determined its three-dimensional structure using X-ray diffraction techniques. With a high degree of similarity to structures of human DPP-IV, the active site architecture provides important details for the design of inhibitory compounds, and structures of inhibitor-protein complexes offer detailed insight into three-dimensional structure-activity relationships that include a conformational change of Tyr548. Such accommodation is exemplified by the response to chemical substitution on 2-cyanopyrrolidine inhibitors at the 5 position, which conveys inhibitory selectivity for DPP-IV over closely related homologues. A similar conformational change is also observed in the complex with an unrelated synthetic inhibitor containing a xanthine core that is also selective for DPP-IV. These results suggest the conformational flexibility of Tyr548 is unique among protein family members and may be utilized in drug design to achieve peptidase selectivity.


Subject(s)
Dipeptidases/antagonists & inhibitors , Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4/chemistry , Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4/metabolism , Kidney/enzymology , Animals , Binding Sites , Crystallization , Dimerization , Dipeptidases/chemistry , Dipeptidases/metabolism , Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4/genetics , Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4/isolation & purification , Glucagon-Like Peptide 1/chemistry , Glucagon-Like Peptide 1/metabolism , Humans , Kinetics , Models, Molecular , Molecular Structure , Protein Conformation , Rats , Recombinant Proteins/chemistry , Recombinant Proteins/metabolism , Structure-Activity Relationship , Tyrosine/chemistry , X-Ray Diffraction
3.
Peptides ; 25(7): 1171-8, 2004 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15245877

ABSTRACT

The glucagon receptor was cloned from cynolomologous monkey. A frame-shift mutation at the 3' end of the monkey transcript results in a C-terminal extension of 14 amino acids. This extension is not observed in either the human or rodent glucagon receptors. Monkey glucagon receptor was expressed in CHO cells, either with (mkGCGR) or without (mkGCGRDelta14) the 14-amino acid C-terminal extension to approximate the human receptor. Both forms of the monkey receptor bound glucagon with similar affinity and showed glucagon-stimulated cAMP production, however the full-length form of the monkey receptor (mkGCGR) was less sensitive to glucagon in its ability to stimulate cAMP than the shortened form (mkGCGRDelta14). PCR of genomic DNA from baboon and rhesus monkeys suggests that they express a form of the receptor similar to that of cynomologous monkey, while in chimpanzee, the receptor is similar to the human form.


Subject(s)
Haplorhini/genetics , Receptors, Glucagon/genetics , Receptors, Glucagon/metabolism , Animals , Base Sequence , CHO Cells , Cloning, Molecular , Cricetinae , Cyclic AMP/metabolism , DNA, Complementary/genetics , Glucagon/metabolism , Humans , Molecular Sequence Data , RNA/genetics , Receptors, Glucagon/chemistry , Sequence Alignment , Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
4.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 14(9): 2047-50, 2004 May 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15080976

ABSTRACT

Biaryl amides derived from a reported series of ureas 1 were evaluated and found to be potent human glucagon receptor antagonists. The benzofuran analogue 6i was administered in Sprague-Dawley rats and blocked the effects of an exogenous glucagon challenge.


Subject(s)
Amides/pharmacology , Receptors, Glucagon/antagonists & inhibitors , Amides/chemistry , Animals , Haplorhini , Humans , Mice , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley
5.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 14(7): 1721-7, 2004 Apr 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15026058

ABSTRACT

The SAR at C-5 of the 10-methoxy-2,2,4-trimethylbenzopyrano[3,4-f]quinoline core leading to identification of (-) anti 1-methylcyclohexen-3-yl as the optimum substituent that imparts minimal GR mediated in vitro transcriptional activation while maintaining full transcriptional repression is described. The in vitro profile of these candidates in human cell assays relevant to the therapeutic window of glucocorticoid modulators is outlined.


Subject(s)
Glucocorticoids/chemistry , Glucocorticoids/pharmacology , Receptors, Glucocorticoid/metabolism , Suppression, Genetic , Binding, Competitive/genetics , Humans , Protein Binding/drug effects , Transcription, Genetic/drug effects , Transcriptional Activation/drug effects
6.
J Med Chem ; 46(6): 1016-30, 2003 Mar 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12620078

ABSTRACT

The preparation and characterization of a series of C-10 substituted 5-allyl-2,5-dihydro-2,2,4-trimethyl-1H-[1]benzopyrano[3,4-f]quinolines as a novel class of selective ligands for the glucocorticoid receptor is described. Substitution at the C-10 position of the tetracyclic core with linear, two-atom appendages (OCH(3), OCF(2)H, NHMe, SMe, CH=CH(2), Ctbd1;CH, CH(2)OH) provided molecules of high affinity (K(i) = 2-8 nM) for the human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) with limited cross-reactivity with other steroid receptors (PR, MR, AR, ER). Optimal analogues showed slightly less potent but highly efficacious E-selectin repression with reduced levels of GRE activation efficacy in reporter gene assays relative to prednisolone. Preliminary SAR of analogues containing substitution at the C-9 and C-10 positions identified the 9-OH, 10-OMe analogue 50 and the 9-OH, 10-Cl analogue 58 as compounds that demonstrated potent, GR-mediated inhibition in a conconavalin A stimulated T-cell proliferation assay in both rodent and human whole blood monocytes. When evaluated for their in vivo effects in carrageenan-induced paw edema in rats, 50, 58, and 10-OCF(2)H analogue 35 showed dose-dependent anti-inflammatory effects (50, ED(50) = 16 mg/kg; 58, ED(50) = 15 mg/kg; 35, ED(50) = 21 mg/kg vs ED(50) = 15 mg/kg for 18 and ED(50) = 4 mg/kg for prednisolone).


Subject(s)
Allyl Compounds/chemical synthesis , Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/chemical synthesis , Quinolines/chemical synthesis , Receptors, Glucocorticoid/drug effects , Allyl Compounds/chemistry , Allyl Compounds/pharmacology , Animals , Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/chemistry , Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/pharmacology , Binding, Competitive , Carrageenan , Cell Division/drug effects , Concanavalin A/pharmacology , E-Selectin/genetics , E-Selectin/metabolism , Edema/chemically induced , Edema/drug therapy , Humans , In Vitro Techniques , Ligands , NF-kappa B/metabolism , Protein Isoforms , Quinolines/chemistry , Quinolines/pharmacology , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Receptors, Glucocorticoid/genetics , Receptors, Glucocorticoid/metabolism , Response Elements , Species Specificity , Structure-Activity Relationship , T-Lymphocytes/cytology , T-Lymphocytes/drug effects , Transcription Factor AP-1/metabolism , Transcription, Genetic
7.
J Biomol Screen ; 8(6): 668-75, 2003 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14711392

ABSTRACT

In micro-arrayed compound screening (microARCS), an agarose gel is used as a reaction vessel that maintains humidity and compound location as well as being a handling system for reagent addition. Two or more agarose gels may be used to bring test compounds, targets, and reagents together, relying on the pore size of the gel matrix to regulate diffusion of reactants. It is in the microenvironment of the agarose matrix that all the components of an enzymatic reaction interact and result in inhibitable catalytic activity. In an effort to increase the throughput of microARCS-based screens, reduce the effort involved in manipulating agarose gels, and reduce costs, blotter paper was used rather than a second agarose gel to introduce a substrate to a gel containing a target enzyme. In this assay, the matrix of the blotter paper did not prevent the substrate from diffusing into the enzyme gel. The compound density of the microARCS format, the ease of manipulating sheets of paper for reagent addition, and a scheduled protocol for running multiple gels allowed for a throughput capacity of more than 200,000 tests per hour. A protease assay was developed and run in the microARCS format at a rate of 200,000 tests per hour using blotter paper to introduce the substrate. Picks in the primary screen were retested in the microARCS format at a density of 384 compounds per sheet. IC(50) values were confirmed in a 96-well plate format. The screen identified several small molecule inhibitors of the enzyme. The details of the screening format and the analysis of the hits from the screen are presented.


Subject(s)
Endopeptidases/metabolism , Protein Array Analysis/methods , Caco-2 Cells , Dimethyl Sulfoxide/pharmacology , Humans , Humidity , Inhibitory Concentration 50 , Protease Inhibitors/pharmacology , Sepharose , Substrate Specificity
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