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J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods ; 68(1): 137-49, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23649000

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: In recent years, the anesthetized guinea pig has been used increasingly to evaluate the cardiovascular effects of drug-candidate molecules during lead optimization prior to conducting longer, more resource intensive safety pharmacology and toxicology studies. The aim of these studies was to evaluate the correlations between pharmacologically-induced ECG changes in the anesthetized cardiovascular guinea pig (CVGP) with ECG changes in conscious non-rodent telemetry models, human clinical studies and effects on key cardiac ion channels. METHODS: We compared the effects of 38 agents on ion channel inhibition to their ECG effects in the CVGP. 26 of these agents were also evaluated in non-rodent telemetry and compared to the results in the CVGP. RESULTS: The CVGP was highly sensitive for detecting QTc, PR and QRS interval prolongation mediated by inhibition of hERG, hCav1.2 and hNav1.5, respectively. There were robust correlations between ion channel inhibitory potencies and the free plasma concentrations (Cu) producing prolongation of the QTc, PR or QRS interval. Further evaluation showed that ECG changes in the CVGP were predictive of their effects on the QTc, PR and QRS intervals in non-rodent telemetry models with 92%, 92% and 100% accuracy, respectively. The CVGP proved to be 100% specific and 88%, 75% and 100% sensitive for QTc, PR and QRS interval prolongation, respectively. Similarly, the Cu that prolonged the QTc, PR and QRS in CVGP and humans correlated well. DISCUSSION: The CVGP is a sensitive model for assessing QTc, PR and QRS prolongation elicited by effects on hERG, hCav1.2 and hNav1.5, respectively. ECG changes in the CVGP are predictive of changes in non-rodent telemetry models and in humans (QTc). ECG parameters can be reliably evaluated with the CVGP model which increases the efficiency of CV derisking. Importantly, the design and implementation of this model is consistent with the "3Rs" for animal research.


Subject(s)
Drug Design , Ion Channels/drug effects , Long QT Syndrome/chemically induced , Anesthesia , Animals , Electrocardiography , Guinea Pigs , Humans , Ion Channels/metabolism , Male , Models, Animal , Predictive Value of Tests , Reproducibility of Results , Sensitivity and Specificity , Telemetry , Toxicity Tests/methods
2.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 22(12): 3941-5, 2012 Jun 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22607672

ABSTRACT

Rational modification of the clinically tested CGRP receptor antagonist MK-3207 (3) afforded an analogue with increased unbound fraction in rat plasma and enhanced aqueous solubility, 2-[(8R)-8-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-8-methyl-10-oxo-6,9-diazaspiro[4.5]dec-9-yl]-N-[(6S)-2'-oxo-1',2',5,7-tetrahydrospiro[cyclopenta[b]pyridine-6,3'-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin]-3-yl]acetamide (MK-8825) (6). Compound 6 maintained similar affinity to 3 at the human and rat CGRP receptors but possessed significantly improved in vivo potency in a rat pharmacodynamic model. The overall profile of 6 indicates it should find utility as a rat tool to investigate effects of CGRP receptor blockade in vivo.


Subject(s)
Analgesics/chemical synthesis , Analgesics/pharmacology , Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor Antagonists , Migraine Disorders/drug therapy , Pyridines/chemical synthesis , Pyridines/pharmacology , Spiro Compounds/chemical synthesis , Spiro Compounds/pharmacology , Administration, Oral , Analgesics/blood , Animals , Biological Availability , Disease Models, Animal , Dogs , Humans , Macaca mulatta , Mice , Pyridines/blood , Rats , Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide/metabolism , Species Specificity , Spiro Compounds/blood
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J Med Chem ; 51(20): 6471-7, 2008 Oct 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18817368

ABSTRACT

The discovery of a novel series of potent and selective T-type calcium channel antagonists is reported. Initial optimization of high-throughput screening leads afforded a 1,4-substituted piperidine amide 6 with good potency and limited selectivity over hERG and L-type channels and other off-target activities. Further SAR on reducing the basicity of the piperidine and introducing polarity led to the discovery of 3-axial fluoropiperidine 30 with a significantly improved selectivity profile. Compound 30 showed good oral bioavailability and brain penetration across species. In a rat genetic model of absence epilepsy, compound 30 demonstrated a robust reduction in the number and duration of seizures at 33 nM plasma concentration, with no cardiovascular effects at up to 5.6 microM. Compound 30 also showed good efficacy in rodent models of essential tremor and Parkinson's disease. Compound 30 thus demonstrates a wide margin between CNS and peripheral effects and is a useful tool for probing the effects of T-type calcium channel inhibition.


Subject(s)
Calcium Channel Blockers/chemical synthesis , Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology , Calcium Channels, T-Type/metabolism , Piperidines/chemical synthesis , Piperidines/pharmacology , Animals , Calcium Channel Blockers/chemistry , Cardiovascular System/drug effects , Drug Evaluation, Preclinical , Humans , Molecular Structure , Piperidines/chemistry , Rats , Structure-Activity Relationship
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J Med Chem ; 51(13): 3692-5, 2008 Jul 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18540666

ABSTRACT

The novel T-type antagonist ( S)- 5 has been prepared and evaluated in in vitro and in vivo assays for T-type calcium ion channel activity. Structural modification of the piperidine leads 1 and 2 afforded the fluorinated piperidine ( S)- 5, a potent and selective antagonist that displayed in vivo CNS efficacy without adverse cardiovascular effects.


Subject(s)
Calcium Channel Blockers/chemical synthesis , Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology , Calcium Channels, T-Type/metabolism , Drug Design , Piperidines/chemical synthesis , Piperidines/pharmacology , Pyrans/chemical synthesis , Pyrans/pharmacology , Animals , Blood Pressure/drug effects , Calcium Channel Blockers/chemistry , Dogs , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Haplorhini , Heart Rate/drug effects , Models, Animal , Molecular Structure , Piperidines/chemistry , Pyrans/chemistry , Rats , Structure-Activity Relationship
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Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 17(23): 6511-5, 2007 Dec 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17931865

ABSTRACT

A series of potent novel 8-hydroxy-3,4-dihydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine-1(2H)-one HIV-1 integrase inhibitors was identified. These compounds inhibited the strand transfer process of HIV-1 integrase and viral replication in cells. Compound 12 is active against replication of HIV-1 in cell culture with a CIC(95) of 0.31microM. Further SAR exploration led to the preparation of pseudosymmetrical tricyclic pyrrolopyrazine inhibitors 23 and 24 with further improvement in antiviral activity.


Subject(s)
HIV Integrase Inhibitors/chemistry , HIV Integrase , Pyrazines/chemistry , Cell Line, Tumor , HIV Integrase/physiology , HIV Integrase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Humans , Pyrazines/pharmacology , T-Lymphocytes/drug effects , T-Lymphocytes/enzymology , T-Lymphocytes/virology
6.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 17(10): 2697-702, 2007 May 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17395460

ABSTRACT

Installation of a C2-aminopropyl side chain to the 2,4-diaryl-2,5-dihydropyrrole series of kinesin spindle protein (KSP) inhibitors results in potent, water soluble compounds, but the aminopropyl group induces susceptibility to cellular efflux by P-glycoprotein (Pgp). We show that by carefully modulating the basicity of the amino group by beta-fluorination, this series of inhibitors maintains potency against KSP and has greatly improved efficacy in a Pgp-overexpressing cell line. The discovery that cellular efflux by Pgp can be overcome by carefully modulating the basicity of an amine may be of general use to medicinal chemists attempting to transform leading compounds into cancer cell- or CNS-penetrant drugs.


Subject(s)
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/physiology , Fluorine/metabolism , Kinesins/antagonists & inhibitors , Propylamines/pharmacology , Pyrroles/pharmacology , Biological Transport , Cytoskeleton , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Kinesins/metabolism , Solubility , Water
8.
J Med Chem ; 48(7): 2282-93, 2005 Apr 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15801822

ABSTRACT

Optimization of a previously reported thrombin inhibitor, 9-hydroxy-9-fluorenylcarbonyl-l-prolyl-trans-4-aminocyclohexylmethylamide (1), by replacing the aminocyclohexyl P1 group provided a new lead structure, 9-hydroxy-9-fluorenylcarbonyl-l-prolyl-2-aminomethyl-5-chlorobenzylamide (2), with improved potency (K(i) = 0.49 nM for human thrombin, 2x APTT = 0.37 microM in human plasma) and pharmacokinetic properties (F = 39%, iv T(1/2) = 13 h in dogs). An effective strategy for reducing plasma protein binding of 2 and improving efficacy in an in vivo thrombosis model in rats was to replace the lipophilic fluorenyl group in P3 with an azafluorenyl group. Systematic investigation of all possible azafluorenyl P3 isomers and azafluorenyl-N-oxide analogues of 2 led to the identification of an optimal compound, 3-aza-9-hydroxyfluoren-9(R)-ylcarbonyl-l-prolyl-2-aminomethyl-5-chlorobenzylamide (19b), with high potency (K(i) = 0.40 nM, 2x APTT = 0.18 microM), excellent pharmacokinetic properties (F = 55%, T(1/2) = 14 h in dogs), and complete efficacy in the in vivo thrombosis model in rats (inhibition of FeCl(3)-induced vessel occlusions in six of six rats receiving an intravenous infusion of 10 microg/kg/min of 19b). The stereochemistry of the azafluorenyl group in 19b was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis of its N-oxide derivative (23b) bound in the active site of human thrombin.


Subject(s)
Fluorenes/chemical synthesis , Proline/analogs & derivatives , Proline/chemical synthesis , Thrombin/antagonists & inhibitors , Administration, Oral , Animals , Biological Availability , Blood Proteins/metabolism , Crystallography, X-Ray , Dogs , Fluorenes/chemistry , Fluorenes/pharmacology , Half-Life , Humans , In Vitro Techniques , Macaca mulatta , Male , Microsomes, Liver/metabolism , Models, Molecular , Proline/chemistry , Proline/pharmacology , Protein Binding , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Stereoisomerism , Structure-Activity Relationship
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