Guo Liangqin, Parker Dann L, Zang Yi, Sweis Ramzi F, Liu Weiguo, Sherer Edward C, Buist Nicole, Terebetski Jenna, Kelly Terri, Bugianesi Randal, Priest Birgit T, Dingley Karen H, Li Xiaofang, Mitelman Stan, Salituro Gino, Trujillo Maria E, Pachanski Michele, Kirkland Melissa, Powles Mary Ann, Eiermann George J, Feng Yue, Shang Jin, Howard Andrew D, Ujjainwalla Feroze, Sinz Christopher J, Debenham John S, Edmondson Scott D, Nargund Ravi P, Hagmann William K, Li Derun
Departments of Medicinal Chemistry, Discovery Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacokenetics Pharmacodynamics Drug Metabolism, Diabetes Research, and Cardiometabolic Disease, Merck & Co., Inc., MRL , 126 East Lincoln Avenue, PO Box 2000, Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States.
ACS Med Chem Lett. 2016 Oct 12;7(12):1107-1111. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00314. eCollection 2016 Dec 8.
GPR142 has been identified as a potential glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A class of triazole GPR142 agonists was discovered through a high throughput screen. The lead compound suffered from poor metabolic stability and poor solubility. Lead optimization strategies to improve potency, efficacy, metabolic stability, and solubility are described. This optimization led to compound , which showed significant reduction of glucose excursion in wild-type but not in GPR142 deficient mice in an oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT) study. These studies provide strong evidence that reduction of glucose excursion through treatment with is GPR142-mediated, and GPR142 agonists could be used as a potential treatment for type 2 diabetes.
GPR142已被确定为治疗2型糖尿病(T2DM)的潜在葡萄糖刺激胰岛素分泌(GSIS)靶点。通过高通量筛选发现了一类三唑GPR142激动剂。先导化合物存在代谢稳定性差和溶解度低的问题。描述了提高效力、疗效、代谢稳定性和溶解度的先导优化策略。这种优化产生了化合物,在口服葡萄糖耐量试验(oGTT)研究中,该化合物在野生型小鼠中可显著降低血糖波动,但在GPR142基因敲除小鼠中则无此作用。这些研究提供了强有力的证据,表明通过化合物治疗降低血糖波动是由GPR142介导的,GPR142激动剂可作为2型糖尿病的潜在治疗药物。