Yoon Dong-Oh, Zhao Xiaodi, Son Dohyun, Han Jung Tae, Yun Jaesook, Shin Dongyun, Park Hyun-Ju
School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea.
College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, South Korea.
ACS Med Chem Lett. 2017 Nov 21;8(12):1336-1340. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.7b00460. eCollection 2017 Dec 14.
G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) has been considered to be an attractive drug target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes because of its role in free fatty acids-mediated enhancement of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) from pancreatic β-cells. A series of indole-5-propanoic acid compounds were synthesized, and their GPR40 agonistic activities were evaluated by nuclear factor of activated T-cells reporter assay and GSIS assay in the MIN-6 insulinoma cells. Three compounds, (EC = 58.6 nM), (EC = 37.8 nM), and (EC = 9.4 nM), were identified as potent GPR40 agonists with good GSIS effects.
G蛋白偶联受体40(GPR40)因其在游离脂肪酸介导的增强胰腺β细胞葡萄糖刺激的胰岛素分泌(GSIS)中所起的作用,而被认为是治疗2型糖尿病的一个有吸引力的药物靶点。合成了一系列吲哚-5-丙酸化合物,并通过活化T细胞核因子报告基因检测法和MIN-6胰岛素瘤细胞中的GSIS检测法评估了它们的GPR40激动活性。三种化合物,(EC = 58.6 nM)、(EC = 37.8 nM)和(EC = 9.4 nM),被鉴定为具有良好GSIS效应的强效GPR40激动剂。