Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry, Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB), Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, 27-31, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Spanish Biomedical Research Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM)-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Molecules. 2023 Jul 17;28(14):5468. doi: 10.3390/molecules28145468.
Targeting growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) is a recent strategy for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Here, we designed, synthesized, and pharmacologically evaluated in vitro a novel series of AMPK activators to upregulate GDF15 levels. These compounds were structurally based on the (1-dibenzylamino-3-phenoxy)propan-2-ol structure of the orphan ubiquitin E3 ligase subunit protein Fbxo48 inhibitor, . This molecule showed a better potency than metformin, increasing mRNA levels in human Huh-7 hepatic cells. Based on , structural modifications have been performed to create a collection of diversely substituted new molecules. Of the thirty-five new compounds evaluated, compound showed a higher increase in mRNA levels compared with . Metformin, , and compound increased phosphorylated AMPK, but only increased GDF15 protein levels. Overall, these findings indicate that has a unique capacity to increase GDF15 protein levels in human hepatic cells compared with metformin and .
靶向生长分化因子 15(GDF15)是治疗肥胖症和 2 型糖尿病(T2DM)的新策略。在这里,我们设计、合成并在体外对一系列新型 AMPK 激活剂进行了药理学评价,以上调 GDF15 水平。这些化合物基于孤儿泛素 E3 连接酶亚基蛋白 Fbxo48 抑制剂的(1-二苄基氨基-3-苯氧基)丙-2-醇结构, 。与二甲双胍相比,该分子具有更好的效力,可增加人 Huh-7 肝细胞中的 mRNA 水平。基于 ,进行了结构修饰以创建一系列具有不同取代基的新分子。在所评估的 35 种新化合物中,化合物 与 相比, mRNA 水平升高幅度更高。与二甲双胍、 和化合物 相比,可增加磷酸化 AMPK,但只有 可增加 GDF15 蛋白水平。总的来说,这些发现表明与二甲双胍和 相比, 具有独特的能力可增加人肝细胞中的 GDF15 蛋白水平。