Babkov DA, Zhukovskaya ON, Brigadirova AA, Prilepskaya DR, Kolodina AA, Abbas AHS, Morkovnik AS, Sobhia ME, Ghosh K, Spasov AA. Discovery and evaluation of biphenyl derivatives of 2-iminobenzimidazoles as prototype dual PTP1B inhibitors and AMPK activators with in vivo antidiabetic activity.
Chem Biol Drug Des 2023;
101:896-914. [PMID:
36546307 DOI:
10.1111/cbdd.14198]
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Abstract
This work describes the synthesis of series hydrobromides of N-(4-biphenyl)methyl-N'-dialkylaminoethyl-2-iminobenzimidazoles, which, due to the presence of two privileged structural fragments (benzimidazole and biphenyl moieties), can be considered as bi-privileged structures. Compound 7a proved to activate AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) and simultaneously inhibit protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) with similar potency. This renders it an interesting prototype of potential antidiabetic agents with a dual-target mechanism of action. Using prove of concept in vivo study, we show that dual-targeting compound 7a has a disease-modifying effect in a rat model of type 2 diabetes mellitus via improving insulin sensitivity and lipid metabolism.
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