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Fryer RM, Ng KJ, Nodop Mazurek SG, Patnaude L, Skow DJ, Muthukumarana A, Gilpin KE, Dinallo RM, Kuzmich D, Lord J, Sanyal S, Yu H, Harcken C, Cerny MA, Cerny MC, Hickey ER, Modis LK. G protein-coupled bile acid receptor 1 stimulation mediates arterial vasodilation through a K(Ca)1.1 (BK(Ca))-dependent mechanism. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2014; 348:421-31. [PMID: 24399854 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.113.210005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Bile acids (BAs) and BA receptors, including G protein-coupled bile acid receptor 1 (GPBAR1), represent novel targets for the treatment of metabolic and inflammatory disorders. However, BAs elicit myriad effects on cardiovascular function, although this has not been specifically ascribed to GPBAR1. This study was designed to test whether stimulation of GPBAR1 elicits effects on cardiovascular function that are mechanism based that can be identified in acute ex vivo and in vivo cardiovascular models, to delineate whether effects were due to pathways known to be modulated by BAs, and to establish whether a therapeutic window between in vivo cardiovascular liabilities and on-target efficacy could be defined. The results demonstrated that the infusion of three structurally diverse and selective GPBAR1 agonists produced marked reductions in vascular tone and blood pressure in dog, but not in rat, as well as reflex tachycardia and a positive inotropic response, effects that manifested in an enhanced cardiac output. Changes in cardiovascular function were unrelated to modulation of the levothyroxine/thyroxine axis and were nitric oxide independent. A direct effect on vascular tone was confirmed in dog isolated vascular rings, whereby concentration-dependent decreases in tension that were tightly correlated with reductions in vascular tone observed in vivo and were blocked by iberiotoxin. Compound concentrations in which cardiovascular effects occurred, both ex vivo and in vivo, could not be separated from those necessary for modulation of GPBAR1-mediated efficacy, resulting in project termination. These results are the first to clearly demonstrate direct and potent peripheral arterial vasodilation due to GPBAR1 stimulation in vivo through activation of large conductance Ca(2+) activated potassium channel K(Ca)1.1.
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- Ryan M Fryer
- Departments of Cardiometabolic Diseases Research (R.M.F., K.J.N., S.G.N.M., A.M.), Immunology and Inflammation (L.P., L.K.M.), and Medicinal Chemistry (D.J.S., K.E.G., R.M.D., D.K., J.L., S.S., H.Y., C.H., M.C.C., E.R.H.), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgefield, Connecticut
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Li T, Feng X, Yao C, Yu C, Jiang B, Tu S. Design and efficient synthesis of A-278637 derivatives as potential potassium channel opener. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:453-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.10.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2010] [Revised: 10/21/2010] [Accepted: 10/23/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Banfor PN, Preusser LC, Campbell TJ, Marsh KC, Polakowski JS, Reinhart GA, Cox BF, Fryer RM. Comparative effects of levosimendan, OR-1896, OR-1855, dobutamine, and milrinone on vascular resistance, indexes of cardiac function, and O2consumption in dogs. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 294:H238-48. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01181.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Levosimendan enhances cardiac contractility via Ca2+sensitization and induces vasodilation through the activation of ATP-dependent K+and large-conductance Ca2+-dependent K+channels. However, the hemodynamic effects of levosimendan, as well as its metabolites, OR-1896 and OR-1855, relative to plasma concentrations achieved, are not well defined. Thus levosimendan, OR-1896, OR-1855, or vehicle was infused at 0.01, 0.03, 0.1, and 0.3 μmol·kg−1·30 min−1, targeting therapeutic to supratherapeutic concentrations of total levosimendan (62.6 ng/ml). Results were compared with those of the β1-agonist dobutamine and the phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitor milrinone. Peak concentrations of levosimendan, OR-1896, and OR-1855 were 455 ± 21, 126 ± 6, and 136 ± 6 ng/ml, respectively. Levosimendan and OR-1896 produced dose-dependent reductions in mean arterial pressure (−31 ± 2 and −42 ± 3 mmHg, respectively) and systemic resistance without affecting pulse pressure, effects paralleled by increases in heart rate; OR-1855 produced no effect at any dose tested. Dobutamine, but not milrinone, increased mean arterial pressure and pulse pressure (17 ± 2 and 23 ± 2 mmHg, respectively). Regarding potency to elicit reductions in time to peak pressure and time to systolic pressure recovery: OR-1896 > levosimendan > milrinone > dobutamine. Levosimendan and OR-1896 elicited dose-dependent increases in change in pressure over time (118 ± 10 and 133 ± 13%, respectively), concomitant with reductions in left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and ejection time. However, neither levosimendan nor OR-1896 produced increases in myocardial oxygen consumption at inotropic and vasodilatory concentrations, whereas dobutamine increased myocardial oxygen consumption (79% above baseline). Effects of the levosimendan and OR-1896 were limited to the systemic circulation; neither compound produced changes in pulmonary pressure, whereas dobutamine produced profound increases (74 ± 13%). Thus levosimendan and OR-1896 are hemodynamically active in the anesthetized dog at concentrations observed clinically and elicit cardiovascular effects consistent with activation of both K+channels and Ca2+sensitization, whereas OR-1855 is inactive on endpoints measured in this study.
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Zhang H, Nimmer PM, Tahir SK, Chen J, Fryer RM, Hahn KR, Iciek LA, Morgan SJ, Nasarre MC, Nelson R, Preusser LC, Reinhart GA, Smith ML, Rosenberg SH, Elmore SW, Tse C. Bcl-2 family proteins are essential for platelet survival. Cell Death Differ 2007; 14:943-51. [PMID: 17205078 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 317] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Platelets are relatively short-lived, anucleated cells that are essential for proper hemostasis. The regulation of platelet survival in the circulation remains poorly understood. The process of platelet activation and senescence in vivo is associated with processes similar to those observed during apoptosis in nucleated cells, including loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, caspase activation, phosphatidylserine (PS) externalization, and cell shrinkage. ABT-737, a potent antagonist of Bcl-2, Bcl-X(L), and Bcl-w, induces apoptosis in nucleated cells dependent on these proteins for survival. In vivo, ABT-737 induces a reduction of circulating platelets that is maintained during drug therapy, followed by recovery to normal levels within several days after treatment cessation. Whole body scintography utilizing ([111])Indium-labeled platelets in dogs shows that ABT-737-induced platelet clearance is primarily mediated by the liver. In vitro, ABT-737 treatment leads to activation of key apoptotic processes including cytochrome c release, caspase-3 activation, and PS externalization in isolated platelets. Despite these changes, ABT-737 is ineffective in promoting platelet activation as measured by granule release markers and platelet aggregation. Taken together, these data suggest that ABT-737 induces an apoptosis-like response in platelets that is distinct from platelet activation and results in enhanced clearance in vivo by the reticuloendothelial system.
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- H Zhang
- Department of Cancer Research, Global Pharmaceutical Research & Development, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064-6101, USA
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Lynch JK, Freeman JC, Judd AS, Iyengar R, Mulhern M, Zhao G, Napier JJ, Wodka D, Brodjian S, Dayton BD, Falls D, Ogiela C, Reilly RM, Campbell TJ, Polakowski JS, Hernandez L, Marsh KC, Shapiro R, Knourek-Segel V, Droz B, Bush E, Brune M, Preusser LC, Fryer RM, Reinhart GA, Houseman K, Diaz G, Mikhail A, Limberis JT, Sham HL, Collins CA, Kym PR. Optimization of chromone-2-carboxamide melanin concentrating hormone receptor 1 antagonists: assessment of potency, efficacy, and cardiovascular safety. J Med Chem 2006; 49:6569-84. [PMID: 17064075 DOI: 10.1021/jm060683e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Evaluation of multiple structurally distinct series of melanin concentrating hormone receptor 1 antagonists in an anesthetized rat cardiovascualar assay led to the identification of a chromone-2-carboxamide series as having excellent safety against the chosen cardiovascular endpoints at high drug concentrations in the plasma and brain. Optimization of this series led to considerable improvements in affinity, functional potency, and pharmacokinetic profile. This led to the identification of a 7-fluorochromone-2-carboxamide (22) that was orally efficacious in a diet-induced obese mouse model, retained a favorable cardiovascular profile in rat, and demonstrated dramatic improvement in effects on mean arterial pressure in our dog cardiovascular model compared to other series reported by our group. However, this analogue also led to prolongation of the QT interval in the dog that was linked to affinity for hERG channel and unexpectedly potent functional blockade of this ion channel.
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- John K Lynch
- Metabolic Disease Research, Integrative Pharmacology, Process Chemistry, and Exploratory Pharmacokinetics, Abbott Laboratories, 100 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park, IL 60064, USA.
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Pei Z, Li X, von Geldern TW, Madar DJ, Longenecker K, Yong H, Lubben TH, Stewart KD, Zinker BA, Backes BJ, Judd AS, Mulhern M, Ballaron SJ, Stashko MA, Mika AK, Beno DWA, Reinhart GA, Fryer RM, Preusser LC, Kempf-Grote AJ, Sham HL, Trevillyan JM. Discovery of ((4R,5S)-5-Amino-4-(2,4,5- trifluorophenyl)cyclohex-1-enyl)-(3- (trifluoromethyl)-5,6-dihydro- [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazin-7(8H)-yl)methanone (ABT-341), a Highly Potent, Selective, Orally Efficacious, and Safe Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Inhibitor for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes. J Med Chem 2006; 49:6439-42. [PMID: 17064063 DOI: 10.1021/jm060955d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP4) deactivates glucose-regulating hormones such as GLP-1 and GIP, thus, DPP4 inhibition has become a useful therapy for type 2 diabetes. Optimization of the high-throughput screening lead 6 led to the discovery of 25 (ABT-341), a highly potent, selective, and orally bioavailable DPP4 inhibitor. When dosed orally, 25 dose-dependently reduced glucose excursion in ZDF rats. Amide 25 is safe in a battery of in vitro and in vivo tests and may represent a new therapeutic agent for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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- Zhonghua Pei
- Metabolic Disease Research, Global Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064-6098, USA.
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Kym PR, Souers AJ, Campbell TJ, Lynch JK, Judd AS, Iyengar R, Vasudevan A, Gao J, Freeman JC, Wodka D, Mulhern M, Zhao G, Wagaw SH, Napier JJ, Brodjian S, Dayton BD, Reilly RM, Segreti JA, Fryer RM, Preusser LC, Reinhart GA, Hernandez L, Marsh KC, Sham HL, Collins CA, Polakowski JS. Screening for cardiovascular safety: a structure-activity approach for guiding lead selection of melanin concentrating hormone receptor 1 antagonists. J Med Chem 2006; 49:2339-52. [PMID: 16570930 DOI: 10.1021/jm0512286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An inactin-anesthetized rat cardiovascular (CV) assay was employed in a screening mode to triage multiple classes of melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 (MCHr1) antagonists. Lead identification was based on a compound profile producing high drug concentration in both plasma (>40 microM) and brain (>20 microg/g) with <15% change in cardiovascular endpoints. As a result of these stringent requirements, lead optimization activities on multiple classes of MCHr1 antagonists were terminated. After providing evidence that the cardiovascular liabilities were not a function of MCHr1 antagonism, continued screening identified the chromone-substituted aminopiperidine amides as a class of MCHr1 antagonists that demonstrated a safe cardiovascular profile at high drug concentrations in both plasma and brain. The high incidence of adverse cardiovascular effects associated with an array of MCHr1 antagonists of significant chemical diversity, combined with the stringent safety requirements for antiobesity drugs, highlight the importance of incorporating cardiovascular safety assessment early in the lead selection process.
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- Philip R Kym
- Global Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Abbott Laboratories, 100 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park, Illinois 60064, USA.
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Argentieri TM, Butera JA. An overview of potassium channel activators for the treatment of overactive bladder: a survey of new structures 2000 – 2005. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2006. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.16.5.573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Chapple CR, Patroneva A, Raines SR. Effect of an ATP-sensitive potassium channel opener in subjects with overactive bladder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (ZD0947IL/0004). Eur Urol 2006; 49:879-86. [PMID: 16517051 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2005] [Accepted: 01/25/2006] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Improvements over existing treatment standards in overactive bladder (OAB) may only be possible through the development of drugs acting via non-cholinergic pathways. This is the first clinical study to be reported in full for the use of a potassium channel opener in OAB. METHODS This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II study evaluated the efficacy and safety of ZD0947 (25mg/day for 12 weeks) in patients with OAB. The primary endpoint was mean volume voided per micturition per 24 hours. Key secondary endpoints were changes from baseline in mean numbers of micturition episodes (total, voluntary, and incontinent) per 24 hours. RESULTS ZD0947 was not superior to placebo for the primary or secondary efficacy variables. The placebo-adjusted magnitude of effect for ZD0947 (approx. 4 mL) was less than the historic data for cholinergic antagonists (approx. 20 mL). Treatment was generally safe and well tolerated. CONCLUSIONS The data for ZD0947 are disappointing. More studies are needed to advance the identification of novel, non-cholinergic therapies for OAB.
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- Christopher R Chapple
- Department of Urology, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
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Elzayat E, Khaled S, Kashiwabara T, Elhilali M, Corcos J. Effect of the potassium channel opener WAY-133537 on the overactive bladder of spinalized rats. Neurourol Urodyn 2006; 25:808-14. [PMID: 16804922 DOI: 10.1002/nau.20284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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AIMS To test the efficacy of WAY-133537 for the treatment of overactive bladder (OAB) in a chronic paraplegic rat model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-eight female Sprague-Dawley rats were used in this study. Six animals served as normal controls (without spinal cord transaction (ST)), while 42 rats underwent ST at the 10th thoracic vertebra. Two weeks after ST, cystometrogram (CMG) was performed in six randomly chosen animals to ensure the development of neurogenic detrusor overactivity. The remaining 36 rats were divided into three equal groups, 12 received the vehicle as "paraplegic controls," 12 received WAY-133537 0.3 mg/kg, and 12 received WAY-133537 3 mg/kg. Each "paraplegic control" and treatment group was further divided into two sub-groups (n = 6), with CMG at 3 and 4 weeks after ST, respectively. RESULTS Two weeks after ST, all "vehicle control" rats developed detrusor overactivity with a mean frequency of 0.96 and 1.48 contractions/min and amplitude of 22.96 and 31.22 cm H(2)O with 1- and 2-week treatment, respectively. Neurogenic detrusor overactivity disappeared from 50% of rats that received WAY-133537 0.3 mg/kg for 1 week, and frequency decreased to 0.41 contractions/min. After 2 weeks of treatment, detrusor overactivity vanished from 67% of the animals with even further reduction in the frequency of detrusor overactivity (0.22 contractions/min, P < 0.01). In rats that received 3 mg/kg of the drug for 1 week, detrusor overactivity disappeared from only one animal with a non-significant decline in frequency. Fifty percent of rats given WAY-133537 at the dose of 3 mg/kg/day for 2 weeks manifested no detrusor overactivity. CONCLUSIONS WAY-133537 shows efficacy in increasing bladder capacity and reducing the frequency of spontaneous bladder contractions after ST in rats without decreasing voiding pressure.
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- Ehab Elzayat
- Department of Urology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Fryer RM, Rakestraw PA, Preusser LC, Brune ME, Carroll WA, Buckner SA, Shieh CC, King LL, Marsh KC, Gopalakrishnan M, Cox BF, Reinhart GA. Pharmacological characterization of the novel dihydropyridine potassium channel opener, (9R)-9-(3-iodo-4-methylphenyl)-5,9-dihydro-3H-furo[3,4-b]pyrano[4,3-e]pyridine-1,8(4H,7H)-dione (A-325100), and the regulation of cardiovascular function in conscious and anesthetized beagle dogs. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2005; 46:232-40. [PMID: 16044036 DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000171755.28317.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The pharmacological profile of the novel dihydropyridine K channel opener (KCO), (9R)-9-(3-iodo-4-methylphenyl)-5,9-dihydro-3H-furo[3,4-b]pyrano[4,3-e]pyridine-1,8(4H,7H)-dione (A-325100), is described in numerous in vitro assays. Furthermore, the cardiovascular effects of A-325100 are characterized in both the anesthetized and conscious dog. In vitro, A-325100 selectively activated KATP currents and potently relaxed vascular smooth muscle (IC50 between 7.69x10 M and 7.78x10 M), an effect that was abolished by glyburide. Moreover, A-325100 did not interact with L-type Ca2+ channels at concentrations up to 30 microM. In anesthetized dogs A-325100 produced a dose-dependent reduction in systemic vascular resistance and mean arterial pressure concomitant with dose-dependent increases in dP/dtmax and heart rate. In conscious telemetry-instrumented dogs oral administration of A-325100 produced a similar response profile, including dose-dependent reductions in MAP and increases in heart rate and dP/dtmax. When concentration-dependent changes in MAP, heart rate, and dP/dtmax were compared relative to circulating plasma concentrations, A-325100 produced similar effects in both the anesthetized and conscious dog. In conclusion, the present study provides the first pharmacological description of the novel and selective tricyclic dihydropyridine KCO, A-325100. When studied in vivo, A-325100 produced similar concentration-dependent cardiovascular effects in both models consistent with its mode of action and independent of route of administration. Thus, these data demonstrate that the hemodynamic effects of vasoactive compounds, such as KCOs, can be effectively profiled in both the conscious and anesthetized dog.
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- Ryan M Fryer
- Department of Integrative Pharmacology, Global Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois 60064-6119, USA.
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Kym PR, Iyengar R, Souers AJ, Lynch JK, Judd AS, Gao J, Freeman J, Mulhern M, Zhao G, Vasudevan A, Wodka D, Blackburn C, Brown J, Che JL, Cullis C, Lai SJ, LaMarche MJ, Marsilje T, Roses J, Sells T, Geddes B, Govek E, Patane M, Fry D, Dayton BD, Brodjian S, Falls D, Brune M, Bush E, Shapiro R, Knourek-Segel V, Fey T, McDowell C, Reinhart GA, Preusser LC, Marsh K, Hernandez L, Sham HL, Collins CA. Discovery and characterization of aminopiperidinecoumarin melanin concentrating hormone receptor 1 antagonists. J Med Chem 2005; 48:5888-91. [PMID: 16161992 DOI: 10.1021/jm050598r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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4-(1-Benzo[1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethylpiperidine-4-ylmethyl)-6-chlorochromen-2-one (7) is a potent, orally bioavailable melanin concentrating hormone receptor 1 (MCHr1) antagonist that causes dose-dependent weight loss in diet-induced obese mice. Further evaluation of 7 in an anesthetized dog model of cardiovascular safety revealed adverse hemodynamic effects at a plasma concentration comparable to the minimally effective therapeutic concentration. These results highlight the need for scrutiny of the cardiovascular safety profile of MCHr1 antagonists.
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- Philip R Kym
- Metabolic Disease Research, Abbott Laboratories, 100 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park, Illinois 60064, USA.
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Reinhart GA, Fryer RM, Osinski MA, Polakowski JS, Cox BF, Gintant GA. Predictive, non-GLP models of secondary pharmacodynamics: putting the best compounds forward. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2005; 9:392-9. [PMID: 15950522 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2005] [Accepted: 05/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Secondary pharmacodynamic studies of new chemical entities (NCEs) play a critical role in support of efficient drug discovery. In an era in which speed and efficiency are the norm for pharmaceutical discovery, the need to identify NCEs with greater patient tolerability continues to increase. Early use of secondary pharmacodynamic models (in vivo and in vitro) provides the foundation for critical, early decisions regarding lead molecules. Scientifically robust, non-GLP (good laboratory practices) secondary pharmacodynamic studies can eliminate compounds or structural series with undesirable profiles early, and may prove useful in defining structure-activity relationships (SARs) with regards to off-target effects.
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- Glenn A Reinhart
- Dept. R46R, Bldg. AP9, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064-6119, USA
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