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Futatsugi K, Cabral S, Kung DW, Huard K, Lee E, Boehm M, Bauman J, Clark RW, Coffey SB, Crowley C, Dechert-Schmitt AM, Dowling MS, Dullea R, Gosset JR, Kalgutkar AS, Kou K, Li Q, Lian Y, Loria PM, Londregan AT, Niosi M, Orozco C, Pettersen JC, Pfefferkorn JA, Polivkova J, Ross TT, Sharma R, Stock IA, Tesz G, Wisniewska H, Goodwin B, Price DA. Discovery of Ervogastat (PF-06865571): A Potent and Selective Inhibitor of Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 2 for the Treatment of Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis. J Med Chem 2022; 65:15000-15013. [PMID: 36322383 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Discovery efforts leading to the identification of ervogastat (PF-06865571), a systemically acting diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT2) inhibitor that has advanced into clinical trials for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with liver fibrosis, are described herein. Ervogastat is a first-in-class DGAT2 inhibitor that addressed potential development risks of the prototype liver-targeted DGAT2 inhibitor PF-06427878. Key design elements that culminated in the discovery of ervogastat are (1) replacement of the metabolically labile motif with a 3,5-disubstituted pyridine system, which addressed potential safety risks arising from a cytochrome P450-mediated O-dearylation of PF-06427878 to a reactive quinone metabolite precursor, and (2) modifications of the amide group to a 3-THF group, guided by metabolite identification studies coupled with property-based drug design.
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- Kentaro Futatsugi
- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Internal Medicine Research Unit, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Internal Medicine Research Unit, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Internal Medicine Research Unit, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Internal Medicine Research Unit, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Drug Safety R&D, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Internal Medicine Research Unit, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Internal Medicine Research Unit, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Internal Medicine Research Unit, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Internal Medicine Research Unit, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design, 1 Portland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Mitra MS, Datta K, Hutchinson R, Nicolette JJ, Pettersen JC, Wegesser TC, Bercu JP. Harmonized 3Rs-based non-mutagenic impurity qualification study designs developed using the results of an IQ consortium survey. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 122:104895. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.104895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Futatsugi K, Huard K, Kung DW, Pettersen JC, Flynn DA, Gosset JR, Aspnes GE, Barnes RJ, Cabral S, Dowling MS, Fernando DP, Goosen TC, Gorczyca WP, Hepworth D, Herr M, Lavergne S, Li Q, Niosi M, Orr STM, Pardo ID, Perez SM, Purkal J, Schmahai TJ, Shirai N, Shoieb AM, Zhou J, Goodwin B. Small structural changes of the imidazopyridine diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) inhibitors produce an improved safety profile. Medchemcomm 2016; 8:771-779. [PMID: 30108796 DOI: 10.1039/c6md00564k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Small molecule DGAT2 inhibitors have shown promise for the treatment of metabolic diseases in preclinical models. Herein, we report the first toxicological evaluation of imidazopyridine-based DGAT2 inhibitors and show that the arteriopathy associated with imidazopyridine 1 can be mitigated with small structural modifications, and is thus not mechanism related.
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Affiliation(s)
- K Futatsugi
- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , 610 Main Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts , 02155 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , 610 Main Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts , 02155 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Drug Safety Research and Development , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA
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- Pfizer Inc. Drug Safety Research and Development , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , 610 Main Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts , 02155 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , 610 Main Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts , 02155 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Drug Safety Research and Development , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Drug Safety Research and Development , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , 610 Main Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts , 02155 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Medicine Design , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA .
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- Pfizer Inc. Drug Safety Research and Development , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA
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- Pfizer Inc. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research Unit , 610 Main Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts , 02155 USA
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- Pfizer Inc. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research Unit , 610 Main Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts , 02155 USA
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- Pfizer Inc. Drug Safety Research and Development , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA
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- Pfizer Inc. Drug Safety Research and Development , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA
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- Pfizer Inc. Drug Safety Research and Development , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA
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- Pfizer Inc. Drug Safety Research and Development , Eastern Point Road , Groton , Connecticut , 06340 USA
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- Pfizer Inc. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research Unit , 610 Main Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts , 02155 USA
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Futatsugi K, Kung DW, Orr STM, Cabral S, Hepworth D, Aspnes G, Bader S, Bian J, Boehm M, Carpino PA, Coffey SB, Dowling MS, Herr M, Jiao W, Lavergne SY, Li Q, Clark RW, Erion DM, Kou K, Lee K, Pabst BA, Perez SM, Purkal J, Jorgensen CC, Goosen TC, Gosset JR, Niosi M, Pettersen JC, Pfefferkorn JA, Ahn K, Goodwin B. Discovery and Optimization of Imidazopyridine-Based Inhibitors of Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2). J Med Chem 2015; 58:7173-85. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kentaro Futatsugi
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ‡Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, and §Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Worldwide Medicinal Chemistry, ⊥Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Research Unit, #Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, ∇Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ○Drug Safety Research & Development, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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Sharma R, Litchfield J, Atkinson K, Eng H, Amin NB, Denney WS, Pettersen JC, Goosen TC, Di L, Lee E, Pfefferkorn JA, Dalvie DK, Kalgutkar AS. Metabolites in Safety Testing Assessment in Early Clinical Development: A Case Study with a Glucokinase Activator. Drug Metab Dispos 2014; 42:1926-39. [DOI: 10.1124/dmd.114.060087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pettersen JC, Litchfield J, Neef N, Schmidt SP, Shirai N, Walters KM, Enerson BE, Chatman LA, Pfefferkorn JA. The Relationship of Glucokinase Activator–induced Hypoglycemia with Arteriopathy, Neuronal Necrosis, and Peripheral Neuropathy in Nonclinical Studies. Toxicol Pathol 2014; 42:696-708. [DOI: 10.1177/0192623314526006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Glucokinase activators (GKAs) are being developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The toxicity of 4 GKAs (PF-04279405, PF-04651887, piragliatin, and PF-04937319) was assessed in mice, rats, dogs, and/or monkeys. GKAs were administered for 2 to 8 weeks. Standard endpoints, glucose, and insulin were assessed. All compounds produced varying degrees of hypoglycemia in all species. Brain neuronal necrosis and/or peripheral neuropathy were observed with most compounds. These findings are consistent with literature reports linking hypoglycemia with nervous system effects. Arteriopathy, mainly of cardiac vessels, was observed at a low frequency in monkey and/or dog. Arteriopathy occurred only at doses that produced severe and prolonged periods of repeated hypoglycemia. Since this lesion occurred in multiple studies with structurally distinct GKAs, these results suggested arteriopathy was related to GKA pharmacology. The morphological characteristics of the arteriopathy were consistent with that produced by experimental catecholamine administration. We hypothesize that the prolonged periods of hypoglycemia resulted in increased local and/or systemic concentrations of catecholamines via a counterregulatory and/or stress-related mechanism. Alternatively, prolonged hypoglycemia may have resulted in endothelial dysfunction leading to arteriopathy. This risk can be managed in human patients in clinical studies by careful glucose monitoring and intervention to avoid prolonged episodes of hypoglycemia.
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, USA
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Department of Safety Evaluation, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, USA
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, USA
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- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, USA
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Pruimboom-Brees IM, Francone O, Pettersen JC, Kerlin RL, Will Y, Amacher DE, Boucher GG, Morton D. The development of subcutaneous sarcomas in rodents exposed to peroxisome proliferators agonists: hypothetical mechanisms of action and de-risking attitude. Toxicol Pathol 2012; 40:810-8. [PMID: 22504321 DOI: 10.1177/0192623312441406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) represent therapeutic targets for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia. Rodent carcinogenicity studies have revealed a link between γ and dual γ/α PPAR agonist treatment and the increased incidence of subcutaneous (SC) liposarcomas/fibrosarcomas or hemangiosarcomas, but very little has been reported for potent and selective PPARα agonists. We present a mode of action framework for the development of SC mesenchymal tumors in rodents given PPAR agonists. (1) Tumor promotion results from pharmacologically mediated recruitment (proliferation and differentiation), thermogenesis and adipogenesis of stromovascular cells, and subsequent generation of oxidative free radicals. (2) Tumor initiation consists of chemotype-driven mitochondrial dysfunction causing uncontrolled oxidative stress and permanent DNA damage. Promotion is characterized by enhanced adipogenesis in the SC adipose tissue, where the baseline PPARγ expression and responsiveness to PPARγ ligands is the highest, and by thermogenesis through expression of the uncoupling protein 1 (UCP-1) and the PPARγ co-activator 1 α (PGC-1α), two factors more highly expressed in brown versus white adipose tissue. Initiation is supported by the demonstration of mitochondrial uncoupling and OXPHOS Complexes dysfunction (Complexes III, IV and V) by compounds associated with increased incidences of sarcomas (muraglitazar and troglitazone), but not others lacking malignant tumor effects (pioglitazone, rosiglitazone).
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Pettersen JC, Pruimboom-Brees I, Francone OL, Amacher DE, Boldt SE, Kerlin RL, Ballinger WE. The PPARα agonists fenofibrate and CP-778875 cause increased β-oxidation, leading to oxidative injury in skeletal and cardiac muscle in the rat. Toxicol Pathol 2012; 40:435-47. [PMID: 22301950 DOI: 10.1177/0192623311431945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Weak peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) α agonists (fibrates) are used to treat dyslipidemia. This study compared the effects of the potent and selective PPARα agonist CP-778875 on peroxisomal β-oxidation and cardiac and/or skeletal muscle injury with those of the weak PPARα agonist fenofibrate. We hypothesized that these muscle effects are mediated through the PPARα receptor, leading to increased β-oxidation and consequent oxidative stress. CP-778875 (5 or 500 mg/kg) and fenofibrate (600 or 2,000→1,200 mg/kg, dose lowered because of intolerance) were administered to rats for six weeks. Standard end points, serum troponin I, heart and skeletal muscle β-oxidation of palmitoyl-CoA, and acyl co-oxidase (AOX) mRNA were assessed. Both compounds dose-dependently increased the incidence and/or severity of cardiomyocyte degeneration and necrosis, heart weight, troponin I, and skeletal muscle degeneration. Mean heart β-oxidation (3.4- to 5.1-fold control) and AOX mRNA (2.4- to 3.2-fold control) were increased with CP-778875 500 mg/kg and both doses of fenofibrate. β-Oxidation of skeletal muscle was not affected by either compound; however, a significant increase in AOX mRNA (1.6- to 2.1-fold control) was observed with CP-778875 500 mg/kg and both doses of fenofibrate. Taken together, these findings were consistent with PPARα agonism and support the link between increased cardiac and skeletal muscle β-oxidation and resultant muscle injury in the rat.
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- John C Pettersen
- Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratory, Pfizer, Inc., Groton, Connecticut 06340, USA.
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Mascitti V, Maurer TS, Robinson RP, Bian J, Boustany-Kari CM, Brandt T, Collman BM, Kalgutkar AS, Klenotic MK, Leininger MT, Lowe A, Maguire RJ, Masterson VM, Miao Z, Mukaiyama E, Patel JD, Pettersen JC, Préville C, Samas B, She L, Sobol Z, Steppan CM, Stevens BD, Thuma BA, Tugnait M, Zeng D, Zhu T. Discovery of a Clinical Candidate from the Structurally Unique Dioxa-bicyclo[3.2.1]octane Class of Sodium-Dependent Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors. J Med Chem 2011; 54:2952-60. [DOI: 10.1021/jm200049r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Vincent Mascitti
- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Groton Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research & Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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Pettersen JC, Chouinard L, Kerlin RL, Groom SN, Botts S, Arezzo JC, Boucher MA, Frazier DE, Buchholz AR. Neurotoxic Effects of Zoniporide: A Selective Inhibitor of the Na+/H+ Exchanger Isoform 1. Toxicol Pathol 2008; 36:608-19. [DOI: 10.1177/0192623308318215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Zoniporide, an inhibitor of the Na+-H+ exchanger-1, was administered by continuous intravenous infusion to rats and dogs for up to 1 month. In 1-month studies, histological and functional changes were observed in select portions of the peripheral nervous system; however, these findings were not detected in 2-week studies at similar or higher doses. In the 1-month rat study, there was dose-dependent, minimal, focal, or multifocal nerve fiber (axonal) degeneration in the spinal cord and/or sciatic nerve. In a follow-up rat study, findings included slowing of caudal nerve conduction velocity and axonal degeneration in the spinal cord (dorsal funiculus), dorsal roots, dorsal root ganglia (DRG), radial, sciatic, and tibial nerves. In the 1-month dog study, there was impairment of the patellar reflex and associated postural reaction changes, minimal to marked proximal nerve fiber degeneration in the DRG, and minimal nerve fiber degeneration in the dorsal roots and funiculi of the spinal cord. Minimal nerve fiber degeneration of equivocal significance was noted in various peripheral nerves. Taken together, these findings were consistent with a specific effect on peripheral sensory nerve fibers. These studies demonstrated that zoniporide produces clinical, electrophysiologic, and microscopic evidence of peripheral sensory axonopathy and establishes the importance of careful preclinical evaluation of neurological function.
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- John C. Pettersen
- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton/New London Laboratories, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut, USA
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- Charles River Laboratories, Preclinical Services, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton/New London Laboratories, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut, USA
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- Charles River Laboratories, Preclinical Services, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Safety Assessment, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Departments of Neuroscience and Neurology, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton/New London Laboratories, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut, USA
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton/New London Laboratories, Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut, USA
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Carpino PA, Lefker BA, Toler SM, Pan LC, Hadcock JR, Murray MC, Cook ER, DiBrino JN, DeNinno SL, Chidsey-Frink KL, Hada WA, Inthavongsay J, Lewis SK, Mangano FM, Mullins MA, Nickerson DF, Ng O, Pirie CM, Ragan JA, Rose CR, Tess DA, Wright AS, Yu L, Zawistoski MP, Pettersen JC, DaSilva-Jardine PA, Wilson TC, Thompson DD. Discovery and biological characterization of capromorelin analogues with extended half-lives. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2002; 12:3279-82. [PMID: 12392732 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(02)00734-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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New tert-butyl, picolyl and fluorinated analogues of capromorelin (3), a short-acting growth hormone secretagogue (GHS), were prepared as part of a program to identify long-acting GHSs that increase 24-h plasma IGF-1 levels. Compounds 4c and 4d (ACD LogD values >or=2.9) displayed extended plasma elimination half-lives in dogs, primarily due to high volumes of distribution, but showed weak GH secretagogue activities in rats (ED(50)s>10 mg/kg). A less lipophilic derivative 4 (ACD LogD=1.6) exhibited a shorter canine half-life, but stimulated GH secretion in two animal species. Repeat oral dosing of 4 in dogs for 29 days (6 mg/kg) resulted in a significant down-regulation of the post dose GH response and a 60 and 40% increase in IGF-1 levels relative to pre-dose levels at the 8- and 24-h post dose time points. Compound 4 (CP-464709-18) has been selected as a development candidate for the treatment of frailty.
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- Philip A Carpino
- Pfizer Global Research & Development, Groton Labs, MS8220-3004, Groton, CT 06340, USA.
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Pan LC, Carpino PA, Lefker BA, Ragan JA, Toler SM, Pettersen JC, Nettleton DO, Ng O, Pirie CM, Chidsey-Frink K, Lu B, Nickerson DF, Tess DA, Mullins MA, MacLean DB, DaSilva-Jardine PA, Thompson DD. Preclinical pharmacology of CP-424,391, an orally active pyrazolinone-piperidine [correction of pyrazolidinone-piperidine] growth hormone secretagogue. Endocrine 2001; 14:121-32. [PMID: 11322494 DOI: 10.1385/endo:14:1:121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Growth hormone secretagogues (GHSs) represent attractive therapeutic alternatives to recombinant growth hormone (GH), given their ability to amplify pulsatile hormone secretion in a relatively physiologic manner. CP-424,391 (391) is a novel, orally active pyrazolinone-piperidine [corrected] GHS. In rat pituitary cell cultures, 391 stimulated GH release with an EC50 = 3 nM. The addition of 391 to rat pituitary cells activated intracellular calcium signaling but did not elevate intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). 391 also modulated the effects of GH-releasing hormone and somatostatin on pituitary cell GH-release and intracellular signaling. In nonpituitary cell lines, the ability of 391 to stimulate intracellular signaling was dependent on the expression of recombinant human GHS receptor. Acute administration of 391 to anesthetized rats or to conscious dogs induced pulsatile release of G H in a dose-dependent manner. Plasma insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) was elevated progressively over a 5-d course of daily oral dosing in dogs. Chronic oral administration of 391 augmented body weight gain in rats and dogs. Thus, the peptidomimetic GHS 391 has potential utility for the treatment of clinical conditions that could benefit from systemic augmentation of GH and IGF-I levels.
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- L C Pan
- Global Research and Development, Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT 06340, USA [corrected].
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Pettersen JC, Morrissey RL, Saunders DR, Pavkov KL, Luempert LG, Turnier JC, Matheson DW, Schwartz DR. A 2-year comparison study of Crl:CD BR and Hsd:Sprague-Dawley SD rats. Fundam Appl Toxicol 1996; 33:196-211. [PMID: 8921338 DOI: 10.1006/faat.1996.0157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In this 2-year study, the suitability of the Hsd:Sprague-Dawley SD (SD) as a replacement for the Crl:CD BR (CD) rat was assessed by comparing survival rates, palpable mass incidence, body weights, food consumption, clinical laboratory parameters, and necropsy and histopathology observations. At week 104, survival rates in the CD and SD males were 29 and 49%, respectively. Corresponding survival rates in females were 44 and 63%. The total numbers of animals with palpable masses and animals with neoplasms were similar in the CD and SD rats; however, the total numbers of palpable masses and neoplasms were higher in the CD rats. The incidence of corneal lesions was higher in the SD rats, whereas the incidence of lenticular opacities was higher in the CD rats. Body weights, food and water consumption, and organ weights were significantly lower in the SD rats. In contrast, food intake per kilogram of body weight was slightly higher in the SD rats. Numerous differences in clinical laboratory parameters between the CD and SD rats were observed. Some of these were consistent with the increased prevalence of kidney disease and secondary sequelae in the SD rats. Taken together, the better survival, smaller size, and lower food consumption of the SD rat may make it a better model for chronic bioassays. However, the increased propensity for spontaneous renal disease may limit the utility of the SD rat for studying nephrotoxic compounds.
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- J C Pettersen
- Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Environmental Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06032, USA
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With the early generations of computed tomographic (CT) scanners, interpretation of abdominal and pelvic scans focused on the solid organs, hollow viscera, and retroperitoneum. Attention to blood vessels generally was given only to the aorta and inferior vena cava and their larger branches. The newer generations of scanners allow rapid acquisition of high-resolution images during the vascular phase of mechanical bolus injection of intravenous contrast material. Visualization of second-order vascular branches has thus become routine. Recent improvements in software allow real-time reconstruction of data in multiple planes, which enables demonstration of long segments of vessels within a single image. Approximately 7,000 abdominal and pelvic CT scans were reviewed with attention to vascular detail. Cases are presented that illustrate peripancreatic, perigastric, parietal, and hypogastric vessels; fetal remnants and structures that may be mistaken for vessels; and collateral pathways of both arterial and venous flow. With increasing use of helical CT scanning, smaller vessels can be identified with greater confidence. Knowledge of normal CT vascular anatomy facilitates understanding of collateral pathways when vessel engorgement is perceived.
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- D J Stallard
- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison 53792-3252
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Brain mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase and respiratory activities were compared after in vivo and in vitro exposure to cyanide. For the in vivo studies, mice were exposed to a non-lethal (4 mg kg-1) or lethal (20 mg kg-1) dose of KCN. From these mice, purified brain mitochondria were prepared and cytochrome oxidase and respiratory activities measured. Results of these experiments revealed greater inhibition of cytochrome oxidase activity following a lethal (20 mg kg-1) than a non-lethal (4 mg kg-1) KCN dose (57 and 45% inhibition, respectively). Respiration states 3 and 4 of brain mitochondria prepared from mice that received 4 mg kg-1 KCN were inhibited by 15 and 20%, respectively. In mice that received a lethal 20 mg kg-1 KCN dose, respiration states 3 and 4 were each inhibited by ca. 30% (P < 0.05). In vitro, mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase activity was inhibited in a concentration-dependent fashion at cyanide concentrations of 10(-6)-10(-2) M. A biphasic inhibition of ADP-stimulated (state 3) respiration was observed. Cyanide concentrations of 10(-6)-10(-4) M produced only a 25% inhibition of respiration state 3, whereas 10(-3) M produced 80% inhibition. Because this dramatic inhibition only occurred at cyanide concentrations that caused > 50% inhibition of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase activity, these findings suggest that a large proportion of cytochrome oxidase activity may be functional reserve and that cyanide poisoning likely involves other mechanisms in addition to inhibition of cytochrome oxidase.
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- J C Pettersen
- Toxicology Program, University of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy, Storrs 06269
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Pettersen JC, Hackett DS, Zwicker GM, Sprague GL. Twenty-six week toxicity study with KASAL® (basic sodium aluminum phosphate) in beagle dogs. Environ Geochem Health 1990; 12:121-123. [PMID: 24202578 DOI: 10.1007/bf01734061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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- J C Pettersen
- Environmental Health Center, Stauffer Chemical Co., 400 Farmington Ave., 06032, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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Pettersen JC, Linartz RR, Hamlin RL, Stoll RE. Noninvasive measurement of systemic arterial blood pressure in the conscious beagle dog. Fundam Appl Toxicol 1988; 10:89-97. [PMID: 3350233 DOI: 10.1016/0272-0590(88)90254-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The objectives of this study were to evaluate a technique for routine, noninvasive measurement of systemic arterial blood pressure and heart rate (HR) in conscious Beagle dogs for toxicologic research. HR, systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial (MAP) pressures were measured with a DINAMAP research monitor (Model 1255, Critikon, Inc.) as follows: Dogs were restrained in a Harvard dog sling, a neonatal cuff was wrapped around the base of the tail, and blood pressure and HR were determined once a minute. Initially, normal values were obtained, 5-10 trials/session, one to three sessions/day for 15 days in six dogs. The day to day, session to session, and trial variabilities were determined and found to be minimal. The day to day diastolic pressure ranged from 74 +/- 18 to 91 +/- 13 mm Hg, systolic pressure from 125 +/- 25 to 156 +/- 22 mm Hg, MAP from 94 +/- 20 to 113 +/- 15 mm Hg, and HR from 111 +/- 21 to 126 +/- 24 beats/minute (bpm). The effects of various drugs on these parameters were determined. Norepinephrine increased diastolic, systolic, and MAP by 75 to 110 mm Hg and decreased HR by half. Epinephrine increased HR by 20 bpm. Phentolamine decreased diastolic, systolic, and MAP by up to 25 mm Hg. Isoproterenol increased HR by up to 130 bpm and decreased diastolic, systolic, and MAP by 20 mm Hg. In addition, the effect of a classic drug interaction on these parameters was determined. When dogs pretreated with the monoamine oxidase inhibitor tranylcypromine were challenged with tyramine, diastolic, systolic, and MAP pressures were increased, whereas HR was decreased.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J C Pettersen
- Department of Preclinical Safety Assessment, Sandoz, Inc., East Hanover, New Jersey 07936
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Trisomic and normal control embryos 9.5 through 12 gestational days were examined externally and on serial section with standard light microscopy techniques. Trisomic embryos showed significant retardation in length, weight, optic angle, and somite numbers at most times (p less than .05), and were 1/2 day behind normal animals in overall development. The eye showed the most defects, and these appeared at every period. They included aphakia, large intraretinal space, and dysmorphia of optic cup layers. Brain defects were found at all times. The most common were narrow brain vesicles and folding of the vesicle walls. Some animals showed neural tube defects. The major defect in neural crest derivatives was deficient frontonasal processes in the most defective embryos. The study supports the conclusion of previous investigators that Ts 1 is a syndrome of growth and developmental retardation with a wide range of defects. Definitive evidence, previously lacking, indicates that developmental delay and defective morphogenesis are apparent before 11 days of gestation. In addition, according to our measurements, optic angles are larger in trisomic mice than in normal littermates. This is in contrast to the only previous investigation that included such measurements. Our data do not give definitive support to the suggestion that trisomy 1 belongs to the holoprosencephaly-cyclopia spectrum. However, the hypothesis that murine trisomy 1 shows a parallel in development to human trisomy 13 is not supported by our data. Possible causal mechanisms for the defects and developmental delay are discussed.
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Anti-cyanide action by sodium thiosulfate (ST) was enhanced by prior administration of chlorpromazine (CPZ). However, CPZ (alone) provided no protection against cyanide lethality. To investigate the possibility that CPZ enhances thiocyanate formation in ST-pretreated mice, the effects of CPZ on rhodanese activity and the time course of plasma thiocyanate concentrations were investigated. CPZ did not alter hepatic rhodanese kinetics nor did it enhance plasma thiocyanate concentrations in ST-pretreated mice. The effect of CPZ and ST on the time course of cytochrome oxidase inhibition and recovery, in vivo, was also investigated. At 4 mg KCN/kg, maximal inhibition of brain (40%) and heart (60%) cytochrome oxidase occurred 10 to 20 min post-challenge in control and CPZ-pretreated mice, while no inhibition occurred in ST- and CPZ/ST-pretreated mice. Twenty milligrams KCN/kg caused 100% lethality in control and CPZ-pretreated mice and 6/25 and 4/20 deaths were observed in ST- and CPZ/ST-pretreated mice, respectively. No significant inhibition of brain, heart, and liver cytochrome oxidase activities was observed in surviving ST- and CPZ/ST-pretreated mice challenged with 20 mg KCN/kg. Control and CPZ-pretreated mice died within 5 min of KCN challenge and had almost the same degree of inhibition of brain (35 and 29%, respectively) and heart (60 and 55%, respectively) cytochrome oxidase as did similarly pretreated mice 5 min after challenge with a nonlethal cyanide dose (4 mg/kg). Our results suggest that CPZ does not enhance the formation of thiocyanate in ST-pretreated mice. In addition, the similar degree of cytochrome oxidase inhibition noted after both lethal and nonlethal KCN treatments raises questions as to the ultimate target in cyanide-induced lethality.
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Dup (6p) patients have a peculiar facial appearance (frontal bossing, hypotelorism, hypoplastic midface), low birthweight, cardiovascular defects, small kidneys, and psychomotor retardation. We thought that a detailed anatomical dissection would more precisely define the syndrome, which has been developed from clinical evaluations and autopsy reports. Our patient, a female adolescent, died at 17 11/12 years and is the oldest patient with this syndrome to be described. The brain and skull showed the greatest number of abnormalities. The brain was smaller than normal and abnormally shaped. Many of the skull abnormalities, including shortened basisphenoid/basiocciput, reduced size of cranial fossae, and steep orbital roofs, may be attributed to the brain's shape. There were no olfactory bulbs, and only one rudimentary olfactory tract was present. Other findings were the following: a high interventricular septal defect and right ventricular hypertrophy, absence of uterus and vagina, hypoplastic ovaries, a common mesentery, two left extensor indicis bellies, bilateral absence of palmaris brevis and of peroneus tertius. Our results are compared with anomalies found in other aneuploidy syndromes. Variations in some organ systems may be similar to those whose presence Shapiro [1983] has attributed to amplified developmental instability. Relationships between the brain shape and size and skull abnormalities are also discussed. From 16 reported cases, a detailed autopsy report of the affected brother, and our anatomical findings, we suggest that this syndrome may also be characterized by arhinencephaly, common mesentery, absent uterus in the female, and growth retardation in those surviving the neonatal period.
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A male infant with the Meckel syndrome was studied anatomically. The findings were compared to those from eight trisomy 13 cases to determine whether or not the superficial similarities between the two syndromes were matched by similarities in the internal variations. Emphasis was on the head and limbs. In the head, major differences were found in the nasal bones, mandible, and tongue. In the limbs, the skeletal variations were more severe in the Meckel syndrome infant, but he lacked the muscle variations diagnostic of trisomy 13.
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A male infant with the Meckel syndrome was studied anatomically. The findings were compared with those from eight trisomy-13 cases to determine whether or not the superficial similarities between the two syndromes were matched by similarities in the internal variations. Emphasis was on the head and limbs. In the head, major differences were found in the nasal bones, mandible, and tongue. In the limbs, the skeletal variations were more severe in the Meckel syndrome infant, but he lacked the muscle variations diagnostic of trisomy 13.
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Two stillborn sisters had characteristics of both agnathia and holoprosencephaly. Familial occurrence implies that agnathia-holoprosencephaly may be determined by a single recessive gene, something to be taken into account when counseling such families. Evidence from human experience and various animal models suggests that agnathia-holoprosencephaly represents a causally heterogeneous single developmental field defect. Anatomical studies of these two stillborn sisters support the view that they shared a developmental field defect which affected structures in the face, cranial cavity, and upper neck. The pathogenesis of these variably expressed defects probably relates to defects in neural crest cells of cranial origin and/or to underlying mesodermal support elements of these cells.
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Opitz JM, Kaveggia EG, Adkins WN, Gilbert EF, Viseskul C, Pettersen JC, Blumberg B. Studies of malformation syndromes of humans XXXIIIC: the FG syndrome - further studies on three affected individuals from the FG family. Am J Med Genet 1982; 12:147-54. [PMID: 7201743 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320120205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The brain findings at autopsy of an 18-year-old male with FG syndrome were megalencephaly, midline fusion of mammillary bodies, heterotopia of neuroglial tissue in the 7th and 8th nerves, and ependymal cell replacement by neuroglial tissue as well as a diffuse defect of neuronal cell migration evidenced from pachygyria of many gyri, dysgenesis of cerebral cortex, and heterotopia of neurons in the white matter of the centrum ovale. A cousin, studied at 20 weeks' gestational age, had gross turridolichocephaly with enlarged cranium and also multiple minor external and internal anomalies. An affected brother of this fetus died at 17 months of complications of a congenital heart defect and CNS dysfunction. X-linked inheritance of the FG syndrome is confirmed.
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Pettersen JC, Koltis GG, White MJ. An examination of the spectrum of anatomic defects and variations found in eight cases of trisomy 13. Am J Med Genet 1979; 3:183-210. [PMID: 474630 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320030209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We report the anatomic variations found in four additional cases of trisomy 13. Data from these and four previous cases [Colacino and Pettersen, 1978] are utilized to define a muscle phenotype. Previously unreported defects include the bilateral presence of cervical ribs and the bilateral absence of 12th thoracic ribs in five of the eight cases. One unusual developmental defect of the great vessels is also described. The findings suggest that a definitive diagnosis of trisomy 13 can be made on the basis of six muscle variations.
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A boy trisomic for the distal portion of 13q was dissected in detail and compared to 8 cases of complete trisomy 13 previously studied in our laboratory. The comparison shows that the partial trisomy 13q case did not correspond well to a muscle phenotype based on 6 variations common trisomy 13, but rather to a larger muscle phenotype that included variations less frequently observed in complete trisomy 13. Additional cases of partial trisomy 13 must be studied before these findings can be related to specific portions of chromosome 13.
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Opitz JM, Herrmann J, Pettersen JC, Bersu ET, Colacino SC. Terminological, diagnostic, nosological, and anatomical-developmental aspects of developmental defects in man. Adv Hum Genet 1979; 9:71-164. [PMID: 160752 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8276-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The variations and defects observed during detailed gross anatomical dissections of four cases of trisomy 13 are described. Emphasis is on the muscular system where previously undocumented variations, absences, and supernumerary elements were observed. A muscle phenotype which includes absence of palmaris longus, palmaris brevis, plantaris, and peroneus tertius, the presence of pectorodorsalis muscles and muscles from the central tendon of the diaphragm to the pericardium near the pulmonary veins, and variations in the extensor indicis, extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis, biceps, and suprahyoid muscles is discussed. The brain defects which include absent olfactory bulbs and tracts and hypoplastic commissures are compared to those defects seen in cases of alobar holoprosencephaly wherein severe defects of the ethmoid bone are concomitants. Previously well-documented defects of the viscera are included.
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Bersu ET, Pettersen JC, Charboneau WJ, Opitz JM. Studies of malformation syndromes of man XXXXIA: anatomical studies in the Hanhart syndrome--a pathogenetic hypothesis. Eur J Pediatr 1976; 122:1-17. [PMID: 1261565 DOI: 10.1007/bf00445029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Two infants with the Hanhart syndrome, i.e. micrognathia, microglossia, terminal deficiency of all limbs and imperforate anus in one, were dissected and studied in detail. The interrelationships of the muscular and skeletal defects suggested that they were the result of incomplete rather than abnormal morphogenesis. We speculate that the oral and limb abnormalities resulted from deficient mesodermal proliferation caused by disturbances in the ectodermal-mesodermal interactions beginning about the 4th week of development. The imperforate anus may also relate to the proposed defect.
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Herrmann J, Pallister PD, Gilbert EF, Vieseskul C, Bersu E, Pettersen JC, Opitz JM. Studies of malformation syndromes of man XXXXI B: nosologic studies in the Hanhart and the Möbius syndrome. Eur J Pediatr 1976; 122:19-55. [PMID: 1261566 DOI: 10.1007/bf00445030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We reviewed etiologic and phenotypic aspects of those orofacial and limb anomalies usually diagnosed as Hanhart syndrome and Mobius syndrome but also those described, among others, under names such as aglossia-adactylia syndrome, gloss-palatine ankylosis, ankyloglossia superior, peromelia and micrognathia, cleft palate/lateral synechiae syndrome, and the Charlie M. syndrome. By coding the degree of severity of the limb defects it was possible to compare these cases quantitatively and to determine the nosologic significance of associated cranial nerve palsies and chest abnormalities. We analyzed 7 personal and 62 previously reported cases and found: 1. that the severity in the upper limbs and, particularly, malformations of the feet, but not the presence or absence of cranial nerve palsies, is a significant feature in the differentiation of cases, and 2. that the group of patients with cranial nerve palsies includes some with limb defects similar to those in the Hanhart syndrome and others with features which overlap the manifestations of the Poland syndrome. Still other cases had cranial nerve palsy as an isolated trait or as a component manifestation of several different syndromes. These findings permit re-definition and nosologic delimitation of the various syndromes as follows: 1. The Hanhart-syndrome: usually severe limb defect of at least one hand or foot, frequently associated with severe oral abnormalities and sometimes also with cranial nerve palsy. Most cases reported as aglossia-adactylia syndrome, aglossia-hypomelia syndrome, and some cases reported as glossopalatine ankylosis, ankyloglossia superior and Mobius syndrome describe instances of the Hanhart syndrome. 2. The Poland-Mobius syndrome: we suggest this term to refer to those cases of "Mobius syndrome" which have a chest defect and/or symbrachydactyly of the type seen in the Poland syndrome. We suspect that these cases of the "Mobius syndrome," and most of the cases which are usually diagnosed as Poland syndrome represent a different spectrum of the same condition, hence the term Poland-Mobius syndrome. 3. The autosomal dominant cleft palate/lateral synechiae syndrome delineated by Fuhrmann et al. and other apparently less frequent conditions are mentioned in the discussion. Cranial nerve palsy obviously occurs in several etiologically distinct conditions. An analogous situation is present, although less obvious, in the Hanhart and the Poland-Mobius syndrome. Both of these conditions are formal genesis malformation syndromes which implies that they are etiologically non-specific developmental field complexes. In the Hanhart syndrome Bersu et al. postulate a common pathogenetic disturbance for oral and limb defects, thus suggesting that the manifestations represent a single anomaly rather than a "syndrome." This anomaly, for which we suggest the term Kettner anomaly, may occur not only in the Hanhart syndrome but also in other conditions. Similarly, the Poland anomaly, i.e...
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Pettersen JC, Rose RJ. Marginal zone and germinal center development in the spleens of neonatally thymectomized and nonthymectomized young rats. Am J Anat 1968; 123:489-500. [PMID: 5727099 DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001230306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Pettersen JC, Borgen DF, Graupner KC. A morphological and histochemical study of the primary and secondary immune responses in the rat spleen. Am J Anat 1967; 121:305-17. [PMID: 6057325 DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001210209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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