Structure−Activity Study of Dihydrocinnamic Acids and Discovery of the Potent FFA1 (GPR40) Agonist TUG-469
                                
                                    
                                        作者:Elisabeth Christiansen、Maria E. Due-Hansen、Christian Urban、Nicole Merten、Michael Pfleiderer、Kasper K. Karlsen、Sanne S. Rasmussen、Mette Steensgaard、Alexandra Hamacher、Johannes Schmidt、Christel Drewke、Rasmus Koefoed Petersen、Karsten Kristiansen、Susanne Ullrich、Evi Kostenis、Matthias U. Kassack、Trond Ulven                                    
                                    
                                        DOI:10.1021/ml100106c
                                    
                                    
                                        日期:2010.10.14
                                    
                                    The free fatty acid 1 receptor (FFA1 or GPR40), which is highly expressed on pancreatic beta-cells and amplifies glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, has emerged as attractive target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes Several FFA1 agonists containing the para-substituted dihydrocinnamic acid moiety are known. We here present a structure-activity relationship study of this compound family suggesting that the central methyleneoxy linker is preferable for the smaller compounds whereas the central methyleneamine linker gives higher potency to the larger compounds. The study resulted in the discovery of the potent and selective full FFA1 agonist TUG-469 (29).