Nicotinic acids: Liver-targeted SCD inhibitors with preclinical anti-diabetic efficacy
作者:David A. Powell、W. Cameron Black、Kelly Bleasby、Chi-Chung Chan、Denis Deschenes、Marc Gagnon、Rob Gordon、Jocelyne Guay、Sebastien Guiral、Michael J. Hafey、Zheng Huang、Elise Isabel、Yves Leblanc、Angela Styhler、Li-Jing Xu、Lei Zhang、Renata M. Oballa
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.10.040
日期:2011.12
An in vitro screening protocol was used to transform a systemically-distributed SCD inhibitor into a liver-targeted compound. Incorporation of a key nicotinic acid moiety enables molecular recognition by OATP transporters, as demonstrated by uptake studies in transfected cell lines, and likely serves as a critical component of the observed liver-targeted tissue distribution profile. Preclinical anti-diabetic oGTT efficacy is demonstrated with nicotinic acid-based, liver-targeting SCD inhibitor 10, and studies with a close-structural analog devoid of SCD1 activity, suggest this efficacy is a result of on-target activity. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.