Discovery of the First Nonpeptide Agonist of the GPR14/Urotensin-II Receptor: 3-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-(2- (dimethylamino)ethyl)isochroman-1-one (AC-7954)
作者:Glenn E. Croston、Roger Olsson、Erika A. Currier、Ethan S. Burstein、David Weiner、Norman Nash、Daniel Severance、Stig G. Allenmark、Linda Thunberg、Jian-Nong Ma、Nina Mohell、Brian O'Dowd、Mark R. Brann、Uli Hacksell
DOI:10.1021/jm025551+
日期:2002.11.1
A functional cell-based screen identified 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl)isochroman-1-one hydrochloride (AC-7954, 1) as a nonpeptidic agonist of the urotensin-II receptor. Racemic 1 had an EC50 of 300 nM at the human UII receptor and was highly selective. Testing of the enantiopure (+)- and (-)- 1 revealed that the UII receptor activity of racemic 1 resides primarily in (+)-1. Being a selective nonpeptidic druglike UII receptor agonist, (+)-1 will be useful as a pharmacological research tool and a potential drug lead.