Biarylpyrazolyl Oxadiazole as Potent, Selective, Orally Bioavailable Cannabinoid-1 Receptor Antagonists for the Treatment of Obesity
作者:Suk Ho Lee、Hee Jeong Seo、Sung-Han Lee、Myung Eun Jung、Ji-Hyun Park、Hyun-Ju Park、Jakyung Yoo、Hoseop Yun、Jooran Na、Suk Youn Kang、Kwang-Seop Song、Min-ah Kim、Chong-Hwan Chang、Jeongmin Kim、Jinhwa Lee
DOI:10.1021/jm800843r
日期:2008.11.27
Since the CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist 1 (SR141716, rimonabant) was previously reported to modulate food intake, CB1 antagonism has been considered as a new therapeutic target for the treatment of obesity. In the present study, biarylpyrazole analogues based on a pyrazole core coupled with 1,3,4-oxadiazole were synthesized and tested for CB1 receptor binding affinity. Thorough SAR studies to optimize pyrazole substituents as well as 1,3,4-oxadiazole ring led to several novel CB1 antagonists with IC50 similar to 1 nM for the CB1 receptor binding. Among these analogues, we identified 2-(4-((1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methyl)-5-(4-bromophenyl)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-5-(1-(trifluoromethyl)cyclopropyl)-1,3,4-oxa- diazole 43c as a promising precandidate for the development as an antiobesity agent.