申请人:Tsujimoto Gozoh
公开号:US20110184031A1
公开(公告)日:2011-07-28
Disclosed is a novel aralkyl carboxylic acid compound which has an agonistic activity on GPR-120 and/or GPR-40, particularly GPR-120, and is therefore useful as an appetite regulator, an anti-obesity agent, a therapeutic agent for diabetes, a pancreatic beta differentiating cell growth enhancer, a therapeutic agent for metabolic syndrome, a therapeutic agent for a gastrointestinal disease, a therapeutic agent for a neuropathy, a therapeutic agent for a mental disorder, a therapeutic agent for a pulmonary disease, a therapeutic agent for a pituitary hormone secretion disorder or a lipid flavoring/seasoning agent. The aralkyl carboxylic acid compound is represented by the general formula (I). (I) wherein the ring Q represents a pyridyl or the like; R
1
represents a C
1-6
alkyl group or the like; R
2
represents a hydrogen atom, a C
1-4
alkyl group or a C
1-4
alkoxy group; m and n independently represent an integer of 1 to 5; and X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —NR
3
— [wherein R
3
represents a hydrogen atom or a C
1-4
alkyl group].
本发明揭示了一种新型的芳基羧酸化合物,其具有对GPR-120和/或GPR-40,特别是GPR-120的激动活性,因此可用作食欲调节剂、抗肥胖剂、糖尿病治疗剂、胰岛素分化细胞生长增强剂、代谢综合征治疗剂、胃肠疾病治疗剂、神经病治疗剂、精神障碍治疗剂、肺部疾病治疗剂、垂体激素分泌障碍治疗剂或脂肪调味/调料剂。芳基羧酸化合物由通式(I)表示。其中,环Q表示吡啶基或类似物;R1表示C1-6烷基或类似物;R2表示氢原子、C1-4烷基或C1-4烷氧基;m和n独立地表示1至5的整数;X表示氧原子、硫原子或-NR3- [其中R3表示氢原子或C1-4烷基]。