Discovery of potent selective bioavailable phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2) inhibitors active in an osteoarthritis pain model. Part II: Optimization studies and demonstration of in vivo efficacy
作者:Mark S. Plummer、Joseph Cornicelli、Howard Roark、Donald J. Skalitzky、Charles J. Stankovic、Susan Bove、Jayvardhan Pandit、Annise Goodman、James Hicks、Aurash Shahripour、David Beidler、Xiao Kang Lu、Brian Sanchez、Christopher Whitehead、Ron Sarver、Timothy Braden、Richard Gowan、Xi Qiang Shen、Katherine Welch、Adam Ogden、Nalini Sadagopan、Heidi Baum、Howard Miller、Craig Banotai、Cindy Spessard、Sandra Lightle
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.03.082
日期:2013.6
Selective phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2) inhibitors are shown to have efficacy in a rat model of osteoarthritis (OA) pain. We identified potent, selective PDE2 inhibitors by optimizing residual PDE2 activity in a series of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitors, while minimizing PDE4 inhibitory activity. These newly designed PDE2 inhibitors bind to the PDE2 enzyme in a cGMP-like binding mode orthogonal to the cAMP-like binding mode found in PDE4. Extensive structure activity relationship studies ultimately led to identification of pyrazolodiazepinone, 22, which was >1000-fold selective for PDE2 over recombinant, full length PDEs 1B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9, 10 and 11. Compound 22 also retained excellent PDE2 selectivity (241-fold to 419-fold) over the remaining recombinant, full length PDEs, 1A, 4D, 5, and 6. Compound 22 exhibited good pharmacokinetic properties and excellent oral bioavailability (F = 78%, rat). In an in vivo rat model of OA pain, compound 22 had significant analgesic activity 1 and 3 h after a single, 10 mg/kg, subcutaneous dose. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.