作者:Ayumu Sato、Yoshiyuki Fukase、Mitsunori Kono、Atsuko Ochida、Tsuneo Oda、Yusuke Sasaki、Naoki Ishii、Yoshihide Tomata、Shoji Fukumoto、Yumi N. Imai、Keiko Uga、Akira Shibata、Masashi Yamasaki、Hideyuki Nakagawa、Mikio Shirasaki、Robert Skene、Isaac Hoffman、Bi‐Ching Sang、Gyorgy Snell、Junya Shirai、Satoshi Yamamoto
DOI:10.1002/cmdc.201900416
日期:2019.11.20
novel RORγt inverse agonist. A U-shaped conformation in the complex structure of 1 a with RORγt protein was confirmed. Further improvement of the pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles was required because of the low drug exposure in mice upon oral administration (mouse AUC of 1 a: 27 ng ⋅ h ⋅ mL-1 at 1 mg ⋅ kg-1 , p.o.). To improve the PK profiles, conformationally constrained U-shaped scaffolds were investigated
维甲酸相关的孤儿受体γt(RORγt)反向激动剂可用于治疗自身免疫性疾病。以前,我们报道了一种具有柔性线性接头的新型喹唑啉二酮1a作为新型RORγt反向激动剂。证实了1a与RORγt蛋白的复合结构中的U形构象。由于口服后小鼠体内的药物暴露量低(1 a的小鼠AUC:27 ng⋅h mL-1,1 mg⋅kg-1,po),因此需要进一步改善药代动力学(PK)曲线。为了改善PK谱,研究了构象受限的U形支架。结果,成功鉴定了具有改善的PK谱和高效力的吗啉类似物。喹唑啉部分的N1位上的取代基也被修饰,导致报道分子活性的增强。因此,化合物43(N 2-(3-氯-4-氰基苯基)-N 4-(3-(环丙基甲基)-1-异丙基-2,4-二氧-1,2,3,4-四氢喹唑啉-6-基)吗啉-2,4-二甲酰胺)显示出改善的药物暴露(小鼠AUC:1 mg⋅kg-1,po时为1289 ng⋅h⋅mL-1)。另外,在小鼠药效学模