Discovery of <i>N</i>-(1-Ethylpropyl)-[3-methoxy-5-(2-methoxy-4-trifluoromethoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-pyrazin-2-yl]amine <b>59</b> (NGD 98−2): An Orally Active Corticotropin Releasing Factor-1 (CRF-1) Receptor Antagonist
作者:Kevin J. Hodgetts、Ping Ge、Taeyoung Yoon、Stéphane De Lombaert、Robbin Brodbeck、Michael Gulianello、Andrzej Kieltyka、Raymond F. Horvath、John H. Kehne、James E. Krause、George D. Maynard、Diane Hoffman、Younglim Lee、Laurence Fung、Dario Doller
DOI:10.1021/jm200365y
日期:2011.6.23
The design, synthesis, and structure-activity relationships of a novel series of pyrazines, acting as corticotropin releasing factor-1 (CRF-1) receptor antagonists, are described. Synthetic methodologies were developed to prepare a number of substituted pyrazine cores utilizing regioselective halogenation and chemoselective derivatization. Noteworthy, an efficient 5-step synthesis was developed for the lead compound 59 (NGD 98-2), which required no chromatography. Compound 59 was characterized as an orally bioavailable, brain penetrant, and highly selective CRF-1 receptor antagonist. Occupancy of rat brain CRF-1 receptors was quantified using ex vivo receptor occupancy assays, using both brain tissue homogenates as well as brain slices receptor autoradiography. Behaviorally, oral administration of 59 significantly antagonized CRF-induced locomotor activity at doses as low as 10 mg/kg and dose-dependently reduced the restraint stress-induced ACTH increases.