Discovery and Characterization of (<i>R</i>)-6-Neopentyl-2-(pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)-6,7-dihydropyrimido[2,1-<i>c</i>][1,4]oxazin-4(9<i>H</i>)-one (PF-06462894), an Alkyne-Lacking Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Negative Allosteric Modulator Profiled in both Rat and Nonhuman Primates
作者:Antonia F. Stepan、Michelle M. Claffey、Matthew R. Reese、Gayatri Balan、Gabriela Barreiro、Jason Barricklow、Michael J. Bohanon、Brian P. Boscoe、Gregg D. Cappon、Lois K. Chenard、Julie Cianfrogna、Laigao Chen、Karen J. Coffman、Susan E. Drozda、Joshua R. Dunetz、Somraj Ghosh、Xinjun Hou、Christopher Houle、Kapil Karki、John T. Lazzaro、Jessica Y. Mancuso、John M. Marcek、Emily L. Miller、Mark A. Moen、Steven O’Neil、Isao Sakurada、Marc Skaddan、Vinod Parikh、Deborah L. Smith、Patrick Trapa、Jamison B. Tuttle、Patrick R. Verhoest、Daniel P. Walker、Annie Won、Ann S. Wright、Jessica Whritenour、Kenneth Zasadny、Margaret M. Zaleska、Lei Zhang、Christopher L. Shaffer
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00604
日期:2017.9.28
We previously observed a cutaneous type IV immune response in nonhuman primates (NHP) with the mGlu(5) negative allosteric modulator (NAM) 7. To determine if this adverse event was chemotype- or mechanism-based, we evaluated a distinct series of mGlu(5) NAMs. Increasing the sp(3) character of high-throughput screening hit 40 afforded a novel morpholinopyrimidone mGlu(5) NAM series. Its prototype, (R)-6-neopentyl-2-(pyridin-2-ylmethoxy)-6,7-dihydropyrimido[2,1-c] [1,4]oxazin-4(9H)-one (PF-06462894, 8), possessed favorable properties and a predicted low clinical dose (2 mg twice daily). Compound 8 did not show any evidence of immune activation in a mouse drug allergy model. Additionally, plasma samples from toxicology studies confirmed that 8 did not form any reactive metabolites. However, 8 caused the identical microscopic skin lesions in NHPs found with 7, albeit with lower severity. Holistically, this work supports the hypothesis that this unique toxicity may be mechanism-based although additional work is required to confirm this and determine clinical relevance.