Strategies to lower the Pgp efflux liability in a series of potent indole azetidine MCHR1 antagonists
作者:Kai Lu、Yu Jiang、Bin Chen、Eman M. Eldemenky、Gil Ma、Mathivanan Packiarajan、Gamini Chandrasena、Andrew D. White、Kenneth A. Jones、Boshan Li、Sang-Phyo Hong
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.07.020
日期:2011.9
A series of potent indolyl azetidine rMCHR1 antagonists were found to show poor CNS penetration due to Pgp efflux. We envisioned a strategy which included: lowering basicity; changing the conformational flexibility motif; and removal of a hydrogen bond donor, in an attempt to optimize this property while maintaining target receptor efficacy. This work resulted in mitigation of Pgp efflux, and led us to identify 1-dihydroindolyl azetidine derivatives with CNS penetration and excellent rMCHR1 binding affinity. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.