Discovery of Potent and Orally Bioavailable Inverse Agonists of the Retinoic Acid Receptor-Related Orphan Receptor C2

Autor: Stefan von Berg, Yafeng Xue, Mia Collins, Antonio Llinas, Roine I. Olsson, Torbjörn Halvarsson, Maria Lindskog, Jesper Malmberg, Johan Jirholt, Nina Krutrök, Marie Ramnegård, Marie Brännström, Anders Lundqvist, Matti Lepistö, Anna Aagaard, Jane McPheat, Eva L. Hansson, Rongfeng Chen, Yao Xiong, Thomas G. Hansson, Frank Narjes
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: ACS Med Chem Lett
ISSN: 1948-5875
Popis: [Image: see text] The further optimization of a recently disclosed series of inverse agonists of the nuclear receptor RORC2 is described. Investigations into the left-hand side of compound 1, guided by X-ray crystal structures, led to the substitution of the 4-aryl-thiophenyl residue with the hexafluoro-2-phenyl-propan-2-ol moiety. This change resulted in to compound 28, which combined improved drug-like properties with good cell potency and a significantly lower dose, using an early dose to man prediction. Target engagement in vivo was demonstrated in the thymus of mice by a reduction in the number of double positive T cells after oral dosing.
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