Discovery of a Novel Oral Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulator (AZD9567) with Improved Side Effect Profile

Autor: Dave Chapman, Victoria Ullah, Lisa Wissler, James Bird, Jesper Malmberg, Petter Svanberg, Christian Köhler, Antonios Nikitidis, Matti Lepistö, Stefan Geschwindner, Karl Edman, Tomas Drmota, Lena Ripa, Richard P. Harrison, Hui-Fang Chang, Goran Edenro, Tove Hegelund-Myrbäck, Ramon Hendrickx, Roine I. Olsson, Matthew Dearman, Philip Thorne, Antoni Llinas, Karolina Lawitz, Markus Berger
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of medicinal chemistry. 61(5)
ISSN: 1520-4804
Popis: Synthetic glucocorticoids (GC) are essential for the treatment of a broad range of inflammatory diseases. However, their use is limited by target related adverse effects on, e.g., glucose homeostasis and bone metabolism. Starting from a nonsteroidal GR ligand (4) that is a full agonist in reporter gene assays, we exploited key functional triggers within the receptor, generating a range of structurally diverse partial agonists. Of these, only a narrow subset exhibited full anti-inflammatory efficacy and a significantly reduced impact on adverse effect markers in human cell assays compared to prednisolone. This led to the discovery of AZD9567 (15) with excellent in vivo efficacy when dosed orally in a rat model of joint inflammation. Compound 15 is currently being evaluated in clinical trials comparing the efficacy and side effect markers with those of prednisolone.
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