Discovery and Rational Design of Natural-Product-Derived 2-Phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[f]chromen-3-amine Analogs as Novel and Potent Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 (DPP-4) Inhibitors for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes.

Abstract:

:Starting from the lead isodaphnetin, a natural product inhibitor of DPP-4 discovered through a target fishing docking based approach, a series of novel 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[f]chromen-3-amine derivatives as potent DPP-4 inhibitors are rationally designed utilizing highly efficient 3D molecular similarity based scaffold hopping as well as electrostatic complementary methods. Those ingenious drug design strategies bring us approximate 7400-fold boost in potency. Compounds 22a and 24a are the most potent ones (IC50 ≈ 2.0 nM) with good pharmacokinetic profiles. Compound 22a demonstrated stable pharmacological effect. A 3 mg/kg oral dose provided >80% inhibition of DPP-4 activity within 24 h, which is comparable to the performance of the long-acting control omarigliptin. Moreover, the efficacy of 22a in improving the glucose tolerance is also comparable with omarigliptin. In this study, not only promising DPP-4 inhibitors as long acting antidiabetic that are clinically on demand are identified, but the target fish docking and medicinal chemistry strategies were successfully implemented.

journal_name

J Med Chem

authors

Li S,Xu H,Cui S,Wu F,Zhang Y,Su M,Gong Y,Qiu S,Jiao Q,Qin C,Shan J,Zhang M,Wang J,Yin Q,Xu M,Liu X,Wang R,Zhu L,Li J,Xu Y,Jiang H,Zhao Z,Li J,Li H

doi

10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00505

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-07-28 00:00:00

pages

6772-90

issue

14

eissn

0022-2623

issn

1520-4804

journal_volume

59

pub_type

杂志文章