Abstract:
:Highly selective orexin receptor antagonists (SORAs) of the orexin 2 receptor (OX2R) have become attractive targets both as potential therapeutics for insomnia as well as biological tools to help further elucidate the underlying pharmacology of the orexin signaling pathway. Herein, we describe the discovery of a novel piperidine ether 2-SORA class identified by systematic lead optimization beginning with filorexant, a dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA) that recently completed Phase 2 clinical trials. Changes to the ether linkage and pendant heterocycle of filorexant were found to impart significant selectivity for OX2R, culminating in lead compound PE-6. PE-6 displays sub-nanomolar binding affinity and functional potency on OX2R while maintaining >1600-fold binding selectivity and >200-fold functional selectivity versus the orexin 1 receptor (OX1R). PE-6 bears a clean off-target profile, a good overall preclinical pharmacokinetic (PK) profile, and reduces wakefulness with increased NREM and REM sleep when evaluated in vivo in a rat sleep study. Importantly, subtle structural changes to the piperidine ether class impart dramatic changes in receptor selectivity. To this end, our laboratories have identified multiple piperidine ether 2-SORAs, 1-SORAs, and DORAs, providing access to a number of important biological tool compounds from a single structural class.
journal_name
Bioorg Med Chem Lettjournal_title
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry lettersauthors
Raheem IT,Breslin MJ,Bruno J,Cabalu TD,Cooke A,Cox CD,Cui D,Garson S,Gotter AL,Fox SV,Harrell CM,Kuduk SD,Lemaire W,Prueksaritanont T,Renger JJ,Stump C,Tannenbaum PL,Williams PD,Winrow CJ,Coleman PJdoi
10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.12.056subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-02-01 00:00:00pages
444-50issue
3eissn
0960-894Xissn
1464-3405pii
S0960-894X(14)01364-Xjournal_volume
25pub_type
杂志文章abstract::PDE4 inhibitors have been identified as therapeutic targets for a variety of conditions, particularly inflammatory diseases. We have serendipitously identified a novel class of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor during a study to discover antagonists of the parathyroid hormone receptor. X-ray crystallographic studie...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.09.109
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 1,8-naphthalimide-Cu(II) ensemble was rationally designed and synthesized as a new turn-on fluorescent probe utilizing the 'chemosensing ensemble' method for detections of thiols (Cys, Hcy and GSH) with high selectivity over other α-amino acids at pH 7.4 in organic aqueous media (EtOH/HEPES, v/v=9:1). The recognitio...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.03.004
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ibudilast [1-(2-isopropylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-yl)-2-methylpropan-1-one] is a nonselective phosphodiesterase inhibitor used clinically to treat asthma. Efforts to selectively develop the PDE3- and PDE4-inhibitory activity of ibudilast led to replacement of the isopropyl ketone by a pyridazinone heterocycle. Structu...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.04.021
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A series of acetylenic chalcones were evaluated for antimalarial and antitubercular activity. The antimalarial data for this series suggests that growth inhibition of the W2 strain of Plasmodium falciparum can be imparted by the introduction of a methoxy group ortho to the acetylenic group. Most compounds were more ac...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.12.062
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have previously reported the essential structure of the opioid κ receptor agonist nalfurafine hydrochloride (TRK-820) for binding to the κ receptor. In the course of this study, we focused on the effect of the substituent at 17-N in nalfurafine on the binding affinity for the κ receptor. The exchange of the 17-N su...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.10.100
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A new class of selective nonsteroidal glucocorticoid receptor modulators typified by N-[3-[benzyl-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-benzyl)-amino]-2-methyl-phenyl]-methanesulfonamide 19 has been discovered. ...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.02.013
更新日期:2004-05-03 00:00:00
abstract::Eight monosaccharide analogs of the potent antitumor OSW saponins (2-9) were synthesized. One analog, 2-O-acetyl-alpha-l-arabinopyranoside 3, showed antiproliferative activity against the Jurkat cells (IC(50)=0.078microM) comparable to that of the disaccharide derivative (1). ...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.11.032
更新日期:2007-02-15 00:00:00
abstract::We previously identified o-carborane bisphenol BE360 (4) as a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), which ameliorated bone loss without inducing estrogenic action in uterus of OVX and ORX mice. Here, we synthesized a fluorinated derivative, B-fluorinated o-carborane bisphenol BE310 (5) by means of S(N)Ar react...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.05.068
更新日期:2012-07-15 00:00:00
abstract::Three new iridoid glycosides, 6"-O-trans-caffeoylgenipin gentiobioside (1), genipin 1-O-β-D-apiofuranosyl (1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (2), genipin 1-O-α-D-xylopyranosyl (1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (3), three new monocyclic monoterpenoids, jasminoside R (4), jasminoside S (5), jasminoside T (6), together with nine known ir...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.11.099
更新日期:2013-02-15 00:00:00
abstract::Two new antiinflammatory macrolides, lobophorins A and B (1 and 2), have been isolated from fermentation broths of a marine bacterium isolated from the surface the Caribbean brown alga Lobophora variegata (Dictyotales). The new compounds, distantly related to antibiotics of the kijanimicin class, are potent inhibitors...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0960-894x(99)00337-6
更新日期:1999-07-19 00:00:00
abstract::In this report we detail the evolution of our previously reported thiophene isoxazole BET inhibitor chemotype exemplified by CPI-3 to a novel bromodomain selective chemotype (the methyl isoxazoleazepine chemotype) exemplified by carboxamide 23. The methyl isoxazoleazepine chemotype provides potent inhibition of the br...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.03.045
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Exploration of the SAR around selective NK2 antagonists, SR48968 and ZD7944, led to the discovery that naphth-1-amide analogues provide potent dual NK1 and NK2 antagonists. ZD6021 inhibited binding of [3H]-NKA or [3H]-SP to human NK1 and NK2 receptors, with high-affinity (K(i)=0.12 and 0.62nM, respectively). In functi...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0960-894x(01)00572-8
更新日期:2001-10-22 00:00:00
abstract::RNA regulation and maintenance are critical for proper cell function. Small molecules that specifically alter RNA sequence would be exceptionally useful as probes of RNA structure and function or as potential therapeutics. Here, we demonstrate a photochemical approach for altering the trinucleotide expanded repeat cau...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.10.034
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The synthesis of racemic tetrahydrocurcumin- (THC-), tetrahydrodemethoxycurcumin- (THDC-) and tetrahydrobisdemethoxycurcumin- (THBDC-) dihydropyrimidinone (DHPM) analogues was achieved by utilizing the multi-component Biginelli reaction in the presence of copper sulphate as a catalyst. The evaluation of acetylcholines...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.03.069
更新日期:2013-05-15 00:00:00
abstract::A novel series of non-nucleoside small molecules containing a tricyclic dihydropyridinone structural motif was identified as potent HCV NS5B polymerase inhibitors. Driven by structure-based design and building on our previous efforts in related series of molecules, we undertook extensive SAR studies, in which we ident...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.09.045
更新日期:2009-11-15 00:00:00
abstract::Different types of heterogenized catalysts were involved in asymmetric reactions. Hydrogen transfer reduction was performed with amino alcohols derived from poly((S)-(GMA-co-EGDMA or DVB)) and hydrogenation with BINAP grafted onto PEG or copolymerized with isocyanates as ligands. Attempts of catalysts recycling are re...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0960-894x(02)00258-5
更新日期:2002-07-22 00:00:00
abstract::In an effort to discover oral inverse agonists of RORγt to treat inflammatory diseases, a new 2,6-difluorobenzyl ether series of cyclopentyl sulfones were found to be surprisingly more potent than the corresponding alcohol derivatives. When combined with a more optimized phenyl ((R)-3-phenylpyrrolidin-3-yl)sulfone tem...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127441
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The strategy and SAR studies that led to the discovery of a novel potent and orally available 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) inhibitor 3-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-({4-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-1-(trifluoromethyl)propyl]-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl}methyl)-1-benzothiophene-2-carboxamide ((S)-2l or MK-5286) were described. ...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.10.024
更新日期:2010-12-15 00:00:00
abstract::Two series of novel tricyclic oxazine and oxazepine fused quinazolines have been designed and synthesized. The in vitro antitumor effect of the title compounds was screened on N87, A431, H1975, BT474 and Calu-3 cell lines. Compared to gefitinib and erlotinib, compounds 1a-1h were found to demonstrate more potent antit...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.08.007
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Group A streptococcus is a Gram-positive bacteria that causes a range of infectious diseases. Targeting the bacteria, a new self-adjuvanting vaccine candidate, incorporating a carbohydrate carrier and an amino acid-based adjuvant, was synthesised utilising carbohydrate chemistry and solid-phase peptide synthesis proce...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.12.013
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::As part of a programme to identify further analogues of the dual topo I/II inhibitor XR11576, we describe here the syntheses and SAR studies of various 'minimal' and 3,4-benzofused phenazine chromophores of the phenazine template of XR11576. ...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0960-894x(01)00770-3
更新日期:2002-02-11 00:00:00
abstract::Thirteen new 2-pyrazoline derivatives bearing benzenesulfonamide moiety (2a-m) were synthesized by condensing appropriate chalcones with 4-hydrazinonbenzenesulfonamide hydrochloride and tested for anticancer and anti-inflammatory actions. According to the protocol of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in vitro diseas...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.05.061
更新日期:2011-07-15 00:00:00
abstract::Hypericin monocarboxylic acid was synthesized in an overall yield of 25% in four steps and radiolabelled with iodine-123 in good yield (>75%). The resulting mono-[(123)I]iodohypericin monocarboxylic acid was evaluated in normal mice and in rats with ethanol induced liver necrosis. In this model, tracer concentration i...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.04.083
更新日期:2007-07-15 00:00:00
abstract::Previously we reported the optimization of antiviral scaffolds containing benzimidazole and related heterocycles possessing activity against a variety of arenaviruses. These series of compounds were discovered through an HTS campaign of a 400,000 small molecule library using lentivirus-based pseudotypes incorporated w...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.08.103
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Two series (4 and 5) of diarylpyridine derivatives were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for anti-HIV-1 activity. The most promising compound, 5e, inhibited HIV-1 IIIB, NL4-3, and RTMDR1 with low nanomolar EC50 values and selectivity indexes of >10,000. The results of this study indicate that diarylpyridine can be...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.07.080
更新日期:2009-09-15 00:00:00
abstract::5-(o-Benzyloxy)benzylbarbituric acid (6) and 5-(p-benzyloxy)benzylbarbituric acid (7) were prepared and their inhibitory activities compared to 5-(m-benzyloxy)-benzylbarbituric acid (BBB) a known, potent inhibitor of uridine phosphorylase (UrdPase). Compounds 6 and 7 were 18-fold and 51-fold less active, respectively,...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0960-894x(99)00238-3
更新日期:1999-06-07 00:00:00
abstract::N-substituted azaindoles were discovered as potent pan-PIM inhibitors. Lead optimization, guided by structure and focused on physico-chemical properties allowed us to solve inherent hERG and permeability liabilities, and provided compound 27, which subsequently impacted KG-1 tumor growth in a mouse model. ...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127625
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chemoselective purification technologies have seen great success in biomolecule isolation, with a classic example being the genetically-encoded His tag utilized to enrich desired proteins from a crude lysate. We sought to translate this purification tactic into a powerful tool for the isolation of natural products and...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.07.062
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A group of (Z)-1,2-diphenyl-1-[4-[2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)ethoxy]phenyl]but-1-enes were synthesized using methodologies that will allow incorporation of a [(124)I]iodine substituent at the para-position of either the C-1 phenyl ring or the C-2 phenyl ring, or a [(18)F]OCH(2)CH(2)F substituent at the para-position of...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.12.091
更新日期:2011-02-15 00:00:00
abstract::The discovery of a novel class of HCV inhibitors is described. The new amidinourea compounds were designed as isosteric analogues of the antiviral drug moroxydine. The two derivatives 11g and 11h showed excellent HCV inhibition activity and viability and proved to inhibit a step(s) of the RNA replication. The new comp...
journal_title:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.09.029
更新日期:2015-11-15 00:00:00