Discovery of MK-8318, a Potent and Selective CRTh2 Receptor Antagonist for the Treatment of Asthma.

Abstract:

:A novel series of tricyclic tetrahydroquinolines were identified as potent and selective CRTh2 receptor antagonists. The agonism and antagonism switch was achieved through structure-based drug design (SBDD) using a CRTh2 receptor homologue model. The challenge of very low exposures in pharmacokinetic studies was overcome by exhaustive medicinal chemistry lead optimization through focused SAR studies on the tricyclic core. Further optimization resulted in the identification of the preclinical candidate 4-(cyclopropyl((3aS,9R,9aR)-7-fluoro-4-(4-(trifluoromethoxy)benzoyl)-2,3,3a,4,9,9a-hexahydro-1H-cyclopenta[b]quinolin-9-yl)amino)-4-oxobutanoic acid (15c, MK-8318) with potent and selective CRTh2 antagonist activity and a favorable PK profile suitable for once daily oral dosing for potential treatment of asthma.

journal_name

ACS Med Chem Lett

authors

Huang X,Brubaker J,Zhou W,Biju PJ,Xiao L,Shao N,Huang Y,Dong L,Liu Z,Bitar R,Buevich A,Jung J,Peterson SL,Butcher JW,Close J,Martinez M,MacCoss RN,Zhang H,Crawford S,McCormick KD,Aslanian R,Nargund R,Correll C

doi

10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00145

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-06-23 00:00:00

pages

679-684

issue

7

issn

1948-5875

journal_volume

9

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