1. Discovery of new orally active prostaglandin D2 receptor antagonists
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Yoko Matsunaga, Seiji Ogawa, Hisao Nakai, Yutaka Okada, Atsushi Shimabukuro, Kohki Tsukamoto, Fumio Nambu, Atsushi Kinoshita, Rie Oumi, Yoshihiko Odagaki, Ryoji Matsumoto, Atsushi Naganawa, Jun Katagi, Maki Iwahashi, Koji Yano, Masaaki Toda, Toshihiko Nishiyama, and Kousuke Tani
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Models, Molecular ,Guinea Pigs ,Receptors, Prostaglandin ,Clinical Biochemistry ,Administration, Oral ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Prostaglandin ,CHO Cells ,Pharmacology ,Biochemistry ,Structure-Activity Relationship ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Cricetulus ,Pharmacokinetics ,In vivo ,Cricetinae ,Drug Discovery ,Animals ,Humans ,Receptors, Immunologic ,Receptor ,Molecular Biology ,Phenylacetates ,Prostaglandin D2 receptor ,Organic Chemistry ,Antagonist ,Rats ,chemistry ,Molecular Medicine ,Prostaglandin D2 ,Antagonism - Abstract
To identify an orally available drug candidate, a series of 3-benzoylaminophenylacetic acids were synthesized and evaluated as prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) receptor antagonists. Some of the compounds tested were found to exhibit excellent inhibitory activity against cAMP accumulation in human platelet rich plasma (hPRP), which is one of the indexes of DP antagonism. The optimization process including improvement of the physicochemical properties such as solubility, which may result in an improved pharmacokinetic (PK) profile, is presented. Optimized compounds were studied for their pharmacokinetics and in vivo potential. A structure–activity relationship study is also presented. Some of the test compounds were found to have in vivo efficacy towards the inhibition of PGD2-induced and OVA-induced vascular permeability in guinea pig conjunctiva.
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- 2011