1. Benzoxazolinone aryl sulfonamides as potent, selective Na v 1.7 inhibitors with in vivo efficacy in a preclinical pain model.
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Pero JE, Rossi MA, Lehman HDGF, Kelly MJ 3rd, Mulhearn JJ, Wolkenberg SE, Cato MJ, Clements MK, Daley CJ, Filzen T, Finger EN, Gregan Y, Henze DA, Jovanovska A, Klein R, Kraus RL, Li Y, Liang A, Majercak JM, Panigel J, Urban MO, Wang J, Wang YH, Houghton AK, and Layton ME
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- Administration, Oral, Analgesics administration & dosage, Analgesics chemistry, Animals, Benzoxazoles administration & dosage, Benzoxazoles chemistry, Biological Availability, Disease Models, Animal, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Formaldehyde administration & dosage, Humans, Mice, Molecular Structure, Myocytes, Smooth Muscle drug effects, Myocytes, Smooth Muscle metabolism, Pain chemically induced, Rats, Structure-Activity Relationship, Sulfonamides administration & dosage, Sulfonamides chemistry, Analgesics pharmacology, Benzoxazoles pharmacology, NAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel metabolism, Pain drug therapy, Sulfonamides pharmacology
- Abstract
Studies on human genetics have suggested that inhibitors of the Na
v 1.7 voltage-gated sodium channel hold considerable promise as therapies for the treatment of chronic pain syndromes. Herein, we report novel, peripherally-restricted benzoxazolinone aryl sulfonamides as potent Nav 1.7 inhibitors with excellent selectivity against the Nav 1.5 isoform, which is expressed in the heart muscle. Elaboration of initial lead compound 3d afforded exemplar 13, which featured attractive physicochemical properties, outstanding lipophilic ligand efficiency and pharmacological selectivity against Nav 1.5 exceeding 1000-fold. Key structure-activity relationships associated with oral bioavailability were leveraged to discover compound 17, which exhibited a comparable potency/selectivity profile as well as full efficacy following oral administration in a preclinical model indicative of antinociceptive behavior., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2017
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