1. Discovery of a lead series of potent benzodiazepine 5-HT 2C receptor agonists with high selectivity in functional and binding assays.
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Ren A, Zhu X, Feichtinger K, Lehman J, Kasem M, Schrader TO, Wong A, Dang H, Le M, Frazer J, Unett DJ, Grottick AJ, Whelan KT, Morgan ME, Sage CR, and Semple G
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- Animals, Benzodiazepines chemical synthesis, Benzodiazepines metabolism, Benzodiazepines pharmacokinetics, Dogs, Drug Discovery, Drug Stability, Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring chemical synthesis, Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring metabolism, Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring pharmacokinetics, Humans, Macaca fascicularis, Male, Mice, Microsomes metabolism, Molecular Structure, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists chemical synthesis, Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists metabolism, Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists pharmacokinetics, Structure-Activity Relationship, Benzodiazepines pharmacology, Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring pharmacology, Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C metabolism, Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists pharmacology
- Abstract
A series of potential new 5-HT
2 receptor scaffolds based on a simplification of the clinically studied, 5-HT2C R agonist vabicaserin, were designed. An in vivo feeding assay early in our screening process played an instrumental part in the lead identification process, leading us to focus on a 6,5,7-tricyclic scaffold. A subsequent early SAR investigation provided potent agonists of the 5-HT2C receptor that were highly selective in both functional and binding assays, had good rat PK properties and that significantly reduced acute food intake in the rat., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)- Published
- 2020
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