Discovery of 3-aminopicolinamides as metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGlu4) positive allosteric modulator warheads engendering CNS exposure and in vivo efficacy

Rocco D Gogliotti, Darren W Engers, Pedro M Garcia-Barrantes, Joseph D Panarese, Patrick R Gentry, Anna L Blobaum, Ryan D Morrison, J Scott Daniels, Analisa D Thompson, Carrie K Jones, P Jeffrey Conn, Colleen M Niswender, Craig W Lindsley, Corey R Hopkins

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Abstract

This letter describes the further chemical optimization of the picolinamide-derived family of mGlu4 PAMs wherein we identified a 3-amino substituent to the picolinamide warhead that engendered potency, CNS penetration and in vivo efficacy. From this optimization campaign, VU0477886 emerged as a potent (EC50=95nM, 89% Glu Max) mGlu4 PAM with an attractive DMPK profile (brain:plasma Kp=1.3), rat CLp=4.0mL/min/kg, t1/2=3.7h) and robust efficacy in our standard preclinical Parkinson's disease model, haloperidol-induced catalepsy (HIC).

Original languageEnglish
JournalBioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume26
Issue number12
Pages (from-to)2915-2919
Number of pages5
ISSN0960-894X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Allosteric Regulation/drug effects
  • Amides/chemistry
  • Animals
  • Central Nervous System/drug effects
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Discovery
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Picolines/chemistry
  • Rats
  • Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate/antagonists & inhibitors
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

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