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  2. Discovery, synthesis, and structure-activity relationship development of a series of N-(4-acetamido)phenylpicolinamides as positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 (mGlu(4)) with CNS exposure in rats

Discovery, synthesis, and structure-activity relationship development of a series of N-(4-acetamido)phenylpicolinamides as positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 (mGlu(4)) with CNS exposure in rats

  • J Med Chem. 2011 Feb 24;54(4):1106-10. doi: 10.1021/jm101271s.
Darren W Engers 1 Julie R Field Uyen Le Ya Zhou Julie D Bolinger Rocio Zamorano Anna L Blobaum Carrie K Jones Satyawan Jadhav C David Weaver P Jeffrey Conn Craig W Lindsley Colleen M Niswender Corey R Hopkins
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  • 1 Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
Abstract

Herein we report the discovery, synthesis, and evaluation of a series of N-(4-acetamido)-phenylpicolinamides as positive allosteric modulators of mGlu(4). Compounds from the series show submicromolar potency at both human and rat mGlu(4). In addition, pharmacokinetic studies utilizing subcutaneous dosing demonstrated good brain exposure in rats.

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