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  2. Discovery, oral pharmacokinetics and in vivo efficacy of velusetrag, a highly selective 5-HT(4) receptor agonist that has achieved proof-of-concept in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation

Discovery, oral pharmacokinetics and in vivo efficacy of velusetrag, a highly selective 5-HT(4) receptor agonist that has achieved proof-of-concept in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2012 Oct 1;22(19):6048-52. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.08.051.
Daniel D Long 1 Scott R Armstrong David T Beattie Seok-Ki Choi Paul R Fatheree Roland A L Gendron Daniel Genov Adam A Goldblum Patrick P Humphrey Lan Jiang Daniel G Marquess Jeng-Pyng Shaw Jacqueline A M Smith S Derek Turner Ross G Vickery
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  • 1 Theravance, Inc., 901 Gateway Blvd, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States. dlong@theravance.com
Abstract

Utilization of Theravance's multivalent approach to drug discovery towards 5-HT(4) receptor agonists with a focus on identification of neutral (non-charged at physiological pH) secondary binding groups is described. Optimization of a quinolone-tropane primary binding group with a chiral 2-propanol linker to a range of neutral secondary binding group motifs, for binding affinity and functional potency at the 5-HT(4) receptor, selectivity over the 5-HT(3) receptor, oral pharmacokinetics, and in vivo efficacy in models of GI motility, afforded velusetrag (TD-5108). Velusetrag has achieved proof-of-concept in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation.

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