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  2. Dihydropyrrolopyrazol-6-one MCHR1 antagonists for the treatment of obesity: Insights on in vivo efficacy from a novel FLIPR assay setup

Dihydropyrrolopyrazol-6-one MCHR1 antagonists for the treatment of obesity: Insights on in vivo efficacy from a novel FLIPR assay setup

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2015 Jul 15;25(14):2793-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.05.008.
Pratik Devasthale 1 Wei Wang 2 Andres S Hernandez 2 Fang Moore 2 Kishore Renduchintala 3 Radhakrishnan Sridhar 3 Mary Ann Pelleymounter 4 Daniel Longhi 4 Ning Huang 4 Neil Flynn 4 Anthony V Azzara 4 Kenneth Rohrbach 4 James Devenny 4 Suzanne Rooney 4 Michael Thomas 4 Susan Glick 4 Helen Godonis 4 Susan Harvey 4 Mary Jane Cullen 4 Hongwei Zhang 5 Christian Caporuscio 5 Paul Stetsko 5 Mary Grubb 5 Christine Huang 5 Lisa Zhang 5 Chris Freeden 5 Yi-Xin Li 5 Brian J Murphy 4 Jeffrey A Robl 2 William N Washburn 2
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Metabolic Diseases Chemistry, Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development, Princeton, NJ 08543-5400, United States. Electronic address: pratik.devasthale@bms.com.
  • 2 Metabolic Diseases Chemistry, Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development, Princeton, NJ 08543-5400, United States.
  • 3 BMS-Biocon Research Center, Biocon, 20th KM, Hosur Road, Electronic City, Bangalore 560 100, India.
  • 4 Metabolic Diseases Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development, Princeton, NJ 08543-5400, United States.
  • 5 Pharmaceutical Candidate Optimization, Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development, Princeton, NJ 08543-5400, United States.
Abstract

Our investigation of the structure-activity and structure-liability relationships for dihydropyrrolopyrazol-6-one MCHR1 antagonists revealed that off-rate characteristics, inferred from potencies in a FLIPR assay following a 2 h incubation, can impact in vivo efficacy. The in vitro and exposure profiles of dihydropyrrolopyrazol-6-ones 1b and 1e were comparable to that of the thienopyrimidinone counterparts 41 and 43 except for a much faster MCHR1 apparent off-rate. The greatly diminished dihydropyrrolopyrazol-6-one anti-obesity response may be the consequence of this rapid off-rate.

Keywords

Dihydropyrrolopyrazolones; MCHR1 receptor antagonists; Obesity; Off-rates.

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