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  2. Discovery of Novel Seven-Membered Prostacyclin Analogues as Potent and Selective Prostaglandin FP and EP3 Dual Agonists

Discovery of Novel Seven-Membered Prostacyclin Analogues as Potent and Selective Prostaglandin FP and EP3 Dual Agonists

  • ACS Med Chem Lett. 2016 Dec 13;8(1):107-112. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00415.
Isamu Sugimoto 1 Tohru Kambe 2 Tomotaka Okino 2 Tetsuo Obitsu 2 Nobukazu Ohta 2 Taihei Nishiyama 2 Akihiro Kinoshita 2 Taku Fujimoto 2 Hiromu Egashira 2 Shinsaku Yamane 2 Satoshi Shuto 3 Kousuke Tani 2 Toru Maruyama 2
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratories, Department of Biology & Pharmacology, and Discovery Research Alliance, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 3-1-1 Sakurai, Shimamoto-cho, Mishima-gun, Osaka 618-8585, Japan; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan.
  • 2 Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratories, Department of Biology & Pharmacology, and Discovery Research Alliance, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. , 3-1-1 Sakurai, Shimamoto-cho, Mishima-gun, Osaka 618-8585, Japan.
  • 3 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan.
Abstract

A novel series of prostaglandin analogues with a seven-membered ring scaffold was designed, synthesized, and evaluated for the functional activation of prostaglandin receptors to identify potent and subtype-selective FP and EP3 dual agonists. Starting from the prostacyclin derivative 5b, a nonselective agonist for prostaglandin receptors, replacement of the core structure with an octahydro-2H-cyclopenta[b]oxepine scaffold led to the discovery of the potent and selective FP and EP3 dual agonist 11b as a lead compound for the development of an antiglaucoma agent.

Keywords

EP3 receptor; FP receptor; GPCR; Prostaglandin; dual agonist; glaucoma.

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