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  2. Discovery of Potent and Orally Bioavailable Dihydropyrazole GPR40 Agonists

Discovery of Potent and Orally Bioavailable Dihydropyrazole GPR40 Agonists

  • J Med Chem. 2018 Feb 8;61(3):681-694. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00982.
Jun Shi 1 Zhengxiang Gu 1 Elizabeth Anne Jurica 1 Ximao Wu 1 Lauren E Haque 1 Kristin N Williams 1 Andres S Hernandez 1 Zhenqiu Hong 1 Qi Gao 1 Marta Dabros 1 Akin H Davulcu 1 Arvind Mathur 1 Richard A Rampulla 1 Arun Kumar Gupta 1 Ramya Jayaram 1 Atsu Apedo 1 Douglas B Moore 1 Heng Liu 1 Lori K Kunselman 1 Edward J Brady 1 Jason J Wilkes 1 Bradley A Zinker 1 Hong Cai 1 Yue-Zhong Shu 1 Qin Sun 1 Elizabeth A Dierks 1 Kimberly A Foster 1 Carrie Xu 1 Tao Wang 1 Reshma Panemangalore 1 Mary Ellen Cvijic 1 Chunshan Xie 1 Gary G Cao 1 Min Zhou 1 John Krupinski 1 Jean M Whaley 1 Jeffrey A Robl 1 William R Ewing 1 Bruce Alan Ellsworth 1
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Affiliation

  • 1 Research and Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. , P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-4000, United States.
Abstract

G protein-coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) has become an attractive target for the treatment of diabetes since it was shown clinically to promote glucose-stimulated Insulin secretion. Herein, we report our efforts to develop highly selective and potent GPR40 agonists with a dual mechanism of action, promoting both glucose-dependent Insulin and incretin secretion. Employing strategies to increase polarity and the ratio of sp3/sp2 character of the chemotype, we identified BMS-986118 (compound 4), which showed potent and selective GPR40 agonist activity in vitro. In vivo, compound 4 demonstrated insulinotropic efficacy and GLP-1 secretory effects resulting in improved glucose control in acute animal models.

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