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Discovery of a pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivative (MT-3014) as a highly selective PDE10A inhibitor via core structure transformation from the stilbene moiety

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2019 Aug 1;27(15):3440-3450. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.06.021.
Yuuki Koizumi 1 Yoshihito Tanaka 2 Takehiko Matsumura 3 Yoichi Kadoh 2 Haruko Miyoshi 3 Mitsuya Hongu 3 Kei Takedomi 2 Jun Kotera 3 Takashi Sasaki 3 Hiroyuki Taniguchi 4 Yumi Watanabe 4 Misae Takakuwa 2 Koki Kojima 4 Nobuyuki Baba 3 Itsuko Nakamura 3 Eiji Kawanishi 5
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Sohyaku. Innovative Research Division, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama 227-0033, Japan. Electronic address: koizumi.yuuki@me.mt-pharma.co.jp.
  • 2 Sohyaku. Innovative Research Division, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama 227-0033, Japan.
  • 3 Sohyaku. Innovative Research Division, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 2-2-50 Kawagishi, Toda-shi, Saitama 335-8505, Japan.
  • 4 Sohyaku. Innovative Research Division, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama 227-0033, Japan; Sohyaku. Innovative Research Division, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 2-2-50 Kawagishi, Toda-shi, Saitama 335-8505, Japan.
  • 5 Sohyaku. Innovative Research Division, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 2-2-50 Kawagishi, Toda-shi, Saitama 335-8505, Japan. Electronic address: kawanishi.eiji@mw.mt-pharma.co.jp.
Abstract

We have developed a new class of PDE10A inhibitor, a pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivative MT-3014 (1). A previous compound introduced was deprioritized due to concerns for E/Z-isomerization and glutathione-adduct formation at the core stilbene structure. We discovered pyrazolo [1,5-a] pyrimidine as a new lead scaffold by structure-based drug design utilizing a co-crystal structure with PDE10A. The lead compound was optimized for in vitro activity, solubility, and selectivity against human ether-á-go-go related gene cardiac channel binding. We observed that MT-3014 shows excellent efficacy in rat conditioned avoidance response test and suitable pharmacokinetic properties in rats, especially high brain penetration.

Keywords

Conditioned avoidance response (CAR); Phosphodiesterase (PDE) 10A; Pyrazolopyrimidine; Quinoxaline; Schizophrenia.

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