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  2. The exploration of aza-quinolines as hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase (H-PGDS) inhibitors with low brain exposure

The exploration of aza-quinolines as hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase (H-PGDS) inhibitors with low brain exposure

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2020 Dec 1;28(23):115791. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115791.
Rodolfo Cadilla 1 David N Deaton 2 Young Do 1 Patricia A Elkins 3 Daniela Ennulat 3 Jeffrey H Guss 3 Jason Holt 1 Michael R Jeune 1 Andrew G King 3 Jan C Klapwijk 3 H Fritz Kramer 1 Nicholas J Kramer 3 Susan B Laffan 3 Paresh I Masuria 3 Alan V McDougal 1 Paul N Mortenson 4 Caterina Musetti 3 Gregory E Peckham 1 Beth L Pietrak 3 Chuck Poole 1 Daniel J Price 1 Alan R Rendina 3 Girish Sati 3 Gordon Saxty 4 Barry G Shearer 1 Lisa M Shewchuk 1 Helen F Sneddon 5 Eugene L Stewart 1 J Darren Stuart 1 Dean N Thomas 3 Stephen A Thomson 1 Paris Ward 3 Joseph W Wilson 1 Tiahshun Xu 1 Mark A Youngman 3
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Affiliations

  • 1 GlaxoSmithKline, 5 Moore Drive, P.O. Box 13398, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
  • 2 GlaxoSmithKline, 5 Moore Drive, P.O. Box 13398, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. Electronic address: david.n.deaton@gsk.com.
  • 3 GlaxoSmithKline, 1250 South Collegeville Road, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.
  • 4 Astex Pharmaceuticals, 436 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0QA, UK.
  • 5 GlaxoSmithKline, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, UK.
Abstract

GlaxoSmithKline and Astex Pharmaceuticals recently disclosed the discovery of the potent H-PGDS inhibitor GSK2894631A 1a (IC50 = 9.9 nM) as part of a fragment-based drug discovery collaboration with Astex Pharmaceuticals. This molecule exhibited good murine pharmacokinetics, allowing it to be utilized to explore H-PGDS pharmacology in vivo. Yet, with prolonged dosing at higher concentrations, 1a induced CNS toxicity. Looking to attenuate brain penetration in this series, aza-quinolines, were prepared with the intent of increasing polar surface area. Nitrogen substitutions at the 6- and 8-positions of the quinoline were discovered to be tolerated by the Enzyme. Subsequent structure activity studies in these aza-quinoline scaffolds led to the identification of 1,8-naphthyridine 1y (IC50 = 9.4 nM) as a potent peripherally restricted H-PGDS inhibitor. Compound 1y is efficacious in four in vivo inflammatory models and exhibits no CNS toxicity.

Keywords

CNS exposure; H-PGDS; H-PGDS inhibitor; Hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase; PGD(2); Prostaglandin D(2).

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