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  2. Discovery and Preclinical Profile of ALG-055009, a Potent and Selective Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta (THR-β) Agonist for the Treatment of MASH

Discovery and Preclinical Profile of ALG-055009, a Potent and Selective Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta (THR-β) Agonist for the Treatment of MASH

  • J Med Chem. 2024 Sep 12;67(17):14840-14851. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01029.
Koen Vandyck 1 David C McGowan 1 Xuan G Luong 2 Sarah K Stevens 2 Andreas Jekle 2 Kusum Gupta 2 Dinah L Misner 2 Sushmita Chanda 2 Vladimir Serebryany 2 Michael Welch 2 Haiyang Hu 3 Zhidan Lv 3 Caroline Williams 2 Klaus Maskos 4 Alfred Lammens 4 Antitsa D Stoycheva 2 Tse-I Lin 1 Lawrence M Blatt 2 Leonid N Beigelman 2 Julian A Symons 2 Pierre Raboisson 2 Jerome Deval 2
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Aligos Belgium BV, Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
  • 2 Aligos Therapeutics, Incorporated, 1 Corporate Drive, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
  • 3 Pharmaron, 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing, 100176, P. R. China.
  • 4 Proteros Biostructures GmbH, Bunsenstraße 7a, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Abstract

Agonists of Thyroid Hormone Receptor β (THR-β) decreased LDL Cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglyceride (TG) levels in human clinical trials for patients with dyslipidemia. The authors present the highly potent and selective compound ALG-055009 (14) as a potential best in class THR-β agonist. The high metabolic stability and good permeability translated well in vivo to afford a long in vivo half-life pharmacokinetic profile with limited liability for DDI, and it overcomes certain drawbacks seen in recent clinical candidates.

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