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Discovery of 1-[3-(4-Bromo-2-methyl-2H-pyrazol-3-yl)-4-methoxyphenyl]-3-(2, 4-difluorophenyl)urea (Nelotanserin) and Related 5-Hydroxytryptamine 2A Inverse Agonists for the Treatment of Insomnia
Teegarden, Bradley R.,Li, Hongmei,Jayakumar, Honnappa,Strah-Pleynet, Sonja,Dosa, Peter I.,Selaya, Susan D.,Kato, Naomi,Elwell, Katie H.,Davidson, Jarrod,Cheng, Karen,Saldana, Hazel,Frazer, John M.,Whelan, Kevin,Foster, Jonathan,Espitia, Stephan,Webb, Robert R.,Beeley, Nigel R. A.,Thomsen, William,Morairty, Stephen R.,Kilduff, Thomas S.,Al-Shamma, Hussien A.
experimental part, p. 1923 - 1936 (2010/08/05)
Insomnia affects a growing portion of the adult population in the U.S. Most current therapeutic approaches to insomnia primarily address sleep onset latency. Through the 5-hydroxytryptamine2A (5-HT2A) receptor, serotonin (5-HT) plays a role in the regulation of sleep architecture, and antagonists/ inverse-agonists of 5-HT2A have been shown to enhance slow wave sleep (SWS). We describe here a series of 5-HT2A inverse-agonists that when dosed in rats, both consolidate the stages of NREM sleep, resulting in fewer awakenings, and increase a physiological measure of sleep intensity. These studies resulted in the discovery of 1-[3-(4-bromo-2- methyl-2i/-pyrazol-3-yl)-4-methoxyphenyl]-3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)urea (Nelotanserin), a potent inverse-agonist of 5-HT2A that was advanced into clinical trials for the treatment of insomnia.
