1027295-80-2Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis and biological activity of metabolites of the antidiabetic, antihyperglycemic agent pioglitazone
Tanis, Steven P.,Parker, Timothy T.,Colca, Jerry R.,Fisher, Roberta M.,Kletzein, Rolf F.
, p. 5053 - 5063 (2007/10/03)
Pioglitazone (5-(4-(2-(5-ethyl-2-pyridyl)ethoxy)benzyl)-2,4- thiazolidinedione, 2) is a prototypical antidiabetic thiazolidinedione that had been evaluated for possible clinical development. Metabolites 6-9 have been identified after dosing of rats and dogs. Ketone 10 has not yet been identified as a metabolite but has been added to the list as a putative metabolite by analogy to alcohol 6 and ketone 7. We have developed improved syntheses of pioglitazone (2) metabolites 6-9 and the putative metabolite ketone 10. These entities have been compared in the KKA(y) mouse model of human type-II diabetes to pioglitazone (2). Ketone 10 has proven to be the most potent of these thiazolidinediones in this in vivo assay. When 6-10 were compared in vitro in the 3T3-L1 cell line to 2, for their ability to augment insulin-stimulated lipogenesis, 10 was again the most potent compound with 6, 7, and 9 roughly equivalent to 2. These data suggest that metabolites 6, 7, and 9 are likely to contribute to the pharmacological activity of pioglitazone (2), as had been previously reported for ciglitazone (1).
