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Discovery of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines and -pyrimidines as potent and selective RORc inverse agonists
Fauber, Benjamin P.,Gobbi, Alberto,Robarge, Kirk,Zhou, Aihe,Barnard, Adrian,Cao, Jianhua,Deng, Yuzhong,Eidenschenk, Céline,Everett, Christine,Ganguli, Arunima,Hawkins, Julie,Johnson, Adam R.,La, Hank,Norman, Maxine,Salmon, Gary,Summerhill, Susan,Ouyang, Wenjun,Tang, Wei,Wong, Harvey
, p. 2907 - 2912 (2015)
The nuclear receptor (NR) retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγ, RORc, or NR1F3) is a promising target for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. RORc is a critical regulator in the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-17. We discovered a series of potent and selective imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine and -pyrimidine RORc inverse agonists. The most potent compounds displayed >300-fold selectivity for RORc over the other ROR family members, PPARγ, and NRs in our cellular selectivity panel. The favorable potency, selectivity, and physiochemical properties of GNE-0946 (9) and GNE-6468 (28), in addition to their potent suppression of IL-17 production in human primary cells, support their use as chemical biology tools to further explore the role of RORc in human biology.