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New hits as antagonists of GPR103 identified by HTS
Nordqvist, Anneli,Kristensson, Lisbeth,Johansson, Kjell E.,Isaksson Da Silva, Krystle,Fex, Tomas,Tyrchan, Christian,Svensson Henriksson, Anette,Nilsson, Kristina
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Preclinical data indicate that GPR103 receptor and its endogenous neuropeptides QRFP26 and QRFP43 are involved in appetite regulation. A high throughput screening (HTS) for small molecule GPR103 antagonists was performed with the clinical goal to target weight management by modulation of appetite. A high hit rate from the HTS and initial low confirmation with respect to functional versus affinity data challenged us to revise the established screening cascade. To secure high quality data while increasing throughput, the binding assay was optimized on quality to run at single concentration. This strategy enabled evaluation of a larger fraction of chemical clusters and singletons delivering 17 new compound classes for GPR103 antagonism. Representative compounds from three clusters are presented. One of the identified clusters was further investigated, and an initial structure-activity relationship study is reported. The most potent compound identified had a pIC50 of 7.9 with an improved ligand lipophilic efficiency.
3-`(HETERO) ARYLMETHOXY ! PYRIDINES AND THEIR ANALOGUES AS P38 MAP KINASE INHIBITORS
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Compounds of the formula (I), wherein: -X=Y- is selected from -CR2=CR3- and -CR2=N-; R1 is selected from H, halo, NRR', NHC(=O)R, NHC(=O)NRR', NH2SO2R, and C(=O)NRR'; R2 and R3 (where present) are independently selected from H, optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl, optionally substituted C5-20 aryl, optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl, halo, amino, amido, hydroxy, ether, thio, thioether, acylamido, ureido and sulfonamino; R4 is an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl or C5-20 heteroaryl group; and R5 is selected from R5’, halo, NHR5’, C(=O)NHR5’, OR5’, SR5’, NHC(=O)R5’, NHC(=O)NHR5’, NHS(=O)R5’, wherein R5’ is H or C1-3 alkyl (optionally substituted by halo, NH2, OH, SH) are disclosed for use in therapy and for treating diseases ameliorated by inhibiting p38 MAP kinase.
