The discovery of VU0652957 (VU2957, Valiglurax): SAR and DMPK challenges en route to an mGlu4 PAM development candidate

Joseph D. Panarese; Darren W. Engers; Yong Jin Wu; Jason M. Guernon; Aspen Chun; Alison R. Gregro; Aaron M. Bender; Rory A. Capstick; Joshua M. Wieting; Joanne J. Bronson; John E. Macor; Ryan Westphal; Matthew Soars; Julie E. Engers; Andrew S. Felts; Alice L. Rodriguez; Kyle A. Emmitte; Carrie K. Jones; Anna L. Blobaum; P. Jeffrey Conn; Colleen M. Niswender; Corey R. Hopkins; Craig W. Lindsley

doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.10.050

The discovery of VU0652957 (VU2957, Valiglurax): SAR and DMPK challenges en route to an mGlu₄ PAM development candidate

Joseph D. Panarese, Darren W. Engers, Yong Jin Wu, Jason M. Guernon, Aspen Chun, Alison R. Gregro, Aaron M. Bender, Rory A. Capstick, Joshua M. Wieting, Joanne J. Bronson, John E. Macor, Ryan Westphal, Matthew Soars, Julie E. Engers, Andrew S. Felts, Alice L. Rodriguez, Kyle A. Emmitte, Carrie K. Jones, Anna L. Blobaum, P. Jeffrey ConnColleen M. Niswender, Corey R. Hopkins, Craig W. Lindsley

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Abstract

This letter describes the first account of the chemical optimization (SAR and DMPK profiling) of a new series of mGlu₄ positive allosteric modulators (PAMs), leading to the identification of VU0652957 (VU2957, Valiglurax), a compound profiled as a preclinical development candidate. Here, we detail the challenges faced in allosteric modulator programs (e.g., steep SAR, as well as subtle structural changes affecting overall physiochemical/DMPK properties and CNS penetration).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	342-346
Number of pages	5
Journal	Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.10.050
State	Published - Jan 15 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Metabotropic glutamate receptor
Parkinson's disease (PD)
Positive allosteric modulator (PAM)
Structure-activity relationship (SAR)
mGlu

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Molecular Medicine
Molecular Biology
Pharmaceutical Science
Drug Discovery
Clinical Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry

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Panarese, J. D., Engers, D. W., Wu, Y. J., Guernon, J. M., Chun, A., Gregro, A. R., Bender, A. M., Capstick, R. A., Wieting, J. M., Bronson, J. J., Macor, J. E., Westphal, R., Soars, M., Engers, J. E., Felts, A. S., Rodriguez, A. L., Emmitte, K. A., Jones, C. K., Blobaum, A. L., ... Lindsley, C. W. (2019). The discovery of VU0652957 (VU2957, Valiglurax): SAR and DMPK challenges en route to an mGlu₄ PAM development candidate. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 29(2), 342-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.10.050

Panarese, JD, Engers, DW, Wu, YJ, Guernon, JM, Chun, A, Gregro, AR, Bender, AM, Capstick, RA, Wieting, JM, Bronson, JJ, Macor, JE, Westphal, R, Soars, M, Engers, JE, Felts, AS, Rodriguez, AL, Emmitte, KA, Jones, CK, Blobaum, AL, Jeffrey Conn, P, Niswender, CM, Hopkins, CR & Lindsley, CW 2019, 'The discovery of VU0652957 (VU2957, Valiglurax): SAR and DMPK challenges en route to an mGlu₄ PAM development candidate', Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 342-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.10.050

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