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SUBMITTER: Du X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4027632 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Du Xiaohui X Dransfield Paul J PJ Lin Daniel C-H DC Wong Simon S Wang Yingcai Y Wang Zhongyu Z Kohn Todd T Yu Ming M Brown Sean P SP Vimolratana Marc M Zhu Liusheng L Li An-Rong AR Su Yongli Y Jiao Xianyun X Liu Jiwen Jim JJ Swaminath Gayathri G Tran Thanhvien T Luo Jian J Zhuang Run R Zhang Jane J Guo Qi Q Li Frank F Connors Richard R Medina Julio C JC Houze Jonathan B JB
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20140203 4
We recently reported the discovery of a potent GPR40 full agonist AM-1638 (1). Herein, we describe our efforts in improving the drug-like properties of the full agonists through the systematic introduction of polar groups in the C-, D-, and A-rings. This led to the discovery of new GPR40 full agonists with significantly improved pharmacokinetic propeties. Compound 8 and 20 also showed potent in vivo efficacy in oral glucose tolerance tests in mice in addition to the improvement in properties. ...[more]