Novel heterocyclic scaffolds of GW4064 as farnesoid X receptor agonists

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2015 Jan 15;25(2):280-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.11.050. Epub 2014 Nov 26.

Abstract

The farnesoid X receptor (FXR) may play a crucial role in a number of metabolic diseases and, as such, could potentially serve as a target for the development of therapeutics as a treatment for those diseases. Previous work has described GW4064 as an FXR agonist with an interesting activity profile. This manuscript will describe the synthesis of novel analogs of GW4064 and the activity profile of those analogs.

Keywords: FXR agonist; Heterocycles; Liver.

MeSH terms

  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
  • Humans
  • Isoxazoles / chemistry*
  • Isoxazoles / pharmacology*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxazolidinones / chemistry
  • Oxazolidinones / pharmacology*
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / agonists*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Isoxazoles
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
  • farnesoid X-activated receptor
  • GW 4064