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ID: ALA1641432

Journal: Bioorg Med Chem

Title: Design and synthesis of 3-pyridylacetamide derivatives as dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-4) inhibitors targeting a bidentate interaction with Arg125.

Authors: Miyamoto Y, Banno Y, Yamashita T, Fujimoto T, Oi S, Moritoh Y, Asakawa T, Kataoka O, Takeuchi K, Suzuki N, Ikedo K, Kosaka T, Tsubotani S, Tani A, Funami M, Amano M, Yamamoto Y, Aertgeerts K, Yano J, Maezaki H.

Abstract: We have previously discovered nicotinic acid derivative 1 as a structurally novel dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-4) inhibitor. In this study, we obtained the X-ray co-crystal structure between nicotinic acid derivative 1 and DPP-4. From these X-ray co-crystallography results, to achieve more potent inhibitory activity, we targeted Arg125 as a potential amino acid residue because it was located near the pyridine core, and some known DPP-4 inhibitors were reported to interact with this residue. We hypothesized that the guanidino group of Arg125 could interact with two hydrogen-bond acceptors in a bidentate manner. Therefore, we designed a series of 3-pyridylacetamide derivatives possessing an additional hydrogen-bond acceptor that could have the desired bidentate interaction with Arg125. We discovered the dihydrochloride of 1-{[5-(aminomethyl)-2-methyl-4-(4-methylphenyl)-6-(2-methylpropyl)pyridin-3-yl]acetyl}-l-prolinamide (13j) to be a potent and selective DPP-4 inhibitor that could interact with the guanidino group of Arg125 in a unique bidentate manner.

CiteXplore: 21163664

DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.11.038