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ID: ALA3091421

Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett

Title: Discovery of benzo[d]imidazo[5,1-b]thiazole as a new class of phosphodiesterase 10A inhibitors.

Authors: Banerjee A, Narayana L, Raje FA, Pisal DV, Kadam PA, Gullapalli S, Kumar H, More SV, Bajpai M, Sangana RR, Jadhav S, Gudi GS, Khairatkar-Joshi N, Merugu RR, Voleti SR, Gharat LA.

Abstract: The design, synthesis and structure activity relationship studies of a series of compounds from benzo[d]imidazo[5,1-b]thiazole scaffold as phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10A) inhibitors are discussed. Several potent analogs with heteroaromatic substitutions (9a-d) were identified. The anticipated binding mode of these analogs was confirmed by performing the in silico docking experiments. Later, the heteroaromatics were substituted with saturated heteroalkyl groups which provided a tool compound 9e with excellent PDE10A activity, PDE selectivity, CNS penetrability and with favorable pharmacokinetic profile in rats. Furthermore, the compound 9e was shown to be efficacious in the MK-801 induced psychosis model and in the CAR model of psychosis.

CiteXplore: 24231362

DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.10.027