Discovery of novel acetanilide derivatives as potent and selective beta3-adrenergic receptor agonists.

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Maruyama T, Onda K, Hayakawa M, Matsui T, Takasu T, Ohta M

Discovery of novel acetanilide derivatives as potent and selective beta3-adrenergic receptor agonists.

Eur J Med Chem. 2009 Jun;44(6):2533-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2009.01.022. Epub 2009 Jan 31.

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Abstract

In the search for potent and selective human beta3-adrenergic receptor (AR) agonists as potential drugs for the treatment of obesity and noninsulin-dependent (type II) diabetes, a novel series of acetanilide-based analogues were prepared and their biological activities were evaluated at the human beta3-, beta2-, and beta1-ARs. Among these compounds, 2-pyridylacetanilide (2f), pyrimidin-2-ylacetanilide (2u), and pyrazin-2-ylacetanilide (2v) derivatives exhibited potent agonistic activity at the beta3-AR with functional selectivity over the beta1- and beta2-ARs. In particular, compound 2u was found to be the most potent and selective beta3-AR agonist with an EC(50) value of 0.11 microM and no agonistic activity for either the beta1- or beta2-AR. In addition, 2f, 2u, and 2v showed significant hypoglycemic activity in a rodent diabetic model.

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Binding Properties

Drug	Target	Property	Measurement	pH	Temperature (°C)
Isoprenaline	Beta-1 adrenergic receptor	EC 50 (nM)	12	N/A	N/A	Details
Isoprenaline	Beta-3 adrenergic receptor	EC 50 (nM)	100	N/A	N/A	Details