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  2. Selective DYRK1A Inhibitor for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes: Discovery of 6-Azaindole Derivative GNF2133

Selective DYRK1A Inhibitor for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes: Discovery of 6-Azaindole Derivative GNF2133

  • J Med Chem. 2020 Mar 26;63(6):2958-2973. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01624.
Yahu A Liu 1 Qihui Jin 1 Yefen Zou 1 Qiang Ding 1 Shanshan Yan 1 Zhicheng Wang 1 Xueshi Hao 1 Bao Nguyen 1 Xiaoyue Zhang 1 Jianfeng Pan 1 Tingting Mo 1 Kate Jacobsen 1 Thanh Lam 1 Tom Y-H Wu 1 H Michael Petrassi 1 Badry Bursulaya 1 Michael DiDonato 1 W Perry Gordon 1 Bo Liu 1 Janine Baaten 1 Robert Hill 1 Vân Nguyen-Tran 1 Minhua Qiu 1 You-Qing Zhang 1 Anwesh Kamireddy 1 Sheryll Espinola 1 Lisa Deaton 1 Sukwon Ha 1 George Harb 1 Yong Jia 1 Jing Li 1 Weijun Shen 1 Andrew M Schumacher 1 Karyn Colman 1 Richard Glynne 1 Shifeng Pan 1 Peter McNamara 1 Bryan Laffitte 1 Shelly Meeusen 1 Valentina Molteni 1 Jon Loren 1
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  • 1 Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF), 10675 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego, California 92121, United States.
Abstract

Autoimmune deficiency and destruction in either β-cell mass or function can cause insufficient Insulin levels and, as a result, hyperglycemia and diabetes. Thus, promoting β-cell proliferation could be one approach toward diabetes intervention. In this report we describe the discovery of a potent and selective DYRK1A inhibitor GNF2133, which was identified through optimization of a 6-azaindole screening hit. In vitro, GNF2133 is able to proliferate both rodent and human β-cells. In vivo, GNF2133 demonstrated significant dose-dependent glucose disposal capacity and Insulin secretion in response to glucose-potentiated arginine-induced Insulin secretion (GPAIS) challenge in rat Insulin promoter and diphtheria toxin A (RIP-DTA) mice. The work described here provides new avenues to disease altering therapeutic interventions in the treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D).

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