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  2. Design of G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor 1 (GPBAR1, TGR5) soft drugs with reduced gallbladder-filling effects

Design of G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor 1 (GPBAR1, TGR5) soft drugs with reduced gallbladder-filling effects

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2020 Oct 1;203:112619. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112619.
Fanghui Han 1 Mengmeng Ning 2 Hua Cao 2 Yangliang Ye 2 Ying Feng 2 Ying Leng 3 Jianhua Shen 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China; School of Pharmacy, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China.
  • 2 State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.
  • 3 State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China; School of Pharmacy, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China. Electronic address: yleng@simm.ac.cn.
  • 4 State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China; School of Pharmacy, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China. Electronic address: jhshen@simm.ac.cn.
Abstract

The G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor TGR5 agonists were widely developed in type 2 diabetes and gastrointestinal disorders, but were also full of challenges, due to the systemic on-targeted side effects, especially the gallbladder-filling effects. Here, to circumvent these risks, several TGR5 agonists with soft-drug designation had been designed and synthesized with the properties of rapid metabolized after drug effect. Among them, compound 19 showed negligible systemic exposure and favorable gallbladder safety on a 3-day continuous administration, providing a novel strategy for developing TGR5 agonists.

Keywords

Carboxylic ester; GLP-1; Gallbladder-filling effects; Rapid metabolism; Soft drug; TGR5.

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