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  2. Discovery and investigation of a novel class of thiophene-derived antagonists of the human glucagon receptor

Discovery and investigation of a novel class of thiophene-derived antagonists of the human glucagon receptor

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2005 Mar 1;15(5):1401-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.01.003.
Joseph L Duffy 1 Brian A Kirk Zenon Konteatis Elizabeth L Campbell Rui Liang Edward J Brady Mari Rios Candelore Victor D H Ding Guoqiang Jiang Frank Liu Sajjad A Qureshi Richard Saperstein Deborah Szalkowski Sharon Tong Lauri M Tota Dan Xie Xiaodong Yang Peter Zafian Song Zheng Kevin T Chapman Bei B Zhang James R Tata
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  • 1 Department of Basic Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA. joseph_duffy@merck.com
Abstract

A novel class of antagonists of the human Glucagon Receptor (hGCGR) has been discovered. Systematic modification of the lead compound identified substituents that were essential for activity and those that were amenable to further optimization. This SAR exploration resulted in the synthesis of 13, which exhibited good potency as an hGCGR functional antagonist (IC50 = 34 nM) and moderate bioavailability (36% in mice).

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