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Identification of second-generation P2X3 antagonists for treatment of pain

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2018 May 1;28(8):1392-1396. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.02.039.
Anthony T Ginnetti 1 Daniel V Paone 2 Shaun R Stauffer 2 Craig M Potteiger 2 Anthony W Shaw 2 James Deng 2 James J Mulhearn 2 Diem N Nguyen 2 Carolyn Segerdell 2 Juliana Anquandah 3 Amy Calamari 3 Gong Cheng 3 Michael D Leitl 3 Annie Liang 3 Eric Moore 3 Jacqueline Panigel 3 Mark Urban 3 Jixin Wang 3 Kerry Fillgrove 4 Cuyue Tang 4 Sean Cook 3 Stefanie Kane 3 Christopher A Salvatore 3 Samuel L Graham 2 Christopher S Burgey 2
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., PO Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA. Electronic address: anthony_ginnetti@merck.com.
  • 2 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., PO Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
  • 3 Department of Pain Research, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., PO Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
  • 4 Department of Drug Metabolism, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., PO Box 4, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
Abstract

A second-generation small molecule P2X3 Receptor Antagonist has been developed. The lead optimization strategy to address shortcomings of the first-generation preclinical lead compound is described herein. These studies were directed towards the identification and amelioration of preclinical hepatobiliary findings, reducing potential for drug-drug interactions, and decreasing the projected human dose of the first-generation lead.

Keywords

Drug-drug interaction; P2X3; Pain; Purinergic receptor; UGT1A1.

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