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  2. Discovery of Triazine-Based Toll-Like Receptor 9 Antagonists with Oral Activity

Discovery of Triazine-Based Toll-Like Receptor 9 Antagonists with Oral Activity

  • ACS Med Chem Lett. 2026 Feb 27;17(3):727-732. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5c00760.
Michael D Mandler 1 Yeheng Zhu 1 Emily C Hollenbeck 2 Milinda Ziegler 1 Shana L Posy 1 Shilpaa Mukundan 1 O Scott Halpern 1 James P Driscoll 2 Tao Wang 1 Li Huang 1 Gayani Fernando 1 Helen Jung 1 Ling Li 1 Jingfang Cutrone 1 Dnyaneshwar Baswar 3 Prasanth Eapen 3 Sarah C Traeger 1 Shivangi Srivastava 1 Jonathan Olsen 1 Gerry G Everlof 1 Glenda Trujillo 1 Bruce A Ellsworth 1 Alicia Regueiro-Ren 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Bristol Myers Squibb Research, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States.
  • 2 Bristol Myers Squibb Research, Brisbane, California 94005, United States.
  • 3 Biocon Bristol Myers Squibb R&D Centre, Bangalore 560100, India.
Abstract

A screen for small-molecule antagonists of Toll-like Receptor 9 (TLR9) uncovered a triazine chemotype hit with potential liabilities, including a nitroarene, a hydrazone, and a free phenol. Systematic replacement of these liabilities led to the identification of compound 20, which maintained submicromolar TLR9 antagonism while exhibiting oral bioavailability and robust pharmacodynamic effects in a bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis model.

Keywords

Toll-like receptor 9; bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis model; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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