PMID- 26919761 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160823 LR - 20181202 IS - 1520-4804 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2623 (Linking) VI - 59 IP - 6 DP - 2016 Mar 24 TI - Discovery of GluN2A-Selective NMDA Receptor Positive Allosteric Modulators (PAMs): Tuning Deactivation Kinetics via Structure-Based Design. PG - 2760-79 LID - 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b02010 [doi] AB - The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) is a Na(+) and Ca(2+) permeable ionotropic glutamate receptor that is activated by the coagonists glycine and glutamate. NMDARs are critical to synaptic signaling and plasticity, and their dysfunction has been implicated in a number of neurological disorders, including schizophrenia, depression, and Alzheimer's disease. Herein we describe the discovery of potent GluN2A-selective NMDAR positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) starting from a high-throughput screening hit. Using structure-based design, we sought to increase potency at the GluN2A subtype, while improving selectivity against related alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors (AMPARs). The structure-activity relationship of channel deactivation kinetics was studied using a combination of electrophysiology and protein crystallography. Effective incorporation of these strategies resulted in the discovery of GNE-0723 (46), a highly potent and brain penetrant GluN2A-selective NMDAR PAM suitable for in vivo characterization. FAU - Volgraf, Matthew AU - Volgraf M FAU - Sellers, Benjamin D AU - Sellers BD FAU - Jiang, Yu AU - Jiang Y AD - Pharmaron-Beijing Co. Ltd. , 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing 100176, PR China. FAU - Wu, Guosheng AU - Wu G AD - Pharmaron-Beijing Co. Ltd. , 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing 100176, PR China. FAU - Ly, Cuong Q AU - Ly CQ FAU - Villemure, Elisia AU - Villemure E FAU - Pastor, Richard M AU - Pastor RM FAU - Yuen, Po-wai AU - Yuen PW AD - Pharmaron-Beijing Co. Ltd. , 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing 100176, PR China. FAU - Lu, Aijun AU - Lu A AD - Pharmaron-Beijing Co. Ltd. , 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing 100176, PR China. FAU - Luo, Xifeng AU - Luo X AD - Pharmaron-Beijing Co. Ltd. , 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing 100176, PR China. FAU - Liu, Mingcui AU - Liu M AD - Pharmaron-Beijing Co. Ltd. , 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing 100176, PR China. FAU - Zhang, Shun AU - Zhang S AD - Pharmaron-Beijing Co. Ltd. , 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing 100176, PR China. FAU - Sun, Liang AU - Sun L AD - Pharmaron-Beijing Co. Ltd. , 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing 100176, PR China. FAU - Fu, Yuhong AU - Fu Y AD - Pharmaron-Beijing Co. Ltd. , 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing 100176, PR China. FAU - Lupardus, Patrick J AU - Lupardus PJ FAU - Wallweber, Heidi J A AU - Wallweber HJ FAU - Liederer, Bianca M AU - Liederer BM FAU - Deshmukh, Gauri AU - Deshmukh G FAU - Plise, Emile AU - Plise E FAU - Tay, Suzanne AU - Tay S FAU - Reynen, Paul AU - Reynen P FAU - Herrington, James AU - Herrington J FAU - Gustafson, Amy AU - Gustafson A FAU - Liu, Yichin AU - Liu Y FAU - Dirksen, Akim AU - Dirksen A AD - Ion Channels Group, Evotec AG ; Manfred Eigen Campus, Essener Bogen 7, 22419 Hamburg, Germany. FAU - Dietz, Matthias G A AU - Dietz MG AD - Ion Channels Group, Evotec AG ; Manfred Eigen Campus, Essener Bogen 7, 22419 Hamburg, Germany. FAU - Liu, Yanzhou AU - Liu Y FAU - Wang, Tzu-Ming AU - Wang TM FAU - Hanson, Jesse E AU - Hanson JE FAU - Hackos, David AU - Hackos D FAU - Scearce-Levie, Kimberly AU - Scearce-Levie K FAU - Schwarz, Jacob B AU - Schwarz JB LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160308 PL - United States TA - J Med Chem JT - Journal of medicinal chemistry JID - 9716531 RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists) RN - 0 (Receptors, AMPA) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) RN - VH92ICR8HX (N-methyl D-aspartate receptor subtype 2A) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CHO Cells MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cricetinae MH - Cricetulus MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - Drug Discovery MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/*chemical synthesis/*pharmacology MH - HEK293 Cells MH - High-Throughput Screening Assays MH - Humans MH - Kinetics MH - Models, Molecular MH - Patch-Clamp Techniques MH - Receptors, AMPA/drug effects MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/*drug effects MH - Structure-Activity Relationship EDAT- 2016/02/28 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/24 06:00 CRDT- 2016/02/28 06:00 PHST- 2016/02/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/02/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/24 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b02010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Med Chem. 2016 Mar 24;59(6):2760-79. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b02010. Epub 2016 Mar 8.