PMID- 37376118 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230701 IS - 1999-4923 (Print) IS - 1999-4923 (Electronic) IS - 1999-4923 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 6 DP - 2023 Jun 7 TI - Bornyl-Containing Derivatives of Benzyloxyphenylpropanoic Acid as FFAR1 Agonists: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies. LID - 10.3390/pharmaceutics15061670 [doi] LID - 1670 AB - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide. Several classes of hypoglycemic drugs are used to treat it, but various side effects limit their clinical use. Consequently, the search for new anti-diabetic agents remains an urgent task for modern pharmacology. In this investigation, we examined the hypoglycemic effects of bornyl-containing benzyloxyphenylpropanoic acid derivatives (QS-528 and QS-619) in a diet-induced model of T2DM. Animals were given the tested compounds per os at a dose of 30 mg/kg for 4 weeks. At the end of the experiment, compound QS-619 demonstrated a hypoglycemic effect, while QS-528 showed hepatoprotection. In addition, we performed a number of in vitro and in vivo experiments to study the presumed mechanism of action of the tested agents. Compound QS-619 was determined to activate the free fatty acid receptor-1 (FFAR1) similarly to the reference agonist GW9508 and its structural analogue QS-528. Both agents also increased insulin and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide concentrations in CD-1 mice. Our results indicate that QS-619 and QS-528 are probably full FFAR1 agonists. FAU - Pon'kina, Darya A AU - Pon'kina DA AUID- ORCID: 0009-0009-0796-608X AD - N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. FAU - Kuranov, Sergey O AU - Kuranov SO AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1711-7945 AD - N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. FAU - Marenina, Mariya K AU - Marenina MK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9500-1713 AD - N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. FAU - Meshkova, Yulia V AU - Meshkova YV AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5935-2540 AD - N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. FAU - Zhukova, Nataliya A AU - Zhukova NA AD - N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. FAU - Khvostov, Mikhail V AU - Khvostov MV AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5906-4223 AD - N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. FAU - Luzina, Olga A AU - Luzina OA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8627-3453 AD - N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. FAU - Tolstikova, Tatiana G AU - Tolstikova TG AD - N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. FAU - Salakhutdinov, Nariman F AU - Salakhutdinov NF AD - N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Akademika Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. LA - eng GR - 21-73-00246/Russian Science Foundation/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230607 PL - Switzerland TA - Pharmaceutics JT - Pharmaceutics JID - 101534003 PMC - PMC10300945 OTO - NOTNLM OT - FFAR1 agonist OT - OGTT OT - bornyl derivatives OT - diabetes mellitus OT - hepatoprotective effect OT - hypoglycemic activity COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2023/06/28 06:42 MHDA- 2023/06/28 06:43 PMCR- 2023/06/07 CRDT- 2023/06/28 01:37 PHST- 2023/03/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/05/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/28 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/28 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/28 01:37 [entrez] PHST- 2023/06/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - pharmaceutics15061670 [pii] AID - pharmaceutics-15-01670 [pii] AID - 10.3390/pharmaceutics15061670 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Pharmaceutics. 2023 Jun 7;15(6):1670. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15061670.