Identification of Diaryl Ether-Based Ligands for Estrogen-Related Receptor α as Potential Antidiabetic Agents
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Estrogen-related receptor α (ERRα) is an orphan nuclear receptor that has been functionally implicated in the regulation of energy homeostasis. Herein is described the development of diaryl ether based thiazolidenediones, which function as selective ligands against this receptor. Series optimization provided several potent analogues that inhibit the recruitment of a coactivator peptide fragment in in vitro biochemical assays (IC(50) < 150 nM) and cellular two-hybrid reporter assays against the ligand binding domain (IC(50) = 1-5 μM). A cocrystal structure of the ligand-binding domain of ERRα with lead compound 29 revealed the presence of a covalent interaction between the protein and ligand, which has been shown to be reversible. In diet-induced murine models of obesity and in an overt diabetic rat model, oral administration of 29 normalized insulin and circulating triglyceride levels, improved insulin sensitivity, and was body weight neutral. This provides the first demonstration of functional activities of an ERRα ligand in metabolic animal models.
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VHL PROTACs targeting ERRα or RIPK2 achieved efficient degradation of both proteins at doses ranging from 3 nM (RIPK2) to 100 nM (ERRα).
“Using a warhead targeting either the estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRα) [91] or the serine threonine kinase RIPK2, efficient degradation of both proteins could be achieved with doses ranging from 3 nM (RIPK2) to 100 nM (ERRα) [20].”
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- Patch, R. J., Searle, L. L., Kim, A. J., De, D., Zhu, X., Askari, H. B., O’Neill, J. C., Abad, M. C., Rentzeperis, D., Liu, J., Kemmerer, M., Lin, L., Kasturi, J., Geisler, J. G., Lenhard, J. M., Player, M. R., & Gaul, M. D.
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- Player, Mark R.
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- 2011-01-10
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- 54
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- 788-808
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- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Synthesis and biological activity
- Keywords
- estrogen-related receptor alpha, nuclear receptor ligands, antidiabetic drugs, diet-induced obesity, insulin sensitivity, triglyceride levels, energy homeostasis, oral antidiabetic drugs
- MeSH terms
- ERRalpha Estrogen-Related Receptor, Administration, Oral, Animals, Binding, Competitive, Biological Availability, Diabetes Mellitus, Dogs, Ethers, Female, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Ligands, Macaca fascicularis, Male, Models, Molecular, Obesity, Receptors, Estrogen, Structure-Activity Relationship, Triglycerides, Molecular Structure, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Mice, Knockout, Crystallography, X-Ray, Thiazolidinediones, Mice, Rats
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