7-Azaindole-3-acetic acid derivatives: potent and selective CRTh2 receptor antagonists

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Aug 15;19(16):4794-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.06.042. Epub 2009 Jun 14.

Abstract

High throughput screening identified a 7-azaindole-3-acetic acid scaffold as a novel CRTh2 receptor antagonist chemotype, which could be optimised to furnish a highly selective compound with good functional potency for inhibition of human eosinophil shape change in whole blood and oral bioavailability in the rat.

MeSH terms

  • Acetates / chemical synthesis
  • Acetates / chemistry*
  • Acetates / pharmacokinetics
  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Eosinophils / drug effects
  • Eosinophils / immunology
  • Humans
  • Microsomes, Liver / metabolism
  • Permeability
  • Pyridines / chemical synthesis
  • Pyridines / chemistry*
  • Pyridines / pharmacokinetics
  • Rats
  • Receptors, Immunologic / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Receptors, Immunologic / metabolism
  • Receptors, Prostaglandin / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Receptors, Prostaglandin / metabolism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • 1H-pyrrolo(2,3-b)pyridine-3-acetic acid
  • Acetates
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Pyridines
  • Receptors, Immunologic
  • Receptors, Prostaglandin
  • prostaglandin D2 receptor