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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2017

Discovery of a para-Acetoxy-benzyl Ester Prodrug of a Hydroxamate-Based Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II Inhibitor as Oral Therapy for Neuropathic Pain.

Rana Rais, Jan Vávra, Tomáš Tichý, Ranjeet P Dash, Alexandra J Gadiano, Lukáš Tenora, Lenka Monincová, Cyril Bařinka, Jesse Alt, Sarah C Zimmermann and 6 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jan VávraInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, vvi , 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic.
Tomáš TichýInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, vvi , 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic.
Ranjeet P Dash
Alexandra J Gadiano
Lukáš TenoraInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, vvi , 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic.
Lenka MonincováInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, vvi , 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic.
Cyril BařinkaInstitute of Biotechnology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, vvi , 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic.
Jesse Alt
Sarah C Zimmermann
C Ethan Slusher
Ying Wu
Krystyna Wozniak
Pavel MajerInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, vvi , 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic.
Takashi Tsukamoto
Barbara S SlusherORCID 0000-0001-9814-4157
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry · CZCzech Academy of Sciences · CZ

Funding

Therapeutic CoreP30MH075673 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Leah Helane Rubin · 2006 to 2026
$33.2M
Translational Research in Neuro-AIDS and Mental HealthR25MH080661 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MCARTHUR, JUSTIN CHARLES. · 2007 to 2019
$2.9M
GCPII Inihibitors for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neuropathyR01CA161056 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SLUSHER, BARBARA STAUCH · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA161056NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH075673NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH080661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

4-Carboxy-α-[3-(hydroxyamino)-3-oxopropyl]-benzenepropanoic acid 1 is a potent hydroxamate-based inhibitor of glutamate carboxypeptidase II. In an attempt to improve its poor oral pharmacokinetics, we synthesized a series of prodrugs by masking its hydrophilic hydroxamate group. Prodrugs were evaluated for oral availability in mice and showed varying degree of plasma exposure to 1. Of these, para-acetoxybenzyl-based, 4-(5-(((4-acetoxybenzyl)oxy)amino)-2-carboxy-5-oxopentyl)benzoic acid, 12, provided 5-fold higher plasma levels of 1 compared to oral administration of 1 itself. Subsequently, para-acetoxybenzyl-based prodrugs with additional ester promoiety(ies) on carboxylate(s) were examined for their ability to deliver 1 to plasma. Isopropyloxycarbonyloxymethyl (POC) ester 30 was the only prodrug that achieved substantial plasma levels of 1. In vitro metabolite identification studies confirmed stability of the ethyl ester of benzoate while the POC group was rapidly hydrolyzed. At oral daily dose-equivalent of 3 mg/kg, 12 exhibited analgesic efficacy comparable to dose of 10 mg/kg of 1 in the rat chronic constrictive injury model of neuropathic pain.

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Administration, OralAnalgesicsAnimalsDrug DiscoveryEnzyme InhibitorsEsterificationGlutamate Carboxypeptidase IIHumansHydroxamic AcidsMaleMiceNeuralgiaProdrugsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyAnalgesicsEnzyme InhibitorsGlutamate Carboxypeptidase IIHydroxamic AcidsProdrugs

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PMID28759215
PMCPMC5795597
OpenAlexW2739623469

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