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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters2020

Development of a new class of liver receptor homolog-1 (LRH-1) agonists by photoredox conjugate addition.

Jeffery L Cornelison, Michael L Cato, Alyssa M Johnson, Emma H D'Agostino, Diana Melchers, Anamika B Patel, Suzanne G Mays, René Houtman, Eric A Ortlund, Nathan T Jui

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeffery L CornelisonDepartment of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States.
Michael L CatoDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States.
Alyssa M JohnsonDepartment of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States.
Emma H D'AgostinoDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States.
Diana MelchersPrecision Medicine Lab, Pivot Park, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Building, Office1131/lab1333, Kloosterstraat 9, 5349 AB Oss, the Netherlands.
Anamika B PatelDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States.
Suzanne G MaysDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States.
René HoutmanPrecision Medicine Lab, Pivot Park, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Building, Office1131/lab1333, Kloosterstraat 9, 5349 AB Oss, the Netherlands.
Eric A OrtlundDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States. Electronic address: eortlund@emory.edu.
Nathan T JuiDepartment of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States. Electronic address: njui@emory.edu.
Emory University · US

Funding

Training Program in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular BiologyT32GM008367 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BOISE, LAWRENCE H., CORBETT, ANITA H. · 1990 to 2019
$5.6M
Targeting the orphan nuclear receptor LRH-1 with small moleculesR01DK115213 · NIDDK · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI John Winter Calvert, Eric A Ortlund · 2017 to 2026
$4.6M
Regulation of LRH-1 by small moleculesF31DK111171 · NIDDK · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI MAYS, SUZANNE GILCHRIST · 2016 to 2018
$116k
NIDDK NIH HHS F31 DK111171NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK115213NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008367
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

LRH-1 is a nuclear receptor that regulates lipid metabolism and homeostasis, making it an attractive target for the treatment of diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Building on recent structural information about ligand binding from our labs, we have designed a series of new LRH-1 agonists that further engage LRH-1 through added polar interactions. While the current synthetic approach to this scaffold has, in large part, allowed for decoration of the agonist core, significant variation of the bridgehead substituent is mechanistically precluded. We have developed a new synthetic approach to overcome this limitation, identified that bridgehead substitution is necessary for LRH-1 activation, and described an alternative class of bridgehead substituents for effective LRH-1 agonist development. We determined the crystal structure of LRH-1 bound to a bridgehead-modified compound, revealing a promising opportunity to target novel regions of the ligand binding pocket to alter LRH-1 target gene expression.

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Drug DevelopmentAniline CompoundsDose-Response Relationship, DrugHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular StructureOxidation-ReductionPhotochemical ProcessesReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearStructure-Activity RelationshipAniline CompoundsNR5A2 protein, humanReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearAgonistLRH-1Metabolic diseaseNuclear receptorPhotoredox

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PMID32631515
PMCPMC7701997
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