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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2026

Structural Tuning of Vidofludimus for High-Efficacy NR4A Agonism.

Jan Vietor, Romy Busch, Úrsula López-García, Tanja Stiller, Anna Maria Thommes, Christian Gege, Daniel Merk

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jan VietorDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0009-0008-0310-0804
Romy BuschDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Úrsula López-GarcíaDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2557-9584
Tanja StillerDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0009-0006-2981-9548
Anna Maria ThommesDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Christian GegeImmunic AG, 82166 Gräfelfing, Germany.
Daniel MerkDepartment of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5359-8128

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Abstract

The nerve growth factor IB-like receptors (NR4A) are (neuro)protective transcription factors as part of the immediate early response and hold potential in various pathologies, including neurodegeneration. Despite recent progress in NR4A ligand development, high-quality chemical tools to probe phenotypic effects of NR4A modulation are still rare, and a selective agonist with strong efficacy is lacking. Here, we developed a potent and selective NR4A activator equipped with distinctly high agonist efficacy building on the scaffold of the dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor and nuclear receptor-related 1 agonist vidofludimus. We identified structural modifications conveying potency, selectivity, and efficacy via systematic structure-activity relationship elucidation, and fusion of favored motifs eventually enabled multiparameter optimization to a chemical tool meeting highest quality criteria for biological studies.

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Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1AnimalsDihydroorotate DehydrogenaseHumansMolecular StructureStructure-Activity RelationshipDihydroorotate DehydrogenaseNuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1

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PMCPMC7618816

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