GLPG0974

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GLPG0974
GLPG0974 structure.png
Identifiers
  • 4-[[(2R)-1-(1-benzothiophene-3-carbonyl)-2-methylazetidine-2-carbonyl]-[(3-chlorophenyl)methyl]amino]butanoic acid
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Chemical and physical data
Formula C25H25ClN2O4S
Molar mass 485.00 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • C[C@@]1(CCN1C(=O)C2=CSC3=CC=CC=C32)C(=O)N(CCCC(=O)O)CC4=CC(=CC=C4)Cl
  • InChI=1S/C21H21ClN2OS/c1-21(2,3)18(15-9-11-16(22)12-10-15)19(25)24-20-23-13-17(26-20)14-7-5-4-6-8-14/h4-13,18H,1-3H3,(H,23,24,25)/t18-/m0/s1
  • Key:MPMKMQHJHDHPBE-RUZDIDTESA-N

GLPG0974 is an experimental drug which acts as a reasonably potent and selective antagonist for the free fatty acid receptor FFAR2 (GPR43). It was originally developed as a potential medication for ulcerative colitis, and while it was not developed as a medicine for this application it has remained widely used as a pharmacological tool compound for research into the FFAR2 receptor, as one of the relatively few selective FFAR2 antagonists available. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Despite its antagonist action, it can also act as a positive allosteric modulator of FFAR2 under some conditions, which can complicate interpretation of results obtained using GLPG0974 in the presence of other FFAR2 ligands. [6]

References

  1. Pizzonero M, Dupont S, Babel M, Beaumont S, Bienvenu N, Blanqué R, et al. (December 2014). "Discovery and optimization of an azetidine chemical series as a free fatty acid receptor 2 (FFA2) antagonist: from hit to clinic". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 57 (23): 10044–10057. doi:10.1021/jm5012885. PMID   25380412.
  2. Namour F, Galien R, Van Kaem T, Van der Aa A, Vanhoutte F, Beetens J, et al. (July 2016). "Safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of GLPG0974, a potent and selective FFA2 antagonist, in healthy male subjects". British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 82 (1): 139–148. doi:10.1111/bcp.12900. PMC   4917808 . PMID   26852904.
  3. Akiba Y, Maruta K, Narimatsu K, Said H, Kaji I, Kuri A, et al. (August 2017). "FFA2 activation combined with ulcerogenic COX inhibition induces duodenal mucosal injury via the 5-HT pathway in rats". American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 313 (2): G117 –G128. doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00041.2017. PMC   5582879 . PMID   28526687.
  4. Miyasato S, Iwata K, Mura R, Nakamura S, Yanagida K, Shindou H, et al. (January 2023). "Constitutively active GPR43 is crucial for proper leukocyte differentiation". FASEB Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 37 (1): e22676. doi: 10.1096/fj.202201591R . PMID   36468834.
  5. Kugawa M, Kawakami K, Kise R, Suomivuori CM, Tsujimura M, Kobayashi K, et al. (March 2025). "Structural insights into lipid chain-length selectivity and allosteric regulation of FFA2". Nature Communications. 16 (1) 2809. Bibcode:2025NatCo..16.2809K. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-57983-4. PMC   11947310 . PMID   40140663.
  6. Lind S, Hoffmann DO, Forsman H, Dahlgren C (February 2022). "Allosteric receptor modulation uncovers an FFA2R antagonist as a positive orthosteric modulator/agonist in disguise". Cellular Signalling. 90 110208. doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2021.110208. PMID   34856356.