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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 59, Issue 6, Pages 2760-2779Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b02010
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The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) is a Na+ and Ca2+ permeable ionotropic glutamate receptor that is activated by the coagonists glycine and glutamate. NMDARs are critical to synaptic signaling and plasticity, and their dysfunction has been implicated in a number of neurological disorders, including schizophrenia, depression, and Alzheimer's disease. Herein we describe the discovery of potent GluN2A-selective NMDAR positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) starting from a high-throughput screening hit. Using structure-based design, we sought to increase potency at the GluN2A subtype, while improving selectivity against related amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors (AMPARs). The structure activity relationship of channel deactivation kinetics was studied using a combination of electrophysiology and protein crystallography. Effective incorporation of these strategies resulted in the discovery of GNE-0723 (46), a highly potent and brain penetrant GluN2A-selective NMDAR PAM suitable for in vivo characterization.
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