Project description
C-N bond cleavage for safer type-2 diabetes therapy
Type 2 diabetes affects over 450 million people worldwide. Key treatment targets include peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) and G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), specifically free fatty acid receptors (FFARs). However, the phase III trials of GPR40 agonists were halted due to liver toxicity concerns. The ERC-funded ALLENEDRUG project will focus on developing new GPR40 ligands to provide safer therapies for type 2 diabetes. Using a synthetic approach, the project will create enantiomerically enriched allenes through selective C-N bond cleavage. These compounds will be tested as potential GPR40 agonists, and their structure-activity relationship (SAR) in relation to liver toxicity will be carefully evaluated, with comparisons made to molecules currently undergoing phase III clinical trials.
Objective
Type 2 Diabetes is a chronic disease affecting more than 450 million people world-wide and is still an unmet medical need. PPAR´s
(Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors) and G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) FFARs (Free Fatty Acid Receptors) are well
clinical validated targets for type-2 diabetes. Although selective GPR40 agonists have reached clinical phase III, the trials were
recently terminated due to signs of liver toxicity in patients. ALLENEDRUG is designed to provide a new chemical series of GPR40
ligands aiming to bring a safer type-2 diabetes therapy. To achieve this goal, we will use a synthetic tool developed in our laboratory
to prepare enantiomerically enriched allenes through a selective C-N bond cleavage. This ERC-PoC will allow us to test the new
chemical series as potential GPR40 agonists and to get insight into a SAR (Structure Activity Relationship) correlation with liver toxicity
in order to compare the new molecules prepared in this proposal with those currently in clinical phase III trials.
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28049 Madrid
Spain
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