Identifying Novel Anti-Osteoporosis Leads with a Chemotype-Assembly Approach

J Med Chem. 2019 Jun 27;62(12):5885-5900. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00517. Epub 2019 Jun 7.

Abstract

In this paper, we applied a chemotype-assembly approach for ligand-based drug discovery (LBDD) to discover novel anti-osteoporosis leads. With this new approach, we identified 12 chemotypes and derived 18 major chemotype assembly rules from 245 known anti-osteoporosis compounds. Then, we selected 19 compounds from an in-house compound library using chemotype-assembly approach for anti-osteoporosis assays, which resulted in 13 hits. Based on structural features in these 13 compounds, we synthesized 50 possible anti-osteoporosis compounds from the anti-osteoporosis chemotypes by means of click chemistry techniques and discovered a compound (10a, IC50 = 2 nM) with nanomolar activity. Compound 10a was then proved to be an anti-osteoporosis lead since it can prevent bone loss in vivo.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Density / drug effects
  • Bone Resorption / complications
  • Bone Resorption / prevention & control
  • Drug Discovery*
  • Female
  • Femur / drug effects
  • Femur / physiopathology
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays
  • Ligands
  • Osteoblasts / drug effects
  • Osteoblasts / pathology
  • Osteoporosis / complications
  • Osteoporosis / drug therapy*
  • Osteoporosis / pathology
  • Osteoporosis / physiopathology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Substances

  • Ligands