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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The hybridisation of hits, identified by complementary fragment and high throughput screens, enabled the discovery of the first series of potent inhibitors of mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (BCATm), based on a 2-benzylamino-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidinone-3-carbonitrile template. Structure-guided growth enabled rapid optimisation of activity with maintenance of ligand efficiency, whilst the focus on physical properties delivered compounds with excellent pharmacokinetic exposure that enabled an acute proof of concept experiment in mice. Oral administration of 2-((4-chloro-2,6-difluorobenzyl)amino)-7-oxo-5-propyl-4,7-dihydropyrazolo[1,5-a]p yrimidine-3-carbonitrile 61 significantly raised the circulating levels of the branched-chain amino acids leucine, isoleucine and valine in this acute study.

The discovery of in vivo active mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (BCATm) inhibitors by hybridising fragment and HTS hits.,Bertrand SM, Ancellin N, Beaufils B, Bingham RP, Borthwick JA, Boullay AB, Boursier E, Carter PS, Chung CW, Churcher I, Dodic N, Fouchet MH, Fournier C, Francis P, Gummer LA, Herry K, Hobbs A, Hobbs CI, Homes P, Jamieson C, Nicodeme E, Pickett SD, Reid IH, Simpson GL, Sloan LA, Smith SE, Somers DO, Spitzfaden C, Suckling CJ, Valko K, Washio Y, Young RJ J Med Chem. 2015 Jun 19. PMID:26090771^[1]

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