Abstract
Highly effective and safe drugs for the treatment of neuropathic pain are urgently required and it was shown that blocking T-type calcium channels can be a promising strategy for drug development for neuropathic pain. We have developed pyrrolidine-based T-type calcium channel inhibitors by structural hybridization and subsequent assessment of in vitro activities against Ca v 3.1 and Ca v 3.2 channels. Profiling of in vitro ADME properties of compounds was also carried out. The representative compound 17h showed comparable in vivo efficacy to gabapentin in the SNL model, which indicates T-type calcium channel inhibitors can be developed as effective therapeutics for neuropathic pain.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1168-1172 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 May 15 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Korea government (MSIP) under the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST) grant [No. CRC-15-04-KIST ].
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry