Synthesis, SAR study, and biological evaluation of novel quinoline derivatives as phosphodiesterase 10A inhibitors with reduced CYP3A4 inhibition.
Hamaguchi, W., Masuda, N., Miyamoto, S., Shiina, Y., Kikuchi, S., Mihara, T., Moriguchi, H., Fushiki, H., Murakami, Y., Amano, Y., Honbou, K., Hattori, K.(2015) Bioorg Med Chem 23: 297-313
- PubMed: 25515954 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2014.11.039
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4WN1 - PubMed Abstract: 
A novel class of phosphodiesterase 10A inhibitors with potent PDE10A inhibitory activity and reduced CYP3A4 inhibition was designed and synthesized starting from 2-[4-({[1-methyl-4-(pyridin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy}methyl)phenyl]quinoline (1). Replacement of pyridine ring of 1 with N-methyl pyridone ring drastically improved CYP3A4 inhibition, and further optimization of these quinoline analogues identified 1-methyl-5-(1-methyl-3-{[4-(quinolin-2-yl)phenoxy]methyl}-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one (42b), which showed potent PDE10A inhibitory activity and a good CYP3A4 inhibition profile. A PET study with (11)C-labeled 42b indicated that 42b exhibited good brain penetration and specifically accumulated in the rodent striatum. Further, oral administration of 42b dose-dependently attenuated phencyclidine-induced hyperlocomotion in mice with an ED50 value of 2.0mg/kg and improved visual-recognition memory impairment at 0.1 and 0.3mg/kg in mice novel object recognition test.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Drug Discovery Research, Astellas Pharma Inc., 21, Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-8585, Japan. Electronic address: wataru.hamaguchi@astellas.com.