VU0364770

• CAT Number: I004318
• CAS Number: 61350-00-3
• Molecular Formula: C12H9ClN2O
• Molecular Weight: 232.7
• Purity: ≥95%
• Synonyms: N-(3-chlorophenyl)pyridine-2-carboxamide
• Target: GluR
• Solubility: 10 mM in DMSO
• Storage: 3 years -20C powder
• InChI: InChI=1S/C12H9ClN2O/c13-9-4-3-5-10(8-9)15-12(16)11-6-1-2-7-14-11/h1-8H,(H,15,16)
• InChIKey: SUYUTNCKIOLMAJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: ClC1=CC(NC(C2=NC=CC=C2)=O)=CC=C1

VU0364770 is an allosteric of metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 (mGlu4) modulator, which exhibits a EC50 of 1.1±0.2 μM at human mGlu4.EC50: 1.1±0.2 μM (mGlu4)[1]InVitro: VU0364770 is a selective positive allosteric modulator of mGlu4 in recombinant systems. VU0364770 is a potent PAM of multiple signaling pathways that enhances the response of the rat and human mGlu4 receptors to the endogenous agonist glutamate. VU0364770 produces a concentration-dependent potentiation of the response to an EC20 concentration of glutamate with EC50 of 1.1±0.2 μM and increases the maximal response to glutamate from 100 to 227±17%. Because of concerns that this chemical scaffold might possess activity at MAO, full IC50 determinations is performed for VU0364770 at the MAO-A and MAO-B isoforms; these studies result in Kis of 8.5 and 0.72 μM for human MAO-A and human MAO-B, respectively. When tested at a 10 μM concentration at each mGlu receptor, VU0364770 exhibits weak PAM activity (4.3-fold left shift of the glutamate CRC) at mGlu6 and antagonist activity (3.3-fold right shift of the glutamate CRC) at mGlu5 (compare to the 16.5-fold left shift of the glutamate concentration-response for mGlu4 at 10 μM). When further evaluated in a full concentration-response curve format, VU0364770 exhibits antagonist activity at mGlu5 with a potency of 17.9±5.5 μM and PAM activity at mGlu6 with a potency of 6.8±1.7 μM (compare with the potency of VU0364770 on the rat mGlu4 receptor of 290±80 nM)[1].InVivo: VU0364770 exhibits suitable pharmacokinetic properties for systemic dosing in animal models. After intravenous administration, VU0364770 is rapidly clears from the systemic circulation (165 ml/min/kg) and exhibits a volume of distribution of 2.92 L/kg. VU0364770 is a highly protein-bound ligand displaying free fractions of 2.7 and 1.8% in human and rat plasma, respectively. VU0364770 also shows an improved pharmacokinetic profile relative to previously reported mGlu4 PAMs with enhanced central penetration and a total brain-to-plasma ratio of more than 1 after systemic administration of a 10 mg/kg dose. VU0364770 produces a dose-dependent reversal of haloperidol-induced catalepsy. VU0364770 dose-dependently reverses haloperidol (0.75 mg/kg)-induced catalepsy in rats, significant at doses of 10 to 56.6 mg/kg, after subcutaneous dosing (F6,69=8.04; p<0.001)[1].

Reference

1:J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2012 Feb;340(2):404-21. doi: 10.1124/jpet.111.187443. Epub 2011 Nov 16. The metabotropic glutamate receptor 4-positive allosteric modulator VU0364770 produces efficacy alone and in combination with L-DOPA or an adenosine 2A antagonist in preclinical rodent models of Parkinson/’s disease.Jones CK,Bubser M,Thompson AD,Dickerson JW,Turle-Lorenzo N,Amalric M,Blobaum AL,Bridges TM,Morrison RD,Jadhav S,Engers DW,Italiano K,Bode J,Daniels JS,Lindsley CW,Hopkins CR,Conn PJ,Niswender CM, PMID: 22088953 PMCID: PMC3263969 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.111.187443 Abstract: Parkinson/’s disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder associated with severe motor impairments caused by the loss of dopaminergic innervation of the striatum. Previous studies have demonstrated that positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 (mGlu₄), including N-phenyl-7-(hydroxyimino) cyclopropa[b]chromen-1a-carboxamide, can produce antiparkinsonian-like effects in preclinical models of PD. However, these early mGlu₄ PAMsexhibited unsuitable physiochemical properties for systemic dosing, requiring intracerebroventricular administration and limiting their broader utility as in vivo tools to further understand the role of mGlu₄ in the modulation of basal ganglia function relevant to PD. In the present study, we describe the pharmacologic characterization of a systemically active mGlu₄ PAM, N-(3-chlorophenyl)picolinamide (VU0364770), in several rodent PD models. VU0364770 showed efficacy alone or when administered in combination with L-DOPA or an adenosine 2A (A2A) receptor antagonist currently in clinical development (preladenant). When administered alone, VU0364770 exhibited efficacy in reversing haloperidol-induced catalepsy, forelimb asymmetry-induced by unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesions of the median forebrain bundle, and attentional deficits induced by bilateral 6-OHDA nigrostriatal lesions in rats. In addition, VU0364770 enhanced the efficacy of preladenant to reverse haloperidol-induced catalepsy when given in combination. The effects of VU0364770 to reverse forelimb asymmetry were also potentiated when the compound was coadministered with an inactive dose of L-DOPA, suggesting that mGlu₄ PAMs may provide L-DOPA-sparing activity. The present findings provide exciting support for the potential role of selective mGlu₄ PAMs as a novel approach for the symptomatic treatment of PD and a possible augmentation strategy with either L-DOPA or A2A antagonists.