Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (10): 1778.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20170094

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Synthesis, Metabolic Stability and Biological Activity in vivo of Lorcaserin Derivatives

ZHANG Lingzhi1, JIANG Minrui2, WEI Ping3, ZHU Qihua1,*(), GONG Guoqing2, BIAN Xueguo3, XU Yungen1,*()   

  1. 1. Department of Medicinal Chemistry, 2.Department of Pharmacology,China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
    3.Nanjing Industrial Pharmaceutical Institute Co., Ltd., Nanjing 210009, China
  • Received:2017-02-18 Online:2017-10-10 Published:2017-09-22
  • Contact: ZHU Qihua,XU Yungen E-mail:zhuqihua@vip.126.com;xyg@cpu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the Research and Production of Prospective Joint Research Project of Jiangsu Province, China(No.BY2015072-02).

Abstract:

To improve oral bioavailability and metabolic stability while maintaining the activity and selectivity, 13 carbamate prodrugs of lorcaserin were designed and synthesized by the structural modification of the secondary amine group. The structure of target compounds were confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HRMS and IR. In vitro metabolic stabilities of 13 target compounds were explored by rat liver microsomes incubation experiment, among which compound 6b showed a longer half-life and can generate lorcaserin continuously by metabolism. In high-fat diet rats model, compound 6b exhibited slightly better weight loss effect than lorcaserin at the equimolar daily doses.

Key words: Lorcaserin, Prodrug, Metabolic stability, Biological activity in vivo

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