Pharmacological Characterization of a Novel Nonpeptide Antagonist of the Human Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor, NBI-42902

Suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis by peptides that act at the GnRH receptor has found widespread use in clinical practice for the management of sex-steroid-dependent diseases (such as prostate cancer and endometriosis) and reproductive disorders. Efforts to develop orally availa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Endocrinology (Philadelphia) 2007-02, Vol.148 (2), p.857-867
Hauptverfasser: Struthers, R. Scott, Xie, Qui, Sullivan, Susan K, Reinhart, Greg J, Kohout, Trudy A, Zhu, Yun-Fei, Chen, Chen, Liu, Xin-Jun, Ling, Nicholas, Yang, Weidong, Maki, Richard A, Bonneville, Anne K, Chen, Ta-Kung, Bozigian, Haig P
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Zusammenfassung:Suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis by peptides that act at the GnRH receptor has found widespread use in clinical practice for the management of sex-steroid-dependent diseases (such as prostate cancer and endometriosis) and reproductive disorders. Efforts to develop orally available GnRH receptor antagonists have led to the discovery of a novel, potent nonpeptide antagonist, NBI-42902, that suppresses serum LH concentrations in postmenopausal women after oral administration. Here we report the in vitro and in vivo pharmacological characterization of this compound. NBI-42902 is a potent inhibitor of peptide radioligand binding to the human GnRH receptor (Ki = 0.56 nm). Tritiated NBI-42902 binds with high affinity (Kd = 0.19 nm) to a single class of binding sites and can be displaced by a range of peptide and nonpeptide GnRH receptor ligands. In vitro experiments demonstrate that NBI-42902 is a potent functional, competitive antagonist of GnRH stimulated IP accumulation, Ca2+ flux, and ERK1/2 activation. It did not stimulate histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells. Finally, it is effective in lowering serum LH in castrated male macaques after oral administration. Overall, these data provide a benchmark of pharmacological characteristics required for a nonpeptide GnRH antagonist to effectively suppress gonadotropins in humans and suggest that NBI-42902 may have clinical utility as an oral agent for suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.
ISSN:0013-7227
1945-7170
DOI:10.1210/en.2006-1213