3-Indolyl sultams as selective CRTh2 antagonists.
Tumey LN, Robarge MJ, Gleason E, Song J, Murphy SM, Ekema G, Doucette C, Hanniford D, Palmer M, Pawlowski G, Danzig J, Loftus M, Hunady K, Sherf B, Mays RW, Stricker-Krongrad A, Brunden KR, Bennani YL, Harrington JJ.
CRTh2 (DP(2)) is a prostaglandin D(2) receptor implicated in the recruitment of eosinophils and basophils within the asthmatic lung. Here we report the discovery of a novel series of 3-indolyl sultam antagonists with low nM affinity for CRTh2. These compounds proved to be selective over the other primary prostaglandin D(2) receptor (DP1) as well as the thromboxane A(2) receptor (TP).