1. Academic Validation
  2. Discovery of a tetrazole-based growth hormone secretagogue: 4-(hydroxybutyl)carbamic acid 2-{5-[1-(2-amino-2-methylpropionylamino)-2- benzyloxyethyl]tetrazol-1-yl}ethyl ester (BMS-317180)

Discovery of a tetrazole-based growth hormone secretagogue: 4-(hydroxybutyl)carbamic acid 2-{5-[1-(2-amino-2-methylpropionylamino)-2- benzyloxyethyl]tetrazol-1-yl}ethyl ester (BMS-317180)

  • J Med Chem. 2007 Nov 29;50(24):5890-3. doi: 10.1021/jm7010595.
Jun Li 1 Stephanie Y Chen James J Li Haixia Wang Andres S Hernandez Shiwei Tao Christa M Musial Fucheng Qu Stephen Swartz Sam T Chao Neil Flynn Brian J Murphy Dorothy A Slusarchyk Ramakrishna Seethala Mujing Yan Paul Sleph Gary Grover Mark A Smith Blake Beehler Leah Giupponi Kenneth E Dickinson Hongjian Zhang William G Humphreys Bharat P Patel Mark Schwinden Terry Stouch Peter T W Cheng Scott A Biller William R Ewing David Gordon Jeffrey A Robl Joseph A Tino
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Discovery Chemistry, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, P.O. Box 5400, Princeton, NJ 08543, USA. jun.li@bms.com
Abstract

A tetrazole-based peptidomimetic 2 (BMS-317180) was discovered as a human growth hormone secretagogue (GHS). Compound 2 is a potent, novel, orally effective GHS that shows an excellent safety profile in preclinical studies. The compound was advanced into clinical development.

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  • HY-119125
    GHS-R Agonist