Uses
ML252 is a selective inhibitor of KCNQ2 (Kv7.2) channel with an IC50s of 69 nM, 2.92 μM, 0.12 μM and 0.20 μM for KCNQ2, KCNQ1 (Kv7.1), KCNQ2/Q3 and KCNQ4, respectively. ML252 also inhibits Cytochrome P450 with IC50s of 6.1 nM (CYP1A2), 18.9 nM (CYP2C9), 3.9 nM (CYP3A4), 19.9 nM (CYP2D6), respectively. ML252 shows highly brain penetrant [1][2].
Biological Activity
ML252 is a potentbrain penetrant potassium channel Kv7.2 (KCNQ2) inhibitor with an IC50 of 69 nM. ML252 is only slightly selective over KCNQ3 and KCNQ4 but is over 40-fold selective for KCNQ2 vs KCNQ1unlike other KCNQ inbhibitors currently used. ML252 was also selective vs. >68 tested GPCRsion channelsand transporters. Potassium channel Kv7.2 has become a new target for Alzheimerμs Disease drug research because inhibiting it enhances acetylcholine release. SAR studies showed a small structural change from ethyl group to hydrogen resulted in a functional shift from antagonist to agonist activity (37EC50 of 170 nM)suggesting an interaction at a critical site for controlling KCNQ2 channel gating.
References
[1] Yu H, et al. Identification of a novel, small molecule inhibitor of KCNQ2 channels. 2011 Oct 28 [updated 2013 Feb 25]. In: Probe Reports from the NIH Molecular Libraries Program [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Center for Biotechnology Information (US); 2010–. PMID:23658963
[2] Cheung YY, et al. Discovery of a series of 2-phenyl-N-(2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)phenyl)acetamides as novel molecular switches that modulate modes of K(v)7.2 (KCNQ2) channel pharmacology: identification of (S)-2-phenyl-N-(2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)phenyl)butanamide (ML252) as a potent, brain penetrant K(v)7.2 channel inhibitor. J Med Chem. 2012 Aug 9;55(15):6975-9. DOI:
10.1021/jm300700v
