Dersimelagon phosphate

Dersimelagon phosphate is an orally active, selective melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) agonist with EC50 values of 8.16, 3.91, 1.14 and 0.251 nM for human (h), cynomolgus monkey (cm), mouse (m) and rat (r) MC1R, respectively. Dersimelagon phosphate shows good affinity for hMC1R and hMC4R with Ki values of 2.26, 32.9 nM, respectively. Dersimelagon phosphate can be used for the research of skin pigmentation[1][2].

[1] T. Suzuki, et al. Melanogenic effect of dersimelagon (MT-7117), a novel oral melanocortin 1 receptor agonist. Skin Health Dis. 2022; 2(1):e78.
[2] Erwin AL, et al. Porphyrias in the Age of Targeted Therapies. Diagnostics (Basel). 2021;11(10):1795. Published 2021 Sep 29. DOI:10.3390/diagnostics11101795