Structural highlights
Function[RORG_HUMAN] Possible nuclear receptor for hydroxycholesterols, the binding of which strongly promotes coactivators recruitment. Essential for thymopoiesis and the development of several secondary lymphoid tissues, including lymph nodes. Involved in lineage specification of uncommitted CD4(+) T-helper cells into Th17 cells. Regulate the expression of several components of the circadian clock. [NCOR2_HUMAN] Transcriptional corepressor of NR4A2/NURR1 and acts through histone deacetylases (HDACs) to keep promoters of NR4A2/NURR1 target genes in a repressed deacetylated state (By similarity). Mediates the transcriptional repression activity of some nuclear receptors by promoting chromatin condensation, thus preventing access of the basal transcription. Isoform 1 and isoform 5 have different affinities for different nuclear receptors. Publication Abstract from PubMedStarting from a previously reported RORgamma inhibitor (1), successive efforts to improve in vivo potency were continued. Introduction of metabolically beneficial motifs in conjunction with scaffold hopping was examined, resulting in discovery of the second generation RORgamma inhibitor composed of a 4-(isoxazol-3-yl)butanoic acid scaffold (24). Compound 24 achieved a 10-fold improvement in in vivo potency in a mouse CD3 challenge model along with significant anti-inflammatory effects in a mouse dermatitis model. Discovery of Second Generation RORgamma Inhibitors Composed of an Azole Scaffold.,Kotoku M, Maeba T, Fujioka S, Yokota M, Seki N, Ito K, Suwa Y, Ikenogami T, Hirata K, Hase Y, Katsuda Y, Miyagawa N, Arita K, Asahina K, Noguchi M, Nomura A, Doi S, Adachi T, Crowe P, Tao H, Thacher S, Hashimoto H, Suzuki T, Shiozaki M J Med Chem. 2019 Mar 1. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01567. PMID:30776227[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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