TY  - JOUR
AU  - Golani, Lalit
AU  - Divović, Branka
AU  - Sharmin, Dishary
AU  - Pandey, Kamal
AU  - Mian, Md Yeunus
AU  - Cerne, Rok
AU  - Zahn, Nicolas
AU  - Meyer, Michelle
AU  - Tiruveedhula, Veera
AU  - Smith, Jodi
AU  - Ping, Xingjie
AU  - Jin, Xiaoming
AU  - Lippa, Arnold
AU  - Schkeryantz, Jeffrey
AU  - Arnold, Leggy
AU  - Cook, James
AU  - Savić, Miroslav
AU  - Witkin, Jeffrey
PY  - 2022
UR  - https://farfar.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4108
AB  - The imidazodiazepine, (5‐(8‐ethynyl‐6‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)‐4H‐benzo [f]imidazole[1,5‐α] [1,4]diazepin‐3‐yl) oxazole or KRM‐II‐81) is a new α2/3‐selective GABAkine (gamma aminobutyric acid A receptor potentiator) with anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, and antinociceptive activity in preclinical models. Reducing metabolism was utilized as a means of potentially extending the half‐life of KRM‐II‐81. In vitro and in vivo studies were conducted to evaluate metabolic liabilities. Incubation of KRM‐II‐81 in hepatocytes revealed sites of potential metabolism on the oxazole and the diazepine rings. These sites were targeted in the design of a deuterated analog (D5‐KRM‐II‐ 81) that could be evaluated as a potentially longer‐acting analog. In contrast to computer predictions, peak plasma concentrations of D5‐KRM‐II‐81 in rats were not significantly greater than those produced by KRM‐II‐81 after oral administra- tion. Furthermore, brain disposition of KRM‐II‐81 was higher than that of D5‐KRM‐ II‐81. The half‐life of the two compounds in either plasma or brain did not statis- tically differ from one another but the tmax for D5‐KRM‐II‐81 occurred slightly earlier than for KRM‐II‐81. Non‐metabolic considerations might be relevant to the lack of increases in exposure by D5‐KRM‐II‐81. Alternative sites of metabolism on KRM‐II‐81, not targeted by the current deuteration process, are also possible. Despite its lack of augmented exposure, D5‐KRM‐II‐81, like KRM‐II‐81, significantly prevented seizures induced by pentylenetetrazol when given orally. The present findings introduce a new orally active anticonvulsant GABAkine, D5‐KRM‐II‐81.
PB  - John Wiley and Sons Ltd
T2  - Biopharmaceutics and Drug Disposition
T1  - Metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and anticonvulsant activity of a deuterated analog of the α2/3-selective GABAkine KRM-II-81
VL  - 43
IS  - 2
SP  - 66
EP  - 75
DO  - 10.1002/bdd.2313
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Golani, Lalit and Divović, Branka and Sharmin, Dishary and Pandey, Kamal and Mian, Md Yeunus and Cerne, Rok and Zahn, Nicolas and Meyer, Michelle and Tiruveedhula, Veera and Smith, Jodi and Ping, Xingjie and Jin, Xiaoming and Lippa, Arnold and Schkeryantz, Jeffrey and Arnold, Leggy and Cook, James and Savić, Miroslav and Witkin, Jeffrey",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The imidazodiazepine, (5‐(8‐ethynyl‐6‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)‐4H‐benzo [f]imidazole[1,5‐α] [1,4]diazepin‐3‐yl) oxazole or KRM‐II‐81) is a new α2/3‐selective GABAkine (gamma aminobutyric acid A receptor potentiator) with anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, and antinociceptive activity in preclinical models. Reducing metabolism was utilized as a means of potentially extending the half‐life of KRM‐II‐81. In vitro and in vivo studies were conducted to evaluate metabolic liabilities. Incubation of KRM‐II‐81 in hepatocytes revealed sites of potential metabolism on the oxazole and the diazepine rings. These sites were targeted in the design of a deuterated analog (D5‐KRM‐II‐ 81) that could be evaluated as a potentially longer‐acting analog. In contrast to computer predictions, peak plasma concentrations of D5‐KRM‐II‐81 in rats were not significantly greater than those produced by KRM‐II‐81 after oral administra- tion. Furthermore, brain disposition of KRM‐II‐81 was higher than that of D5‐KRM‐ II‐81. The half‐life of the two compounds in either plasma or brain did not statis- tically differ from one another but the tmax for D5‐KRM‐II‐81 occurred slightly earlier than for KRM‐II‐81. Non‐metabolic considerations might be relevant to the lack of increases in exposure by D5‐KRM‐II‐81. Alternative sites of metabolism on KRM‐II‐81, not targeted by the current deuteration process, are also possible. Despite its lack of augmented exposure, D5‐KRM‐II‐81, like KRM‐II‐81, significantly prevented seizures induced by pentylenetetrazol when given orally. The present findings introduce a new orally active anticonvulsant GABAkine, D5‐KRM‐II‐81.",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Ltd",
journal = "Biopharmaceutics and Drug Disposition",
title = "Metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and anticonvulsant activity of a deuterated analog of the α2/3-selective GABAkine KRM-II-81",
volume = "43",
number = "2",
pages = "66-75",
doi = "10.1002/bdd.2313"
}

Golani, L., Divović, B., Sharmin, D., Pandey, K., Mian, M. Y., Cerne, R., Zahn, N., Meyer, M., Tiruveedhula, V., Smith, J., Ping, X., Jin, X., Lippa, A., Schkeryantz, J., Arnold, L., Cook, J., Savić, M.,& Witkin, J.. (2022). Metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and anticonvulsant activity of a deuterated analog of the α2/3-selective GABAkine KRM-II-81. in Biopharmaceutics and Drug Disposition
John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 43(2), 66-75.
https://doi.org/10.1002/bdd.2313

Golani L, Divović B, Sharmin D, Pandey K, Mian MY, Cerne R, Zahn N, Meyer M, Tiruveedhula V, Smith J, Ping X, Jin X, Lippa A, Schkeryantz J, Arnold L, Cook J, Savić M, Witkin J. Metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and anticonvulsant activity of a deuterated analog of the α2/3-selective GABAkine KRM-II-81. in Biopharmaceutics and Drug Disposition. 2022;43(2):66-75.
doi:10.1002/bdd.2313 .

Golani, Lalit, Divović, Branka, Sharmin, Dishary, Pandey, Kamal, Mian, Md Yeunus, Cerne, Rok, Zahn, Nicolas, Meyer, Michelle, Tiruveedhula, Veera, Smith, Jodi, Ping, Xingjie, Jin, Xiaoming, Lippa, Arnold, Schkeryantz, Jeffrey, Arnold, Leggy, Cook, James, Savić, Miroslav, Witkin, Jeffrey, "Metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and anticonvulsant activity of a deuterated analog of the α2/3-selective GABAkine KRM-II-81" in Biopharmaceutics and Drug Disposition, 43, no. 2 (2022):66-75,
https://doi.org/10.1002/bdd.2313 . .