ponazuril   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 12223

Synonyms: ACD-855 | ACD855 | Marquis® (vet use only) | toltrazuril | toltrazuril sulfone
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Ponazuril is a safe and well tolerated anti-protozoal drug used in horses [2]. Repurposing efforts have identified it as a tropomyosin related kinase (Trk) receptor positive allosteric modulator (PAM), on the hypothesis that increasing NGF/BDNF signalling is predicted to improve neuronal cell functions and survival to boost cognitive capacity in neurological/neurodegenerative diseases. This work by AlzeCure Pharma led to ponazuril's re-naming with their in-house research code ACD855 [1]. ACD855 enhances signalling of the neurotrophins NGF and BDNF via TrkA and TrkB (repectively). It is structurally related to their TrkA-selective lead compound ACD856 that is in clinical development as a novel Alzheimer's disease therapeutic [5].

ACD856's chemical structure has not been disclosed (Oct 2022), but a number of derivatives with the same 1,3,5-triazine scaffold have been claimed as Trk PAMs in AlzeCure patents WO2020002950A1 [3] and WO2018115891A1 [4].
2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 5
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 5
Topological polar surface area 128.09
Molecular weight 457.38
XLogP 4
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES Cc1cc(ccc1Oc1ccc(cc1)S(=O)(=O)C(F)(F)F)n1c(=O)[nH]c(=O)n(c1=O)C
Isomeric SMILES Cc1c(ccc(c1)n1c(=O)[nH]c(=O)n(c1=O)C)Oc1ccc(cc1)S(=O)(=O)C(F)(F)F
InChI InChI=1S/C18H14F3N3O6S/c1-10-9-11(24-16(26)22-15(25)23(2)17(24)27)3-8-14(10)30-12-4-6-13(7-5-12)31(28,29)18(19,20)21/h3-9H,1-2H3,(H,22,25,26)
InChI Key VBUNOIXRZNJNAD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Compound class Synthetic organic
IUPAC Name Click here for help
1-methyl-3-[3-methyl-4-[4-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)phenoxy]phenyl]-1,3,5-triazinane-2,4,6-trione
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INN number INN
7770 ponazuril
Synonyms Click here for help
ACD-855 | ACD855 | Marquis® (vet use only) | toltrazuril | toltrazuril sulfone
Database Links Click here for help
CAS Registry No. 69004-04-2 (source: WHO INN record)
ChEMBL Ligand CHEMBL2104856
DrugBank Ligand DB11452
GtoPdb PubChem SID 472319343
PubChem CID 3050408
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