glipizide   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 6821

Synonyms: CP-28720 | Glucotrol® | K-4024
Approved drug
glipizide is an approved drug (FDA (1984))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: A sulfonylurea family drug inhibiting sulfonylurea receptor 1 (ABCC8)/Kir6.2 (KCNJ11).
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 9
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 10
Topological polar surface area 138.53
Molecular weight 445.18
XLogP 2.26
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES Cc1ncc(nc1)C(=O)NCCc1ccc(cc1)S(=O)(=O)NC(=O)NC1CCCCC1
Isomeric SMILES Cc1ncc(nc1)C(=O)NCCc1ccc(cc1)S(=O)(=O)NC(=O)NC1CCCCC1
InChI InChI=1S/C21H27N5O4S/c1-15-13-24-19(14-23-15)20(27)22-12-11-16-7-9-18(10-8-16)31(29,30)26-21(28)25-17-5-3-2-4-6-17/h7-10,13-14,17H,2-6,11-12H2,1H3,(H,22,27)(H2,25,26,28)
InChI Key ZJJXGWJIGJFDTL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Use as an adjunct to diet for the control of hyperglycemia caused by diabetes mellitus type 2, where dietary control has failed. Only approved by the EMA (2007) to be used in combination with pioglitazone (tandemact).
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
A sulfonylurea which stimulates insulin sectetion by pancreatic β cells. The sulfonyurea drugs appear to bind sulfonylurea receptors and it has been shown experimentally that tritiated glibenclamide can be used to pull out a 140 kDa protein identified as SUR1 (now known as ABCC8) [3]. SUR2 (ABCC9) has also been identified [1]. However, this is not the full mechanism of action and the functional channel has been characterised as a hetero-octamer formed by four SUR and four Kir6.2 subunits, with the Kir6.2 subunits forming the core ion pore and the SUR subunits providing the regulatory properties [2]. Co-expression of Kir6.2 with SUR1, reconstitutes the ATP-dependent K+ conductivity inhibited by the sulfonyureas [1].