gw-876167 hydrochloride

GW 284543 hydrochloride is a selective inhibitor of MEK5 .

GW-876167, a 5-HT2C agonist, is used potentially for the treatment of obesity and glaucoma.

Highly selective orally active peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ agonist (pEC50 values are 8.05, < 4 and < 4 for human PPARγ, PPARα and PPARδ receptors respectively). Decreases glucose, fatty acid and triglyceride levels following oral administration in vivo. Brown et al (1999) A novel N-aryl tyrosine activator of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ reverses the diabetic phenotype of the Zucker diabetic fatty rat. Diabetes 48 1415 PMID:10389847 |Nugent et al (2001) Potentiation of glucose uptake in 3T3-L1 adipocytes by PPARγ agonists is maintained in cells expressing a PPARγ dominant-negative mutant: evidence for selectivity in the downstream responses to PPARγ activation. Mol.Endocrinol. 15 1729 PMID:11579205 |Way et al (2001) Adipose tissue resistin expression is severely suppressed in obesity and stimulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ agonists. J.Biol.Chem. 276 25651 PMID:11373275

PRX933 hydrochloride (GW876167 hydrochloride) is an agonist of 5-HT2C receptor and can be used in studies about hypertension acute treatment.