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Details

Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C19H33NO2
Molecular Weight 307.4708
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of FINGOLIMOD

SMILES

CCCCCCCCC1=CC=C(CCC(N)(CO)CO)C=C1

InChI

InChIKey=KKGQTZUTZRNORY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C19H33NO2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-17-9-11-18(12-10-17)13-14-19(20,15-21)16-22/h9-12,21-22H,2-8,13-16,20H2,1H3

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C19H33NO2
Molecular Weight 307.4708
Charge 0
Count
MOL RATIO 1 MOL RATIO (average)
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Description

Fingolimod (FTY720) is a sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator indicated and approved for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Fingolimod (trade name Gilenya, Novartis) is metabolized by sphingosine kinase to the active metabolite, fingolimod-phosphate. Fingolimod-phosphate is a sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator, and binds with high affinity to sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors 1, 3, 4, and 5. Fingolimod-phosphate blocks the capacity of lymphocytes to egress from lymph nodes, reducing the number of lymphocytes in peripheral blood. The mechanism by which fingolimod exerts therapeutic effects in multiple sclerosis is unknown, but may involve reduction of lymphocyte migration into the central nervous system. Fingolimod was approved as a first-in-class, orally active drug for relapsing multiple sclerosis in 2010, and its applications in other disease conditions are currently under clinical trials.

CNS Activity

Originator

Approval Year

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
0.84 µM [IC50]
2.1 µM [IC50]
0.3 nM [EC50]
0.3 nM [EC50]

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
GILENYA

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
0.65 ng/mL
1 mg single, oral
FINGOLIMOD plasma
Homo sapiens

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
149 ng × h/mL
1 mg single, oral
FINGOLIMOD plasma
Homo sapiens

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
7 h
1 mg single, oral
FINGOLIMOD plasma
Homo sapiens

Doses

AEs

Drug as perpetrator​

Drug as victim

Tox targets

PubMed

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
The recommended dose of GILENYA is 0.5 mg orally once-daily. Fingolimod doses higher than 0.5 mg are associated with a greater incidence of adverse reactions without additional benefit. GILENYA can be taken with or without food.
Route of Administration: Oral
In Vitro Use Guide
Astrocytes derived from human fetal CNS specimens and maintained in dissociated cultures were exposed to 100 nM of the biologically active form of Fingolimod (FTY720) over a dosing regimen that ranged from a single exposure (with or without washout after 1 h) to daily exposures up to 5 days, a single addition of FTY720 inhibited subsequent S1PR ligand-induced pERK1/2 signaling for >24 h. Daily FTY720 treatments (3-5 days) maintained this effect together with a loss of proliferative responses to the natural ligand S1P. Repeated FTY720 dosing concurrently maintained a functional cell response as measured by the inhibition of intracellular calcium release when stimulated by the cytokine IL-1β. Recurrent FTY720 treatments did not inhibit serum- or IL-1β-induced pERK1/2.
Substance Class Chemical
Record UNII
3QN8BYN5QF
Record Status Validated (UNII)
Record Version