baricitinib   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7792

Synonyms: INCB-028050 | INCB028050 | LY-3009104 | LY3009104 | Olumiant®
Approved drug PDB Ligand Immunopharmacology Ligand
baricitinib is an approved drug (EMA (2017), FDA (2018))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Baricitinib is a JAK1 and 2 selective inhibitor. The compound is orally bioavailable.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: The powerful anti-inflammatory activity of baricitinib (and potentially other approved JAK inhibitors such as fedratinib, and ruxolitinib) was suggested as potential therapeutic option to combat the immunopathological effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with severe COVID-19. A number of small-medium sized clinical studies have examined the effect of short-term baricitinib (or other JAK inhibitors) treatment in hospitalised patients with confirmed COVID-19. Such short term use of this drug during the course of SARS-CoV-2 infection (7-14 days) is not anticipated to cause serious side-effects. In March 2022, data reported from the largest of the baricitinib studies (part of the University of Oxford-led RECOVERY trial) indicated that it provided clinical benefit in hospitalised COVID-19 patients, including in those already receiving other standard care immunomodulatory treatments (e.g. dexamethasone, tocilizumab) or the antiviral drug remdesivir. This made baricitinib the 4th effective COVID-19 therapy to be identified by the RECOVERY trial.

Through the application of proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms baricitinib was predicted to possess antiviral activity in addition to its known anti-inflammatory efficacy [1,9-10]. Antiviral activity is predicted to arise from inhibition of the numb-associated kinase (NAK) AAK1 which is an important regulator of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Inhibition of AAK1 would likely reduce the ability of viruses to infect lung cells, and is being proposed as a pharmacological mechanism that warrants further investigation as a treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 7
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 5
Topological polar surface area 128.94
Molecular weight 371.12
XLogP 0.41
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES N#CCC1(CN(C1)S(=O)(=O)CC)n1ncc(c1)c1ncnc2c1cc[nH]2
Isomeric SMILES N#CCC1(CN(C1)S(=O)(=O)CC)n1ncc(c1)c1ncnc2c1cc[nH]2
InChI InChI=1S/C16H17N7O2S/c1-2-26(24,25)22-9-16(10-22,4-5-17)23-8-12(7-21-23)14-13-3-6-18-15(13)20-11-19-14/h3,6-8,11H,2,4,9-10H2,1H3,(H,18,19,20)
InChI Key XUZMWHLSFXCVMG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Compound class Synthetic organic
Approved drug? Yes (EMA (2017), FDA (2018))
IUPAC Name Click here for help
2-(3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-1-(ethylsulfonyl)azetidin-3-yl)acetonitrile
International Nonproprietary Names Click here for help
INN number INN
9570 baricitinib
Synonyms Click here for help
INCB-028050 | INCB028050 | LY-3009104 | LY3009104 | Olumiant®
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Specialist databases
Reactome Drug Reactome logo R-ALL-9678829
Reactome Reaction Reactome logo R-HSA-9678935, R-HSA-9679028, R-HSA-9678561, R-HSA-9678737
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CAS Registry No. 1187594-09-7
ChEMBL Ligand CHEMBL2105759
DrugCentral Ligand 5202
GtoPdb PubChem SID 223366123
PubChem CID 44205240
RCSB PDB Ligand 3JW
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