Background:

Esonarimod is an antirheumatic drug.

Esonarimod (KE-298) (10 to 300 μg/mL) suppresses the production of NO by RAW264.7 cells in a dose dependent manner. The IC50 of Esonarimod is 117.5 μg/mL. Esonarimod does not affect cellular viability at these tested doses. Esonarimod has no direct effect on NOS activity in cell-free extracts of RAW264.7 cells[1].

After repeated oral administration of Esonarimod (14C-KE-298), the radioactivity decreases rapidly and no tendency towards accumulation is found[2].

[1]. Inoue T, et al. KE-298 and its active metabolite KE-758 suppress nitric oxide production by murine macrophage cells and peritoneal cells from rats with adjuvant induced arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2001 Jun;28(6):1229-37. [2]. Hasegawa M, et al. Formation of a disulfide protein conjugate of the SH-group-containing metabolite (M-I) ofesonarimod (KE-298) and its elimination in rats. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2002 Apr;54(4):493-8.