Known targets — ChEMBL curated mechanism
The experimentally established mechanism targets of Medetomidine. The predicted profile below is derived independently by chemical similarity — agreement is a validation signal, a miss is honest.
Predicted protein targets (top 16)
| gene | UniProt | supporting neighbours | confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▸ | ADRA2A known ✓ | P08913 | 4/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | ADRA2B known ✓ | P18089 | 4/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | ADRA2C known ✓ | P18825 | 4/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | ADRA1A | P35348 | 3/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | ADRA1B | P35368 | 3/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | ADRA1D | P25100 | 2/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | KCNH2 | Q12809 | 1/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | TP53 | P04637 | 1/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | CYP1A2 | P05177 | 1/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | CYP3A4 | P08684 | 1/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | CYP2D6 | P10635 | 1/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | CYP2C9 | P11712 | 1/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | TSHR | P16473 | 1/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | CYP2C19 | P33261 | 1/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | SLC6A2 | P23975 | 1/20 | 0.39 |
| ▸ | HTR7 | P34969 | 1/20 | 0.39 |
Click a target to see other patent compounds predicted against it — the reverse direction, in place.
Similar compounds — the chemically nearest patent molecules
Nearest neighbours by Morgan-fingerprint cosine across the patent-compound collection, with each neighbour's top predicted target and the predicted targets it shares with this molecule.
| Compound | similarity | top predicted | shared targets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medetomidine SCHEMBL8368930 | 1.00 | ADRA2A (0.39) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1AADRA1B | |
| Dexmedetomidine SCHEMBL4628599 | 1.00 | ADRA2A (0.39) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1AADRA1B | |
| Medetomidine SCHEMBL26432 | 0.85 | ADRA2A (0.50) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1AADRA1B | |
| Detomidine SCHEMBL7087060 | 0.85 | ALDH1A1 (0.35) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1AADRA1B | |
| Dexmedetomidine SCHEMBL29431568 | 0.85 | ADRA2A (0.50) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1AADRA1B | |
| Medetomidine SCHEMBL787913 | 0.85 | ADRA2A (0.50) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1AADRA1B | |
| Dexmedetomidine SCHEMBL119382 | 0.85 | ADRA2A (0.50) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1AADRA1B | |
| Medetomidine SCHEMBL18497244 | 0.85 | ADRA2A (0.50) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1AADRA1B | |
| Dexmedetomidine SCHEMBL14861666 | 0.85 | ADRA2A (0.50) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1AADRA1B | |
| Detomidine SCHEMBL247340 | 0.85 | ALDH1A1 (0.35) | ADRA2AADRA2BADRA2CADRA1AADRA1B |
Similarity is cosine over the 2,048-bit Morgan fingerprint (≈ Tanimoto). Identical fingerprints score 1.00.
Patent provenance — the patents this molecule appears in, and who filed them
Claimed or disclosed in 5 patents. claimed = in the patent's claims; disclosed = body only.
| Patent | Title | Assignee | Published | Priority | Filing | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US-20020025974-A1 | BICYCLE THIOPHENES AND THIAZOLES | ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. | 2002-02-28 | — | — | US | disclosed |
| EP-0954521-A1 | 4- (THIEN-3-YL)METHYL] IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES HAVING ALPHA2-ADRENOCEPTOR AGONISTIC ACTIVITY | Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. (US) | 1999-11-10 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| EP-0889891-A1 | 4-[(THIEN-2-YL)METHYL]IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES HAVING ALPHA2-ADRENOCEPTOR AGONISTIC ACTIVITY | ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION (US) | 1999-01-13 | — | — | EP | disclosed |
| WO-1997035857-A1 | 4-[(THIEN-2-YL)METHYL]IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES HAVING ALPHA2-ADRENOCEPTOR AGONISTIC ACTIVITY | ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION (US) | 1997-10-02 | — | — | WO | disclosed |
| WO-1997035858-A1 | 4-[(THIEN-3-YL)METHYL] IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES HAVING α2-ADRENOCEPTOR AGONISTIC ACTIVITY | ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION (US) | 1997-10-02 | — | — | WO | disclosed |
Patent text — is the patent's own abstract consistent with the prediction?
For each of this compound's patents that has machine-readable text (1 of them — usually the abstract, not the full specification), we ask MedCPT which protein the text reads most about, and where the chemistry-predicted target lands among 4885 human targets. A high rank means the patent's own wording is consistent with the prediction — a weak, independent signal, not proof of activity.
| Patent | Title | Text reads most about | Predicted target · text-rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| US-20020025974-A1 | BICYCLE THIOPHENES AND THIAZOLES | ADRB1, ADRA1D, ADRA2C | ADRA2A 21/4885ADRA2B 17/4885ADRA2C 3/4885 |
“Text reads most about” is the patent abstract's nearest protein in MedCPT space (background-debiased). Only ~1.4% of patents have machine-readable text, so most compounds won't have this panel.