1026267-58-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
The development of benzimidazoles as selective rho kinase inhibitors
Sessions, E. Hampton,Smolinski, Michael,Wang, Bo,Frackowiak, Bozena,Chowdhury, Sarwat,Yin, Yan,Chen, Yen Ting,Ruiz, Claudia,Lin, Li,Pocas, Jennifer,Schr?ter, Thomas,Cameron, Michael D.,LoGrasso, Philip,Feng, Yangbo,Bannister, Thomas D.
scheme or table, p. 1939 - 1943 (2010/09/03)
Rho Kinase (ROCK) is a serine/threonine kinase whose inhibition could prove beneficial in numerous therapeutic areas. We have developed a promising class of ATP-competitive inhibitors based upon a benzimidazole scaffold, which show excellent potency toward ROCK (IC50 10 nM). This report details the optimization of selectivity for ROCK over other related kinases such as Protein kinase A (PKA).
Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of substituted 1,4- dihydroquinoxaline-2,3-diones: Antagonists of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor glycine sites and non-NMDA glutamate receptors
Keana,Kher,Sui Xiong Cai,Dinsmore,Glenn,Guastella,Huang,Ilyin,Lu,Mouser,Woodward,Weber
, p. 4367 - 4379 (2007/10/02)
A series of mono-, di-, tri-, and tetrasubstituted 1,4- dihydroquinoxaline-2,3-diones (QXs) were synthesized and evaluated as antagonists at N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)/glycine sites and α-amino-3- hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid-preferring non-NMDA receptors. Antagonist potencies were measured by electrical assays in Xenopus oocytes expressing rat whole brain poly(A)+ RNA. Trisubstituted QXs 17a (ACEA 1021), 17b (ACEA 1031), 24a, and 27, containing a nitro group in the 5 position and halogen in the 6 and 7 positions, displayed high potency (K(b) ~ 6-8 nM) at the glycine site, moderate potency at non-NMDA receptors (K(b) = 0.9-1.5 μM), and the highest (120-250-fold) selectivity in favor of glycine site antagonism over non-NMDA receptors. Tetrasubstituted QXs 17d,e were more than 100-fold weaker glycine site antagonists than the corresponding trisubstituted QXs with F being better tolerated than Cl as a substituent at the 8 position. Di- and monosubstituted QXs showed progressively weaker antagonism compared to trisubstituted analogues. For example, removal of the 5-nitro group of 17a results in a ~100-fold decrease in potency (10a,b,z), while removal of both halogens from 17a results in a ~3000-fold decrease in potency (10v). In terms of steady-state inhibition, most QX substitution patterns favor antagonism at NMDA/glycine sites over antagonism at non-NMDA receptors. Among the QXs tested, only 17i was slightly selective for non- NMDA receptors.
