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Pharmacophore-based design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel 3-((3,4-dichlorophenyl)(4-substituted benzyl)amino) propanamides as cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors
Zhao, Dong-Mei,Li, Wen-Yan,Shi, Yu-Fang,Xiong, Xu-Qiong,Song, Shuai,Hao, Chen-Zhou,Cheng, Mao-Sheng,Shen, Jing-Kang
, p. 299 - 304 (2014/02/14)
Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) is a plasma glycoprotein that plays an important role in decreasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels and increasing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. Inhibition of CETP may be a new therapy for treating atherosclerosis. Herein, we report the development of a ligand-based pharmacophore model and pharmacophore-based virtual screening of the ZINC/big-n-greasy database, leading to the identification of compound H-10 as a potential CETP inhibitor in vitro. Based on H-10, a series of 3-((3,4-dichlorophenyl)(4-substituted benzyl)amino) propanamides were designed, synthesized, and evaluated against CETP. Compound 4l was found to have the best activity, resulting in 85.0% inhibition of CETP at 10 μmol/L.
