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Optimization of rutaecarpine as ABCA1 up-regulator for treating atherosclerosis
Li, Yongzhen,Feng, Tingting,Liu, Peng,Liu, Chang,Wang, Xiao,Li, Dongsheng,Li, Ni,Chen, Minghua,Xu, Yanni,Si, Shuyi
, p. 884 - 888 (2014)
ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) is a key transporter and receptor in promoting cholesterol efflux, and increasing the expression level of ABCA1 is antiatherogenic. In our previous study, rutaecarpine (RUT) was found to protect ApoE-/- mice from developing atherosclerosis through preferentially up-regulating ABCA1 expression. In the present work, a series of RUT derivatives were synthesized and examined as ABCA1 expression up-regulators. Compounds CD1, CD6, and BCD1-2 were found to possess the most potential activity as antiatherosclerotic agents among all compounds tested.
