6522-01-6Relevant academic research and scientific papers
MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF
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Paragraph 00212; 00213, (2014/06/11)
The present invention relates to novel macrocyclic compounds of Formula I and their use as novel therapeutic agents for example as novel compounds used in methods of preventing and/or treating a disease, condition or state in a subject associated with dysregulation of protease activity and/or dysregulation of proteosome activity
Macrocyclic protease inhibitors with reduced peptide character
Chua, Krystle C. H.,Pietsch, Markus,Zhang, Xiaozhou,Hautmann, Stephanie,Chan, Hon Y.,Bruning, John B.,Guetschow, Michael,Abell, Andrew D.
supporting information, p. 7828 - 7831 (2014/08/05)
There is a real need for simple structures that define a β-strand conformation, a secondary structure that is central to peptide-protein interactions. For example, protease substrates and inhibitors almost universally adopt this geometry on active site binding. A planar pyrrole is used to replace two amino acids of a peptide backbone to generate a simple macrocycle that retains the required geometry for active site binding. The resulting β-strand templates have reduced peptide character and provide potent protease inhibitors with the attachment of an appropriate amino aldehyde to the C-terminus. Picomolar inhibitors of cathepsin L and S are reported and the mode of binding of one example to the model protease chymotrypsin is defined by X-ray crystallography. The incorporation of a pyrrole into a peptide backbone generates simple macrocycles that adopt a β-strand geometry. The attachment of a P1 amino aldehyde to these templates then gives rise to potent protease inhibitors (see example, top, which has Ki values of 440 pM and 920 pM against the cysteine cathepsins L and S, respectively). A crystal structure of a related derivative bound to chymotrypsin (see picture, bottom) confirms the design.
Synthetic approach to pondaplin and highly strained ansa macrolides: The dramatic influence of a fluorine atom on the efficiency of ring-closing metathesis
Bressy, Cyril,Piva, Olivier
, p. 87 - 90 (2007/10/03)
Ring-closing metathesis has been applied to the synthesis of extremely rigid 13 to 16 membered ring lactones starting from alkenyl p-(O-allyl)cinnamates and p-(O-allyl)dihydrocinnamates. The core structure of pondaplin, a natural ansa macrolide has been prepared starting from a fluoro derivative. The presence of this atom seems to have a crucial role on the success of the RCM.
Novel optimised quinuclidine squalene synthase inhibitors
Brown, George R.,Foubister, Alan J.,Freeman, Susan,McTaggart, Fergus,Mirrlees, Donald J.,Reid, Alan C.,Smith, Graham J.,Taylor, Melvyn J.,Thomason, Douglas A.,Whittamore, Paul R. O.
, p. 597 - 600 (2007/10/03)
Optimised quinuclidine squalene synthase (SQS) inhibitors are reported; 3-[2-(2-allyl-4-(2-ethoxy carbonylethyl)phenyl)ethynyl]quinuclidin-3-ol 1c, is a potent inhibitor of rat (KI = 6 nM) and human (KI = 43 nM) microsomal SQS; the oral ED50 of 1c, for the inhibition of rat cholesterol biosynthesis was 1.3 ± 0.45 mg/kg and for the R-enantiomer 1m, 0.8 ± 0.2 mg/kg, with the corresponding R-carboxylic acid 6a, being 0.9 ± 0.25 mg/kg.
