841204-93-1Relevant articles and documents
Identification of a potent, selective, and orally active leukotriene A 4 hydrolase inhibitor with anti-inflammatory activity
Grice, Cheryl A.,Tays, Kevin L.,Savall, Brad M.,Wei, Jianmei,Butler, Christopher R.,Axe, Frank U.,Bembenek, Scott D.,Fourie, Anne M.,Dunford, Paul J.,Lundeen, Katherine,Coles, Fawn,Xue, Xiaohua,Riley, Jason P.,Williams, Kacy N.,Karlsson, Lars,Edwards, James P.
, p. 4150 - 4169 (2008)
LTA4H is a ubiquitously distributed 69 kDa zinc-containing cytosolic enzyme with both hydrolase and aminopeptidase activity. As a hydrolase, LTA4H stereospecifically catalyzes the transformation of the unstable epoxide LTA4 to the diol LTB4, a potent chemoattractant and activator of neutrophils and a chemoattractant of eosinophils, macrophages, mast cells, and T cells. Inhibiting the formation of LTB4 is expected to be beneficial in the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), asthma, and atherosclerosis. We developed a pharmacophore model using a known inhibitor manually docked into the active site of LTA4H to identify a subset of compounds for screening. From this work we identified a series of benzoxazole, benzthiazole, and benzimidazole inhibitors. SAR studies resulted in the identification of several potent inhibitors with an appropriate cross-reactivity profile and excellent PK/PD properties. Our efforts focused on further profiling JNJ 27265732, which showed encouraging efficacy in a disease model relevant to IBD.
