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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Identification of Selective Dual ROCK1 and ROCK2 Inhibitors Using Structure-Based Drug Design

A HTS campaign identified compound 1, an excellent hit-like molecule to initiate medicinal chemistry efforts to optimize a dual ROCK1 and ROCK2 inhibitor. Substitution (2-Cl, 2-NH2, 2-F, 3-F) of the pyridine hinge binding motif or replacement with pyrimidine afforded compounds with a clean CYP inhibition profile. Cocrystal structures of an early lead compound were obtained in PKA, ROCK1, and ROCK2. This provided critical structural information for medicinal chemistry to drive compound design. The structural data indicated the preferred configuration at the central benzylic carbon would be (R), and application of this information to compound design resulted in compound 16. This compound was shown to be a potent and selective dual ROCK inhibitor in both enzyme and cell assays and efficacious in the retinal nerve fiber layer model after oral dosing. This tool compound has been made available through the AbbVie Compound Toolbox. Finally, the cocrystal structures also identified that aspartic acid residues 176 and 218 in ROCK2, which are glutamic acids in PKA, could be targeted as residues to drive both potency and kinome selectivity. Introduction of a piperidin-3-ylmethanamine group to the compound series resulted in compound 58, a potent and selective dual ROCK inhibitor with excellent predicted drug-like properties.

SUBSTITUTED HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES

The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I-1) or (I-2) wherein R1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, O(CH2)2-lower akoxy, O(CH2)2N(CH3)2, or O(CH2)-morpholinyl; R1' is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, O(CH2)2-lower akoxy, O(CH2)2N(CH3)2, or O(CH2)-morpholinyl; with the proviso that both R1 and R1' may be simultaneously hydrogen, but only one of R1 and R1' is lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, O(CH2)2-lower akoxy, O(CH2)2N(CH3)2, or O(CH2)-morpholinyl; Het is a 5-or 6 membered heteroaryl group, wherein the heteroatom is selected from N, O or S; X is -CRR'-, -CRR'-NR'-, -C(O)-, -CH2-S-, -CH2-S(O)2-, CH2-O- or -CH2-CRR'-; R/R' are independently from each other hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy or phenyl, or R and R' may form together with the carbon atom to which they are attached a cyclopropyl ring; R2 is lower alkyl, -C(O)O-lower alkyl, C3-6-cycloalkyl optionally substituted by lower alkyl or =O, bridged cyclohexyl or C3-6-cycloalkenyl, or is a 5-membered heteroaryl group, wherein the heteroatom is selected from N, O or S and which is optionally substituted by one or more lower alkyl, or is pyridinyl, optionally substituted by halogen or lower alkoxy; or is phenyl, optionally substituted by one or more R2', selected from halogen, cyano, S(O)2-lower alkyl, lower alkyl, lower alkyl substituted by halogen, lower alkoxy, lower alkoxy substituted by halogen or amino, or is benzo[1,3]dioxolyl, naphthyl, indolyl, benzo-isoxazolyl, 2,3-dihydro-1H-indenyl, optionally substituted by lower alkoxy or by an oxo group, or is 3,4-dihydro-2H- [1,4]oxazinyl, optionally substituted by an oxo group, or is a five or six membered heterocycloalkyl group; or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture or to its corresponding enantiomer and/or optical isomers thereof. The compounds may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, major depression, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, normal aging, epilepsy, retinal degeneration, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, Parkinson's disease, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, chemotherapy-induced cognitive dysfunction, Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, hearing loss, tinnitus, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, radiation therapy, chronic stress, abuse of neuro-active drugs, such as alcohol, opiates, methamphetamine, phencyclidine and cocaine.

Chemical Compounds

There is provided compounds of Formula (I) and salts, solvates, and physiologically functional derivatives thereof: wherein R1 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; R2 is aryl, optionally substituted by one or two groups selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydroxy, cyano, C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, C1-4alkanoyl, haloC1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, C1-4alkoxycarbonyl, C1-4alkylsulfonyl and a group R3R4NSO2 (wherein R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen or C1-4alkyl) and a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group; or n is 0 and R1 and R2, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are joined, form a 5- or 6-membered monocyclic heterocyclic ring or a 9- or 10-membered bicyclic heterocyclic ring wherein at least the ring which contains the nitrogen atom to which R1 and R2 are joined is non-aromatic, and wherein the 5- or 6-membered monocyclic heterocyclic ring or the 9- or 10-membered bicyclic heterocyclic ring is optionally substituted by one or two groups selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydroxy, cyano, oxo, C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkanoyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy and C1-4alkoxycarbonyl; and X is indazolyl, pyrazolyl or a group: wherein G is CH or N; and Y1 and Y2 are independently hydrogen, halogen and a group NR5R6 (wherein R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, C1-6alkyl or C2-6alkenyl).