作者:Richard G. Wilde、Jeffrey T. Billheimer、Sandie J. Germain、Elizabeth A. Hausner、Paul C. Meunier、Deborah A. Munzer、Janet K. Stoltenborg、Peter J. Gillies、Deborah L. Burcham、Shiew-Mai Huang、John D. Klaczkiewicz、Soo S. Ko、Ruth R. Wexler
DOI:10.1016/0968-0896(96)00143-5
日期:1996.9
Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) is the enzyme largely responsible for intracellular cholesterol esterification. A systemic inhibitor of ACAT is believed to be able to slow or even reverse the atherosclerotic process. Towards that goal, a series of cyclic sulfides, derived from the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of thioaldehydes with 1,3-dienes, and bearing carboxamide substituents, were prepared and evaluated for in vitro (in several tissues and species) and ex vivo ACAT inhibition. Minor changes in subsequent structure were found to have a significant effect in optimization of the biological activity of this series of compounds. Copyright (C) 1996 The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company.