作者:Jiaqiang Cai、Mark Baugh、Darcey Black、Clive Long、D. Jonathan Bennett、Maureen Dempster、Xavier Fradera、Jonathan Gillespie、Fiona Andrews、Sylviane Boucharens、John Bruin、Kenneth S. Cameron、Iain Cumming、William Hamilton、Philip S. Jones、Allard Kaptein、Emma Kinghorn、Maurice Maidment、Iain Martin、Ann Mitchell、Zoran Rankovic、John Robinson、Paul Scullion、Joost C.M. Uitdehaag、Paul Vink、Paul Westwood、Mario van Zeeland、Leon van Berkom、Martijn Bastiani、Tommi Meulemans
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.06.072
日期:2010.8
6-Phenyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine-4-carbonitrile analogues were identified as potent and selective cathepsin S inhibitor against both purified enzyme and in human JY cell based cellular assays. This core has a very stable thio-trapping nitrile war-head in comparison with the well reported pyrimidine-2-carbonitrile cysteine cathepsin inhibitors. Compound 47 is also very potent in in vivo mouse spleenic Lip10 accumulation assays. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.