Optimization of <i>N</i>-Benzoylindazole Derivatives as Inhibitors of Human Neutrophil Elastase
作者:Letizia Crocetti、Igor A. Schepetkin、Agostino Cilibrizzi、Alessia Graziano、Claudia Vergelli、Donatella Giomi、Andrei I. Khlebnikov、Mark T. Quinn、Maria Paola Giovannoni
DOI:10.1021/jm400742j
日期:2013.8.8
Humanneutrophilelastase (HNE) is an important therapeutic target for treatment of pulmonary diseases. Previously, we identified novel N-benzoylindazole derivatives as potent, competitive, and pseudoirreversible HNE inhibitors. Here, we report further development of these inhibitors with improved potency, protease selectivity, and stability compared to our previous leads. Introduction of a variety