Identification of substituted benzothiazole sulfones as potent and selective inhibitors of endothelial lipase
作者:Soong-Hoon Kim、James A. Johnson、Ji Jiang、Brandon Parkhurst、Monique Phillips、Zulan Pi、Jennifer X. Qiao、George Tora、Alice Ye Chen、Eddie Liu、Xiaohong Yin、Richard Yang、Lei Zhao、David S. Taylor、Michael Basso、Kamelia Behnia、Joelle Onorato、Xue-Qing Chen、Lynn M. Abell、Hao Lu、Gregory Locke、Christian Caporuscio、Leonard P. Adam、David Gordon、Ruth R. Wexler、Heather J. Finlay
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.05.048
日期:2019.8
EL hydrolyzes phospholipids in HDL resulting in reduction of plasma HDL. A series of benzothiazole sulfone amides was optimized for EL inhibition potency, lipase selectivity and improved pharmacokinetic profile leading to the identification of Compound 32. Compound 32 was evaluated in a mouse pharmacodynamic model and found to show no effect on HDL cholesterol level despite achieving targeted plasma
低水平的高密度脂蛋白(HDL)是心血管疾病的独立危险因素。HDL减少炎症并在胆固醇逆向转运中发挥重要作用,胆固醇从周围组织和动脉粥样硬化斑块中清除。增加血浆HDL的一种方法是通过抑制内皮脂肪酶(EL)。EL水解HDL中的磷脂,导致血浆HDL降低。优化了一系列苯并噻唑砜酰胺的EL抑制能力,脂肪酶选择性和改善的药代动力学特性,从而鉴定了化合物32。在小鼠药效学模型中评估了化合物32,尽管达到了目标血浆,但对HDL胆固醇水平没有影响暴露(超过4天的鼠标血浆EL IC50的谷值> 15倍)。