Substituted oxazolidinones as novel NPC1L1 ligands for the inhibition of cholesterol absorption
作者:Jeffrey A. Pfefferkorn、Scott D. Larsen、Chad Van Huis、Roderick Sorenson、Tom Barton、Thomas Winters、Bruce Auerbach、Chenyan Wu、Thaddeus J. Wolfram、Hongliang Cai、Kathleen Welch、Nadia Esmaiel、JoAnn Davis、Richard Bousley、Karl Olsen、Sandra Bak Mueller、Thomas Mertz
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.11.083
日期:2008.1
Cholesterol absorption inhibition (CAI) represents an important treatment option for hypercholesterolemia. Herein, we report the design and evaluation of a series of substituted oxazolidinones as ligands for the Niemann Pick C1 Like 1 (NPC1L1) protein, a key mediator of cholesterol transport. Novel analogs were initially evaluated in a brush border membrane NPC1L1 binding assay; subsequently, promising compounds were evaluated in vivo for acute inhibition of cholesterol absorption. These studies identified analogs with low micromolar NPC1L1 binding affinity and acute in vivo efficacy of >50% absorption inhibition at 3 mg/kg. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.