Discovery of potent and liver-selective stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) inhibitors in an acyclic linker series
作者:Nicolas Lachance、Sébastien Guiral、Zheng Huang、Jean-Philippe Leclerc、Chun Sing Li、Renata M. Oballa、Yeeman K. Ramtohul、Hao Wang、Jin Wu、Lei Zhang
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.10.070
日期:2012.1
Elevated levels of stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) activity have been implicated in metabolic disorders such as obesity and type II diabetes. To circumvent skin and eye adverse events observed in rodents with systemically-distributed inhibitors, our research efforts have been focused on the search for new liver-targeting compounds. This work has led to the discovery of novel, potent and liver-selective acyclic linker SCD inhibitors. These compounds possess suitable cellular activity and pharmacokinetic properties to inhibit liver SCD activity in a mouse pharmacodynamic model. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.