申请人:Hutchings Richard
公开号:US20080287479A1
公开(公告)日:2008-11-20
This invention provides compounds of the formula:
useful in the inhibition or modulation of serine palmitoyl transferase and their use in methods of treatment or amelioration of type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes, insulin resistance, the effects of obesity, metabolic syndrome (sometimes referred to as Syndrome X), impaired glucose tolerance, Cushing's disease, cardiovascular disease, prothrombotic conditions, myocardial infarction, hypertension, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, atherosclerosis, dyslipidemia, sepsis, liver damage, retinal degenerative disorders, cachexia, emphysema, hepatitis C infections, HIV infections and inflammatory disorders and useful in methods for raising HDL plasma levels in a mammal. The compounds of this invention can also be used to prevent damage or loss of pancreatic islet beta cells (such as in the case of pancreatic beta cell apoptosis, including those related to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus).
这项发明提供了以下式的化合物:
其中,这些化合物可用于抑制或调节丝氨酰棕榈酰转移酶,并在治疗或改善2型糖尿病、1型糖尿病、胰岛素抵抗、肥胖症、代谢综合征(有时称为X综合征)、糖耐量受损、库欣综合征、心血管疾病、促凝状态、心肌梗死、高血压、充血性心力衰竭、心肌病、动脉粥样硬化、血脂异常、败血症、肝损伤、视网膜退行性疾病、消瘦、肺气肿、丙型肝炎感染、HIV感染和炎症性疾病的治疗方法中使用,且可用于提高哺乳动物的高密度脂蛋白血浆水平的方法。
此发明的化合物还可用于预防胰岛β细胞的损伤或丢失(例如,胰岛β细胞凋亡的情况,包括与胰岛素依赖性糖尿病相关的凋亡)。