Discovery of potent, selective, bioavailable phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2) inhibitors active in an osteoarthritis pain model, Part I: Transformation of selective pyrazolodiazepinone phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitors into selective PDE2 inhibitors
作者:Mark S. Plummer、Joseph Cornicelli、Howard Roark、Donald J. Skalitzky、Charles J. Stankovic、Susan Bove、Jayvardhan Pandit、Annise Goodman、James Hicks、Aurash Shahripour、David Beidler、Xiao Kang Lu、Brian Sanchez、Christopher Whitehead、Ron Sarver、Timothy Braden、Richard Gowan、Xi Qiang Shen、Katherine Welch、Adam Ogden、Nalini Sadagopan、Heidi Baum、Howard Miller、Craig Banotai、Cindy Spessard、Sandra Lightle
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.03.072
日期:2013.6
We identified potent, selective PDE2 inhibitors by optimizing residual PDE2 activity in a series of PDE4 inhibitors, while simultaneously minimizing PDE4 activity. These newly designed PDE2 inhibitors bind to the PDE2 enzyme in a cGMP-like mode in contrast to the cAMP-like binding mode found in PDE4. Structure activity relationship studies coupled with an inhibitor bound crystal structure in the active site of the catalytic domain of PDE2 identified structural features required to minimize PDE4 inhibition while simultaneously maximizing PDE2 inhibition. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.