Screening of a Custom-Designed Acid Fragment Library Identifies 1-Phenylpyrroles and 1-Phenylpyrrolidines as Inhibitors of Notum Carboxylesterase Activity
摘要:
The Wnt family of proteins are secreted signaling proteins that play key roles in regulating cellular functions. Recently, carboxylesterase Notum was shown to act as a negative regulator of Wnt signaling by mediating the removal of an essential palmitoleate. Here we disclose two new chemical scaffolds that inhibit Notum enzymatic activity. Our approach was to create a fragment library of 250 acids for screening against Notum in a biochemical assay followed by structure determination by X-ray crystallography. Twenty fragments were identified as hits for Notum inhibition, and 14 of these fragments were shown to bind in the palmitoleate pocket of Notum. Optimization of 1-phenylpyrrole 20, guided by structure-based drug design, identified 20z as the most potent compound from this series. Similarly, the optimization of 1-phenylpyrrolidine 8 gave acid 26. This work demonstrates that inhibition of Notum activity can be achieved by small, drug-like molecules possessing favorable in vitro ADME profiles.
The present invention provides prodrugs of compounds that inhibit the activity of plasma kallikrein (PK) and methods of preventing and treating plasma kallikrein dependent diseases or conditions, for example, diabetic macular edema, with the prodrugs having the formula:
This invention provides new pharmaceutically useful compounds that are prodrugs of inhibitors of plasma kallikrein and methods and compositions for preventing or treating plasma kallikrein dependent diseases or conditions, such as diabetic macular edema or hemorrhagic stroke, by administering prodrugs of the formula:
[EN] PRODRUGS OF INHIBITORS OF PLASMA KALLIKREIN<br/>[FR] PROMÉDICAMENTS D'INHIBITEURS DE LA KALLICRÉINE PLASMATIQUE
申请人:ACTIVESITE PHARMACEUTICALS INC
公开号:WO2011075684A1
公开(公告)日:2011-06-23
The present invention provides prodrugs of compounds that inhibit the activity of plasma kallikrein (PK) and methods of preventing and treating plasma kallikrein dependent diseases or conditions, for example, diabetic macular edema, with the prodrugs having the formula (I).