Design, Synthesis, and Pharmacological Evaluation of Fused β-Homophenylalanine Derivatives as Potent DPP-4 Inhibitors
作者:Tao Jiang、Yuren Zhou、Zhuxi Chen、Peng Sun、Jianming Zhu、Qiang Zhang、Zhen Wang、Qiang Shao、Xiangrui Jiang、Bo Li、Kaixian Chen、Hualiang Jiang、Heyao Wang、Weiliang Zhu、Jingshan Shen
DOI:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5b00074
日期:2015.5.14
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are accepted as a favorable class of agents for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Herein, a series of fused beta-homophenylalanine derivatives as novel DPP-4 inhibitors were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their inhibitory activities against DPP-4. Most of them displayed excellent DPP-4 inhibitory activities and good selectivity. Among them, 9aa, 18a, and 18m also showed good efficacy in an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in ICR mice. Moreover, when dosed 8 h prior to glucose challenge, 18m showed significantly greater potency than sitagliptin. It thus provides potential candidates for the further development into potent drugs targeting DPP-4.