The present invention is related to new substituted pyrrolidine derivatives of formula (I). Said compounds are preferably for use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Specifically, pyrrolidine derivatives of formula (I) are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of neurodegenerative disorders, diseases associated with polygultamine tracts, epilepsy, ischemia, infertility, cardiovascular disorders renal hypoxia, hepatitis and AIDS. Said pyrrolidine derivatives display a modulatory and most notably a down-regulating-up to an inhibitory-activity with respect to the cellular death agonist Bax and/or the activation pathways leading to Bax and allows therefore to block the release of cytochrome (c). The present invention is furthermore related to novel pharmaceutically activity substituted pyrrolidine derivatives as well as to methods of their preparation, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of O, S, CR<6>R<7>, NOR<6>, NNR<6>R<7>; A is selected from the group consisting of —(C═O)—, —(C═O)—O—, —C(═NH)—, —(C═O)—NH—, —(C═S)—NH, —SO2-, —SO2NH—; —CH2-; B is either a group —(C═O)—NR<8>R<9> or represents a heterocyclic residue having the formula (II) wherein Q is NR<10>, O or S; n is an integer selected of 0, 1 or 2; Y, Z and E form together with the 2 carbons to which they are attached a 5-6 membered aryl or heteroaryl ring.
本发明涉及新的取代
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生物的
化学式(I)。所述化合物通常用作药用活性化合物。具体来说,
化学式(I)的
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生物在治疗和/或预防神经退行性疾病、与多谷
氨酸
氨基酸序列相关的疾病、癫痫、缺血、不孕症、心血管疾病、肾脏缺
氧、肝炎和艾滋病方面具有用处。所述
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生物显示出对
细胞死亡促进子Bax和/或导致Bax激活途径的调节作用,最显著地是下调至抑制活性,并因此允许阻止细胞色素(c)的释放。本发明还涉及新的具有药用活性的取代
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生物,以及它们的制备方法,其中X选自O、S、CR<6>R<7>、NOR<6>、NNR<6>R<7>组成的群;A选自—(C═O)—、—(C═O)—O—、—C(═NH)—、—(C═O)—NH—、—(C═S)—NH、—SO2-、—SO2NH—;—
CH2-;B是一个群—(C═O)—NR<8>R<9>或代表具有
化学式(II)的杂环残基,其中Q是NR<10>、O或S;n是选自0、1或2的整数;Y、Z和E与它们连接的两个
碳共同形成一个5-6成员芳香族或杂芳族环。