Compounds which are inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis (by inhibiting de novo squalene biosynthesis), and thus are useful as hypocholesterolemic agents and antiatherosclerotic agents are provided which have the structure
and analogs thereof, wherein R¹, R², R³ and R⁴ are the same or different and are H, lower alkyl, a metal ion or a prodrug ester;
R⁵ is H, halogen or lower alkyl;
Zq is substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, mixed alkenyl-alkynyl or substituted phenylalkyl, or substituted biphenylalkyl, alkylphenylalkyl or alkyl, including all stereoisomers thereof.
New methods for using such compounds to inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis are also provided.
所提供的化合物是
胆固醇生物合成的
抑制剂(通过抑制
角鲨烯的新
生物合成),因此可用作降
胆固醇药和
抗动脉粥样硬化药,其结构为
及其类似物,其中 R¹、R²、R³ 和 R⁴ 相同或不同,并且是 H、低级烷基、
金属离子或原药
酯;
R⁵ 是 H、卤素或低级烷基;
Zq 是取代的
烯基、取代的炔基、混合
烯基-炔基或取代的
苯基烷基,或取代的
联苯烷基、 烷基
苯烷基或烷基,包括其所有立体异构体。
还提供了使用此类化合物抑制
胆固醇生物合成的新方法。