MMP-12 plays a significant role in airway inflammation and remodeling. Increased expression and production of MMP-12 have been observed in the lungs of asthmatic patients. Compound 27 was identified as a potent and selective MMP-12 inhibitor possessing good physicochemical properties. In pharmacological studies, the compound was orally efficacious in an MMP-12 induced ear-swelling inflammation model in the mouse with a good dose response. This compound also exhibited oral efficacy in a naturally Ascaris-sensitized sheep asthma model showing significant inhibition of the late phase response to allergen challenge. This compound has been considered for further development as a treatment therapy for asthma.
Useful electrophilic trifluoromethylating agents; S-, Se- and Te-(trifluoromethyl)dibenzo-thio-, -seleno- and -telluro-phenium-3-sulfonates
作者:Teruo Umemoto、Sumi Ishihara、Kenji Adachi
DOI:10.1016/0022-1139(95)03253-a
日期:1995.9
Se, Se- and Te-(Trifluoromethyl) dibenzo-thio-, -seleno- and -telluro-phenium-3-sulfonates and their dimethyl and nitro derivatives have been synthesized in good yield by sulfonation of the corresponding (trifluoromethyl)dibenzocyclic chalcogen salts with fuming sulfuric acid or by sulfonation followed by nitration. The practical use of these power-variable trifluoromethylating agents has been demonstrated. Thus, they provide good yields of trifluoromethylated products, and the by-product (a salt of dibenzothiophene-3-sulfonic acid or an analog) was easily removed from the products by filtration or by washing with water. S-(Perfluoro-ethyl, -n-butyl- and -n-octyl)dibenzothiophenium-3-sulfonates have also been synthesized and a similar perfluoroalkylation using one of them has been accomplished.
(HALOALKYL)DIBENZO-ONIUM SULFONATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND HALOALKYLATING AGENT AND METHOD