Discovery and Evaluation of Potent P<sub>1</sub> Aryl Heterocycle-Based Thrombin Inhibitors
作者:Mary Beth Young、James C. Barrow、Kristen L. Glass、George F. Lundell、Christina L. Newton、Janetta M. Pellicore、Kenneth E. Rittle、Harold G. Selnick、Kenneth J. Stauffer、Joseph P. Vacca、Peter D. Williams、Dennis Bohn、Franklin C. Clayton、Jacquelynn J. Cook、Julie A. Krueger、Lawrence C. Kuo、S. Dale Lewis、Bobby J. Lucas、Daniel R. McMasters、Cynthia Miller-Stein、Beth L. Pietrak、Audrey A. Wallace、Rebecca B. White、Bradley Wong、Youwei Yan、Philippe G. Nantermet
DOI:10.1021/jm030303e
日期:2004.6.1
In an effort to discover potent, clinically useful thrombin inhibitors, a rapid analogue synthetic approach was used to explore the P-1 region. Various benzylamines were coupled to a pyridine/pyrazinone P-2-P-3 template. One compound with an o-thiadiazole benzylic substitution was found to have a thrombin K-i of 0.84 nM. A study of ortho-substituted five-membered-ring heterocycles was undertaken and subsequently demonstrated that the o-triazole and tetrazole rings were optimal. Combination of these potent P-1 aryl heterocycles with a variety of P-2-P-3 groups produced a compound with an extraordinary thrombin inhibitory activity of 1.4 pM. It is hoped that this potency enhancement in P-1 will allow for more diversification in the P-2-P-3 region to ultimately address additional pharmacological concerns.