The invention is directed to methods to inhibit p38-&agr; kinase using compounds of the formula
1
and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, wherein
represents a single or double bond;
one Z
2
is CA or CR
8
A and the other is CR
1
, CR
1
2
, NR
6
or N wherein each R
1
, R
6
and R
8
is independently hydrogen or noninterfering substituent;
A is —W
i
—COX
j
Y wherein Y is COR
2
or an isostere thereof and R
2
is hydrogen or a noninterfering substituent, each of W and X is a spacer of 2-6 Å, and each of i and j is independently 0 or 1;
Z
3
is NR
7
or O;
each R
3
is independently a noninterfering substituent;
n is 0-3;
each of L
1
and L
2
is a linker;
each R
4
is independently a noninterfering substituent;
m is 0-4;
Z
1
is CR
5
or N wherein R
5
is hydrogen or a noninterfering substituent;
each of l and k is an integer from 0-2 wherein the sum of l and k is 0-3;
Ar is an aryl group substituted with 0-5 noninterfering substituents, wherein two noninterfering substituents can form a fused ring; and
the distance between the atom of Ar linked to L
2
and the center of the &agr; ring is 4.5-24 Å.
本发明涉及使用式1化合物及其药学上可接受的盐或制剂的方法,以抑制p38-α激酶,其中:
- 表示单个或双键;
- 其中一个Z2是CA或CR8A,另一个是CR1、CR12、NR6或N,其中每个R1、R6和R8独立地表示氢或非干扰取代基;
- A是-Wi-COXjY,其中Y是COR2或其异构体,R2是氢或非干扰取代基,W和X分别是2-6埃的间隔基,i和j各自独立地为0或1;
- Z3是NR7或O;
- 每个R3独立地表示非干扰取代基;
- n为0-3;
- 每个L1和
L2是连接基;
- 每个R4独立地表示非干扰取代基;
- m为0-4;
- Z1是CR5或N,其中R5是氢或非干扰取代基;
- 每个l和k是0-2的整数,其中l和k的和为0-3;
- Ar是芳基基团,其上取代0-5个非干扰基团,其中两个非干扰基团可以形成融合环;
- Ar与
L2连接的原子与α环中心之间的距离为4.5-24埃。