3,4-Dihydropyrimido(1,2-a)indol-10(2H)-ones as potent non-peptidic inhibitors of caspase-3
作者:Lisa M. Havran、Dan C. Chong、Wayne E. Childers、Paul J. Dollings、Arlene Dietrich、Boyd L. Harrison、Vasilios Marathias、Gregory Tawa、Ann Aulabaugh、Rebecca Cowling、Bhupesh Kapoor、Weixin Xu、Lidia Mosyak、Franklin Moy、Wah-Tung Hum、Andrew Wood、Albert J. Robichaud
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2009.09.036
日期:2009.11
Cysteine-dependant aspartyl protease (caspase) activation has been implicated as a part of the signal transduction pathway leading to apoptosis. It has been postulated that caspase-3 inhibition could attenuate cell damage after an ischemic event and thereby providing for a novel neuroprotective treatment for stroke. As part of a program to develop a small molecule inhibitor of caspase-3, a novel series of 3,4-dihydropyrimido(1,2-a)indol-10(2H)-ones (pyrimidoindolones) was identified. The synthesis, biological evaluation and structure-activity relationships of the pyrimidoindolones are described. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.