A series of N,N-3-phenyl-3-benzylaminopropanamide derivatives were identified as novel CETP (cholesteryl ester transfer protein) inhibitors. In our previous study, lead compound L10 was discovered by pharmacophore-based virtual screening (Dong-Mei Zhao et al., 2014). Based on L10 (IC50 8.06 μM), compound HL6 (IC50 10.7 μM) was discovered following systematic structure variation and biological tests
一系列N,N -3-苯基-3-苄基
氨基丙酰胺衍
生物被鉴定为新型CETP(
胆固醇酯转移蛋白)
抑制剂。在我们先前的研究中,先导化合物L10是通过基于药效团的虚拟筛选发现的(Dong-Mei Zhao等人,2014)。通过系统结构变化和
生物学测试,发现了基于L10(IC 50 8.06μM)的化合物HL6(IC 50 10.7μM)。结构-活性关系(
SAR)的进一步优化导致N,N-3-苯基-3-苄基
氨基脯
氨酰胺衍
生物作为新型CETP
抑制剂。合成它们并通过BODIPY-CE荧光测定法对CETP进行评估。其中,HL16(IC 50 0.69μM)是一种体外高效CETP
抑制剂。另外,HL16在体内通过仓鼠表现出有利的HDL-C增强和LDL-C降低。进行了HL16到CETP的分子对接。结合模式表明HL16占据了CETP结合位点并与关键
氨基酸残基形成相互作用。