Sorbitol Dehydrogenase Inhibitors (SDIs): A New Potent, Enantiomeric SDI, 4-[2-1<i>R</i>-Hydroxy-ethyl)-pyrimidin-4-yl]-piperazine-1-sulfonic Acid Dimethylamide
作者:Banavara L. Mylari、Peter J. Oates、David A. Beebe、Nathaniel S. Brackett、James B. Coutcher、Michael S. Dina、William J. Zembrowski
DOI:10.1021/jm0102001
日期:2001.8.1
We report here on our medicinal chemistry and pharmacology efforts to provide a potent sorbitol dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDI) as a tool to probe a recently disclosed hypothesis centered on the role of sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) in the second step of the polyol pathway, under conditions of high glucose flux. Starting from a weak literature lead, 2, and through newly developed structure-activity relationships, we have designed and executed an unambiguous synthesis of enantiomeric SDI, 6, which is at least 10x more potent than 2. Also, 6 potently inhibits SDH in streptozotocin-diabetic rat sciatic nerve. We have described an expedient synthesis of a key building template, 33, for future research in the SDI area that may facilitate the discovery of even more potent SDIs with longer duration of action in vivo.