申请人:Nonoshita Katsumasa
公开号:US20080070928A1
公开(公告)日:2008-03-20
A glucokinase activator is provided; and a remedy and/or a preventive for diabetes, or a remedy and/or a preventive for diabetes such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neurosis, ischemic cardiopathy, arteriosclerosis, and further a remedy and/or a preventive for obesity are provided.
A glucokinase activator characterized by containing a 2-heteroaryl-substituted benzimidazole derivative of a general formula (I-0) or its pharmaceutically-acceptable salt:
[in the formula, X represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom;
X
1
, X
2
, X
3
and X
4
each independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; the ring A represents a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing aromatic hetero ring of a formula (II):
(in the formula, X represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom); R
1
represents an aryl, etc.; R
2
represents a hydroxy, etc.; R
3
represents a —C
1-6
alkyl, etc.; R
4
represents a —C
1-6
alkyl, etc.; X
5
represents —O—, etc.; a indicates an integer of 1, 2 or 3; q indicates an integer of from 0 to 2; m indicates an integer of from 0 to 2].
提供了一种葡萄糖激酶激活剂;提供了糖尿病的治疗和/或预防,或者提供了糖尿病的治疗和/或预防,例如视网膜病变、肾病、神经病、缺血性心脏病、动脉硬化,以及肥胖症的治疗和/或预防。葡萄糖激酶激活剂的特征在于包含通式(I-0)的2-杂环芳基取代苯并咪唑衍生物或其药学上可接受的盐:[在公式中,X表示碳原子或氮原子;X1、X2、X3和X4分别独立地表示碳原子或氮原子;环A表示公式(II)的5-或6-成员含氮芳香杂环:(在公式中,X表示碳原子或氮原子);R1表示芳基等;R2表示羟基等;R3表示-C1-6烷基等;R4表示-C1-6烷基等;X5表示-O-等;a表示1、2或3的整数;q表示0到2的整数;m表示0到2的整数]。