The present invention is related to new substituted pyrrolidine derivatives of formula (I). Said compounds are preferably for use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Specifically, pyrrolidine derivatives of formula (I) are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of neurodegenerative disorders, diseases associated with polygultamine tracts, epilepsy, ischemia, infertility, cardiovascular disorders renal hypoxia, hepatitis and AIDS. Said pyrrolidine derivatives display a modulatory and most notably a down-regulating-up to an inhibitory-activity with respect to the cellular death agonist Bax and/or the activation pathways leading to Bax and allows therefore to block the release of cytochrome (c). The present invention is furthermore related to novel pharmaceutically activity substituted pyrrolidine derivatives as well as to methods of their preparation, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of O, S, CR<6>R<7>, NOR<6>, NNR<6>R<7>; A is selected from the group consisting of —(C═O)—, —(C═O)—O—, —C(═NH)—, —(C═O)—NH—, —(C═S)—NH, —SO2-, —SO2NH—; —CH2-; B is either a group —(C═O)—NR<8>R<9> or represents a heterocyclic residue having the formula (II) wherein Q is NR<10>, O or S; n is an integer selected of 0, 1 or 2; Y, Z and E form together with the 2 carbons to which they are attached a 5-6 membered aryl or heteroaryl ring.
本发明涉及公式(I)的新取代
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生物。这些化合物通常用作药物活性化合物。具体来说,公式(I)的
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生物在神经退行性疾病、与多谷
氨酸肽段相关的疾病、癫痫、缺血、不孕症、心血管疾病、肾脏缺氧、肝炎和艾滋病的治疗和/或预防中有用。所述
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生物显示出调节性,特别是对
细胞死亡促进剂Bax和/或导致Bax激活途径的下调-直至抑制活性,并因此允许阻止细胞色素(c)的释放。本发明还涉及新的具有药物活性的取代
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生物以及它们的制备方法,其中X选择自O、S、CR <6> R <7>、NOR <6>、NNR <6> R <7>的群;A选择自-(C═O)-、-(C═O)-O-、-C(═NH)-、-(C═O)-NH-、-(C═S)-NH、-SO2-、-SO2NH-;-
CH2-;B是一个组-(C═O)-NR <8> R <9>或代表具有公式(II)的杂环残基,其中Q是NR <10>、O或S;n是选择的整数0、1或2;Y、Z和E与它们连接的2个碳一起形成一个5-6成员芳香族或杂芳族环。