Benzoylalanine-derived ketoamides carrying vinylbenzyl amino residues:: Discovery of potent water-soluble calpain inhibitors with oral bioavailability
Benzoylalanine-derived ketoamides carrying vinylbenzyl amino residues:: Discovery of potent water-soluble calpain inhibitors with oral bioavailability
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DOI:
10.1021/jm0210717
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发表时间:
2003-06-05
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Möller, A
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作者:
Lubisch, W;Beckenbach, E;Möller, A
Novel benzoylalanine-derived ketoamides were prepared and evaluated for calpain I inhibition. Derivatives carrying vinylbenzyl amino residues in the P-2-P-3 region inhibited calpain in nanomolar concentrations and thus represent a novel class of nonpeptidic calpain inhibitors. Selected examples exhibited an improved pharmacokinetic profile including improved water-solubility and metabolic stability. In particular, these calpain inhibitors showed oral bioavailability in rats as demonstrated by N-(1-benzyl-2-carbamoyl-2-oxoethyl)-2-[E-2-(4-diethylaminomethylphenyl)ethen-1-yl]benzamide (5d). The closely related derivative N-(1-carbamoyl-1-oxohex-1-yl)-2-[E-2-(4-dimethylaminomethylphenyl)-ethen-1-yl]benzamide (5b) was evaluated for neuroprotective efficacy after experimental traumatic brain injury in a fluid percussion model in rats. When administered after injury, 5b reduced the number of damaged neurons by 41%, and this result would be in line with the suggested neuroprotective efficacy of calpain inhibition.