Indole Cytosolic Phospholipase A2α Inhibitors: Discovery and in Vitro and in Vivo Characterization of 4-{3-[5-Chloro-2-(2-{[(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)sulfonyl]amino}ethyl)-1-(diphenylmethyl)-1H-indol-3-yl]propyl}benzoic Acid, Efipladib
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry2008Vol. 51(12), pp. 3388–3413
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John C. McKew, Katherine L. Lee, Marina W. H. Shen, Paresh Thakker, Megan A. Foley, Mark L. Behnke, Baihua Hu, Fuk‐Wah Sum, Steve Tam, Yonghan Hu, Lih-Ren Chen, Steven J. Kirincich, Ronald S. Michalak, Jennifer R. Thomason, Manus Ipek, Kun Wu, Lane Wooder, Manjunath Ramarao, Elizabeth Murphy, Debra G. Goodwin, Leo Albert, Xin Xu, Frances Donahue, Minhee Ku, James C. Keith, Cheryl Nickerson‐Nutter, William M. Abraham, Cara Williams, Martin Hegen, James D. Clark
Abstract
The optimization of a class of indole cPLA 2 alpha inhibitors is described herein. The importance of the substituent at C3 and the substitution pattern of the phenylmethane sulfonamide region are highlighted. Optimization of these regions led to the discovery of 111 (efipladib) and 121 (WAY-196025), which are shown to be potent, selective inhibitors of cPLA 2 alpha in a variety of isolated enzyme assays, cell based assays, and rat and human whole blood assays. The binding of these compounds has been further examined using isothermal titration calorimetry. Finally, these compounds have shown efficacy when dosed orally in multiple acute and chronic prostaglandin and leukotriene dependent in vivo models.
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