- NOVEL COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE and INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
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The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are inhibitors of PDElA, a phosphodiesterase that is involved in the modulation of the degradation of cartilage, joint degeneration and diseases involving such degradation and/or inflammation.
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- Design and synthesis of Rho kinase inhibitors (II)
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In a previous study, we identified several structurally unrelated scaffolds of the Rho kinase inhibitor using pharmacophore information obtained from the results of a high-throughput screening and structural information from a homology model of Rho kinase. 1H-Indazole is one of the candidate scaffolds on which a new series of potent Rho kinase inhibitors could be developed. In this study, the detailed structure-activity relationship of 1H-indazole analogues was studied. During this study, we found that the cell-free enzyme inhibitory potential of Rho kinase inhibitors having the 1H-indazole scaffold did not necessarily correlate with their inhibitory potential toward the chemotaxis of cultured cells. The choice of the linker substructure was shown to be an important factor for the 1H-indazole analogues to inhibit the chemotaxis of cells. Optimization of the 1H-indazole inhibitors with respect to the in vitro inhibition of monocyte chemotaxis induced by MCP-1 was carried out. The inhibitory potential was improved both in the cell-free enzyme assay and in the chemotaxis assay.
- Iwakubo, Masayuki,Takami, Atsuya,Okada, Yuji,Kawata, Takehisa,Tagami, Yoshimichi,Ohashi, Hiroshi,Sato, Motoko,Sugiyama, Terumi,Fukushima, Kayoko,Iijima, Hiroshi
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p. 350 - 364
(2008/02/04)
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- BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVES
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A compound represented by formula (1): wherein X is a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkylene group; Z is a saturated or unsaturated monocyclic hydrocarbon ring group or the like; and each of R1, R2, R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or the like, a prodrug of said compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said compound or prodrug has inhibitory effect on Rho kinase and hence is useful for treating diseases which are such that morbidity due to them is expected to be improved by inhibition of Rho kinase and secondary effects such as inhibition of the Na+/H+ exchange transport system caused by the Rho kinase inhibition, for example, hypertension.
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- Syntheses and Binding Studies of New [(Aryl)(aryloxy)methyl]piperidine Derivatives and Related Compounds as Potential Antidepressant Drugs with High Affinity for Serotonin (5-HT) and Norepinephrine (NE) Transporters
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In a wide search program toward new, efficient, and fast-acting antidepressant drugs, we have prepared series of new compounds having an (aryl)(aryloxy)methyl moiety linked directly or through a methylene chain to different substituted and unsubstituted cycles (isoquinoline, piperazine, piperidine, tetrahydropyran, or cyclopentane). These compounds have been evaluated for their affinities for serotonin (5-HT) transporter (SERT) and 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptors. Racemic mixtures of 4-[(aryl)(aryloxy)methyl]piperidine derivatives showed much higher affinity values for SERT than fluoxetine and resulted in lack of affinity for 5-HT 1A and 5-HT2A receptors. Some of these racemic mixtures were resolved to their enantiomers and tested for binding to norepinephrine (NE) transporter (NET), dopamine (DA) transporter (DAT), and α2 receptor. Several of these enantiomers [(-)-15b, (-)-15j, (-)-15t, (+)-15u] displayed a dual binding profile with affinities for SERT and NET with K i i = 1.9 and 13.5 nM, respectively), and further pharmacological characterization is in progress for its evaluation as a antidepressant.
- Orjales, Aurelio,Mosquera, Ramón,Toledo, Antonio,Pumar, M. Carmen,García, Neftalí,Cortizo, Lourdes,Labeaga, Luis,Innerárity, Ana
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(2007/10/03)
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- Chemoselective deprotection of benzyl esters in the presence of benzyl ethers, benzyloxymethyl ethers and N-benzyl groups by catalytic transfer hydrogenation
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-COOBn, -PO(OH)OBn, -O-CBz and N-CBz groups are efficiently and chemoselectively deprotected in the presence of Bn and BOM ethers and N-Bn groups by hydrogenolysis under catalytic transfer hydrogenation using 10% palladium on carbon as the catalyst and cyclohexadiene as the hydrogen donor.
- Bajwa
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(2007/10/02)
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