- Discovery of 3-[(4,5,7-trifluorobenzothiazol-2-yl)methyl]indole-N-acetic acid (lidorestat) and congeners as highly potent and selective inhibitors of aldose reductase for treatment of chronic diabetic complications
-
Recent efforts to identify treatments for chronic diabetic complications have resulted in the discovery of a novel series of highly potent and selective 3-[(benzothiazol-2-yl)methyl]indole-N-alkanoic acid aldose reductase inhibitors. The lead candidate, 3-[(4,5,7-trifluorobenzothiazol-2-yl)methyl]indole-N-acetic acid (lidorestat, 9) inhibits aldose reductase with an IC50 of 5 nM, while being 5400 times less active against aldehyde reductase, a related enzyme involved in the detoxification of reactive aldehydes. It lowers nerve and lens sorbitol levels with ED50's of 1.9 and 4.5 mg/kg/d po, respectively, in the 5-day STZ-induced diabetic rat model. In a 3-month diabetic intervention model (1 month of diabetes followed by 2 months of drug treatment at 5 mg/kg/d po), it normalizes polyols and reduces the motor nerve conduction velocity deficit by 59% relative to diabetic controls. It has a favorable pharmacokinetic profile (F, 82%; t1/2, 5.6 h; Vd, 0.694 L/kg) with good drug penetration in target tissues (Cmax in sciatic nerve and eye are 2.36 and 1.45 μg equiv/g, respectively, when dosed with [14C] lidorestat at 10 mg/kg po).
- Van Zandt, Michael C.,Jones, Michael L.,Gunn, David E.,Geraci, Leo S.,Jones, J. Howard,Sawicki, Diane R.,Sredy, Janet,Jacot, Jorge L.,DiCioccio, A. Thomas,Petrova, Tatiana,Mitschler, Andre,Podjarny, Alberto D.
-
p. 3141 - 3152
(2007/10/03)
-
- EPR SPECTROSCOPY OF A DIAZA DERIVATIVE OF META-XYLYLENE
-
Photolysis of 2,4,6-trifluoro-1,3-diazidobenzene in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran at 77k produces a dinitrene quintet.Upon warming the quintet briefly to 100K followed by recooling to 77K the EPR spectrum of the quintet disappears and is replaced by that of a trifluorodiaza biradical.
- Haider, Karl,Soundararajan, N.,Shaffer, Myron,Platz, Matthew S.
-
p. 1225 - 1228
(2007/10/02)
-