- The Discovery of (S)-1-(6-(3-((4-(1-(Cyclopropanecarbonyl)piperidin-4-yl)-2-methylphenyl)amino)-2,3-dihydro-1 H -inden-4-yl)pyridin-2-yl)-5-methyl-1 H -pyrazole-4-carboxylic Acid, a Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Activator Specifically Designed for Topical Ocular Delivery as a Therapy for Glaucoma
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Soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), the endogenous receptor for nitric oxide (NO), has been implicated in several diseases associated with oxidative stress. In a pathological oxidative environment, the heme group of sGC can be oxidized becoming unresponsive to NO leading to a loss in the ability to catalyze the production of cGMP. Recently a dysfunctional sGC/NO/cGMP pathway has been implicated in contributing to elevated intraocular pressure associated with glaucoma. Herein we describe the discovery of molecules specifically designed for topical ocular administration, which can activate oxidized sGC restoring the ability to catalyze the production of cGMP. These efforts culminated in the identification of compound (+)-23, which robustly lowers intraocular pressure in a cynomolgus model of elevated intraocular pressure over 24 h after a single topical ocular drop and has been selected for clinical evaluation.
- Ehara, Takeru,Adams, Christopher M.,Bevan, Doug,Ji, Nan,Meredith, Erik L.,Belanger, David B.,Powers, James,Kato, Mitsunori,Solovay, Catherine,Liu, Donglei,Capparelli, Michael,Bolduc, Philippe,Grob, Jonathan E.,Daniels, Matthew H.,Ferrara, Luciana,Yang, Louis,Li, Byron,Towler, Christopher S.,Stacy, Rebecca C.,Prasanna, Ganesh,Mogi, Muneto
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p. 2552 - 2570
(2018/03/26)
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- INDANE AND INDOLINE DERIVATIVES AND THE USE THEREOF AS SOLUBLE GUANYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATORS
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The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
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(2016/01/25)
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- The power of solvent in altering the course of photorearrangements
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A clean bifurcation between two important photochemical reactions through competition of a triplet state Type II H-abstraction reaction with a photo-Favorskii rearrangement for (o/p)-hydroxy-o-methylphenacyl esters that depends on the water content of the solvent has been established. The switch from the anhydrous Type II pathway that yields indanones to the aqueous-dependent pathway producing benzofuranones occurs abruptly at low water concentrations (~8%). The surprisingly clean yields suggest that such reactions are synthetically promising.
- Sebej, Peter,Lim, Bum Hee,Park, Bong Ser,Givens, Richard S.,Klan, Petr
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p. 644 - 647
(2011/04/15)
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- Anionic cyclizations of aromatic ester dithioacetals with facially biased α,β-unsaturated ketones
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Cyclopent-2-enones bearing a plane-nonsymmetric oxygen function on C-4 reacted efficiently with anions derived from aromatic ester dithioacetals to provide annulated products in a highly diastereoselective fashion. Whereas the anion of a dimethoxy aromati
- Morrison, Christopher F.,Stamp, Craig T.M.,Burnell, D. Jean
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 7021 - 7023
(2010/02/28)
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- Synthesis of (±)-fredericamycin A
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The synthesis of (±)-fredericamycin A (1) is reported with full experimental detail. Preparations of building blocks for the upper (2) and lower (3) units of 1 are described. The union of 2 and 3 by a two-step 1,4-dipolar cycloaddition and the elaboration
- Wendt, John A.,Gauvreau, Paul J.,Bach, Robert D.
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p. 9921 - 9926
(2007/10/02)
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