1. Potent, selective and orally bioavailable dihydropyrimidine inhibitors of Rho kinase (ROCK1) as potential therapeutic agents for cardiovascular diseases.
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Sehon CA, Wang GZ, Viet AQ, Goodman KB, Dowdell SE, Elkins PA, Semus SF, Evans C, Jolivette LJ, Kirkpatrick RB, Dul E, Khandekar SS, Yi T, Wright LL, Smith GK, Behm DJ, Bentley R, Doe CP, Hu E, and Lee D
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- Adenosine Triphosphate chemistry, Adenosine Triphosphate metabolism, Administration, Oral, Aldehydes chemistry, Animals, Crystallography, X-Ray, Indazoles chemistry, Models, Molecular, Molecular Structure, Protein Kinase Inhibitors administration & dosage, Pyrimidines administration & dosage, Rats, Structure-Activity Relationship, rho-Associated Kinases metabolism, Cardiovascular Diseases drug therapy, Cardiovascular Diseases enzymology, Protein Kinase Inhibitors chemistry, Protein Kinase Inhibitors therapeutic use, Pyrimidines chemistry, Pyrimidines therapeutic use, rho-Associated Kinases antagonists & inhibitors
- Abstract
Recent studies using known Rho-associated kinase isoform 1 (ROCK1) inhibitors along with cellular and molecular biology data have revealed a pivotal role of this enzyme in many aspects of cardiovascular function. Here we report a series of ROCK1 inhibitors which were originally derived from a dihydropyrimidinone core 1. Our efforts focused on the optimization of dihydropyrimidine 2, which resulted in the identification of a series of dihydropyrimidines with improved pharmacokinetics and P450 properties.
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- 2008
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