1. Discovery of 7-alkoxybenzofurans as PDE4 inhibitors with hepatoprotective activity in D-GalN/LPS-induced hepatic sepsis.
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Xia C, Wen H, Zheng L, Ni Y, Bi H, Wang H, Xu J, and Zhou ZZ
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- Animals, Humans, Male, Rats, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury drug therapy, Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4 metabolism, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Discovery, Lipopolysaccharides pharmacology, Lipopolysaccharides antagonists & inhibitors, Liver drug effects, Liver pathology, Molecular Docking Simulation, Molecular Structure, Protective Agents pharmacology, Protective Agents chemistry, Protective Agents chemical synthesis, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Structure-Activity Relationship, Benzofurans pharmacology, Benzofurans chemistry, Benzofurans chemical synthesis, Galactosamine pharmacology, Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors pharmacology, Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors chemistry, Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors chemical synthesis, Sepsis drug therapy
- Abstract
Sepsis can quickly result in fatality for critically ill individuals, while liver damage can expedite the progression of sepsis, necessitating the exploration of new strategies for treating hepatic sepsis. PDE4 has been identified as a potential target for the treatment of liver damage. The scaffold hopping of lead compounds FCPR16 and Z19153 led to the discovery of a novel 7-methoxybenzofuran PDE4 inhibitor 4e, demonstrating better PDE4B (IC
50 = 10.0 nM) and PDE4D (IC50 = 15.2 nM) inhibitor activity as a potential anti-hepatic sepsis drug in this study. Compared with FCPR16 and Z19153, 4e displayed improved oral bioavailability (F = 66 %) and longer half-life (t1/2 = 2.0 h) in SD rats, which means it can be more easily administered and has a longer-lasting effect. In the D-GalN/LPS-induced liver injury model, 4e exhibited excellent hepatoprotective activity against hepatic sepsis by decreasing ALT and AST levels and inflammatory infiltrating areas., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2024
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