| Literature DB >> 22004718 |
Sarwat Chowdhury1, E Hampton Sessions, Jennifer R Pocas, Wayne Grant, Thomas Schröter, Li Lin, Claudia Ruiz, Michael D Cameron, Stephan Schürer, Philip LoGrasso, Thomas D Bannister, Yangbo Feng.
Abstract
Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitors are potential therapeutic agents to treat disorders such as hypertension, multiple sclerosis, cancers, and glaucoma. Here, we disclose the synthesis, optimization, biological evaluation of potent indole and 7-azaindole based ROCK inhibitors that have high potency on ROCK (IC(50)=1 nM) with 740-fold selectivity over PKA (47). Moreover, 47 showed very good DMPK properties making it a good candidate for further development. Finally, docking studies with a homology model of ROCK-II were performed to rationalize the binding mode of these compounds and showed the compounds bound in both orientations to take advantage to H-bonds with Lys-121 of ROCK-II. Copyright ÂEntities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22004718 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.09.083
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823