| Literature DB >> 24900587 |
Masanori Ichikawa1, Masami Ohtsuka1, Hitoshi Ohki1, Masahiro Ota1, Noriyasu Haginoya1, Masao Itoh1, Yoshihiro Shibata1, Yutaka Ishigai1, Koji Terayama, Akira Kanda1, Kazuyuki Sugita1, Hiroyuki Usui1.
Abstract
We report the development of a new trifluoromethyltriazolobenzoxazepine series of squalene synthase inhibitors. Structure-activity studies and pharmacokinetics optimization on this series led to the identification of compound 23 (DF-461), which exhibited potent squalene synthase inhibitory activity, high hepatic selectivity, excellent rat hepatic cholesterol synthesis inhibitory activity, and plasma lipid lowering efficacy in nonrodent repeated dose studies.Entities:
Keywords: Squalene synthase; dyslipidemia; inhibitor; triazolobenzoxazepine
Year: 2013 PMID: 24900587 PMCID: PMC4027440 DOI: 10.1021/ml400151c
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345