Aromatic reduced amide bond peptidomimetics as selective inhibitors of neuronal nitric oxide synthase

Authors
Hah, JMMartasek, PRoman, LJSilverman, RB
Issue Date
2003-04-24
Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Citation
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, v.46, no.9, pp.1661 - 1669
Abstract
Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors could act as important therapies for disorders arising from overstimulation or overexpression of individual nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms. But preservation of physiologically important nitric oxide functions require the use of isoform-selective inhibitors. Recently we reported reduced amide bond pseudodipeptide analogues as potent and selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibitors (Hah, J.-M.; Roman, L. J.; Martasek, P.; Silverman, R. B. J. Med. Chem. 2001, 44, 2667-2670). To increase the lipophilicity a series of aromatic, reduced amide bond analogues (6-25) were designed and synthesized as potential selective nNOS inhibitors. The hypothesized large increase in isoform selectivity of nNOS over inducible NOS was not obtained in this series. However, the high potency with nNOS as well as high selectivity of nNOS over endothelial NOS was retained in some of these compounds (15, 17, 21), as well as good selectivity over inducible NOS. The most potent nNOS inhibitor among these compounds is N-(4S)-{4-amino-5-[2-(2-aminoethyl)phenylamino]-pentyl}-N'-nitroguanidine (17) (K-i = 50 nM), which also shows the highest selectivity over eNOS (greater than 2100-fold) and 70-fold selectivity over iNOS. Further modification of compound 17 should lead to even more potent and selective nNOS inhibitors.
Keywords
CONTAINING DIPEPTIDE AMIDES; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; ARGININE; RELEASE; POTENT; CONTAINING DIPEPTIDE AMIDES; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; ARGININE; RELEASE; POTENT
ISSN
0022-2623
URI
https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/138638
DOI
10.1021/jm0202932
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