Montero A, Alonso M, Benito E, Chana A, Mann E, Navas JM, Herradón B. Studies on aromatic compounds: inhibition of calpain I by biphenyl derivatives and peptide-biphenyl hybrids.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005;
14:2753-7. [PMID:
15125927 DOI:
10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.03.071]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2004] [Revised: 03/18/2004] [Accepted: 03/25/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
With the objective to understand structural features responsible for the biological activity, novel nonelectrophilic biphenyl derivatives and peptide-biphenyl hybrids have been synthesized and evaluated as calpain I inhibitors. The preliminary results indicate that the presence of additional aromatic rings (besides the biphenyl system) makes these compounds potent calpain inhibitors with IC50 values in the nanomolar range.
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