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  2. Discovery of pyrrole-based hepatoselective ligands as potent inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase

Discovery of pyrrole-based hepatoselective ligands as potent inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2007 Aug 15;15(16):5576-89. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2007.05.031.
Larry D Bratton 1 Bruce Auerbach Chulho Choi Lisa Dillon Jeffrey C Hanselman Scott D Larsen Gina Lu Karl Olsen Jeffrey A Pfefferkorn Andrew Robertson Catherine Sekerke Bharat K Trivedi Paul C Unangst
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  • 1 Pfizer Global Research and Development, Michigan Laboratories, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
Abstract

In an effort to identify hepatoselective inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase, two series of pyrroles were synthesized and evaluated. Efforts were made to modify (3R,5R)-7-[3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-isopropyl-4-phenyl-5-phenylcarbamoyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl]-3,5-dihydroxy-heptanoic acid sodium salt 30 in order to reduce its lipophilicity and therefore increase hepatoselectivity. Two strategies that were explored were replacement of the lipophilic 3-phenyl substituent with either a polar function (pyridyl series) or with lower alkyl substituents (lower alkyl series) and attachment of additional polar moieties at the 2-position of the pyrrole ring. One compound was identified to be both highly hepatoselective and active in vivo. We report the discovery, synthesis, and optimization of substituted pyrrole-based hepatoselective ligands as potent inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase for reducing low density lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-c) in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia.

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