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Published on: September 21, 2011
Synthesis, activity, metabolic stability, and pharmacokinetics of glucocorticoid receptor modulator-statin hybrids
J T Link1, Bryan K Sorensen, Chunqiu Lai
1Metabolic Disease Research, Abbott Laboratories, Dept 4 CB, Bldg. AP-10, Rm. L-14, 100 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park, IL 60064-6098, USA. james.link@abbott.com
Abstract:
The synthesis, activity, metabolic stability, and pharmacokinetics of steroidal and nonsteroidal glucocorticoid receptor modulator-statin hybrids is reported. Potent steroidal antagonist-statin hybrids like 22 (h-GR binding IC(50)=7 nM) and nonsteroidal modulator hybrids like 16 (h-GR binding IC(50)=2 nM) were discovered. Appending a 'statin'-like diol-acid group to the modulators dramatically improved metabolic stability (and in some cases hepatocyte activity), but did not impart hepatoselectivity.
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