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Biochemical Reconstitution of Steroid Receptor•Hsp90 Protein Complexes and Reactivation of Ligand Binding
Published on: September 21, 2011
Discovery of novel steroidal histamine H3 receptor antagonists/inverse agonists. Part 2. Versatile steroidal
István Ledneczki1, Zsolt Némethy1, Pál Tapolcsányi1
1Chemical Works of Gedeon Richter Plc, 30-32 Gyömrői Street, Budapest H-1103, Hungary.
Abstract:
To further proceed with our previous work, novel steroid-based histamine H3 receptor antagonists were identified and characterized. Using an 'amine-to-amide' modification strategy at position 17, in vitro and in vivo potent monoamino steroid derivatives were found during the lead optimization. Usage of the non-basic amide moiety resulted in beneficial effects both in activity and selectivity. The 15α-carboxamido derivative 10 was not only highly active at human and rat H3 receptors, but also showed negligible activity at rat muscarinic receptors. Furthermore, it proved to be considerably stable in human and rat microsomes and showed significant in vivo potency in the pharmacodynamic rat dipsogenia test and in the water-labyrinth cognitive model. Based on all of these considerations, compound 10 was appointed to be a preclinical candidate.
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