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  2. The discovery of sulfonylated dipeptides as potent VLA-4 antagonists

The discovery of sulfonylated dipeptides as potent VLA-4 antagonists

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2001 Oct 22;11(20):2709-13. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(01)00544-3.
W K Hagmann 1 P L Durette T Lanza N J Kevin S E de Laszlo I E Kopka D Young P A Magriotis B Li L S Lin G Yang T Kamenecka L L Chang J Wilson M MacCoss S G Mills G Van Riper E McCauley L A Egger U Kidambi K Lyons S Vincent R Stearns A Colletti J Teffera S Tong J Fenyk-Melody K Owens D Levorse P Kim J A Schmidt R A Mumford
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  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA. william_hagmann@merck.com
Abstract

Directed screening of a carboxylic acid-containing combinatorial library led to the discovery of potent inhibitors of the Integrin VLA-4. Subsequent optimization by solid-phase synthesis afforded a series of sulfonylated dipeptide inhibitors with structural components that when combined in a single hybrid molecule gave a sub-nanomolar inhibitor as a lead for medicinal chemistry. Preliminary metabolic studies led to the discovery of substituted biphenyl derivatives with low picomolar activities. SAR and pharmacokinetic characterization of this series are presented.

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