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ACS Med Chem Lett ; 10(1): 86-91, 2019 Jan 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30655952

RESUMEN

Dual inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and neprilysin (NEP) by drugs such as omapatrilat produces superior antihypertensive efficacy relative to ACE inhibitors but is associated with a higher risk of life-threatening angioedema due to bradykinin elevations. We hypothesized that dual AT1 (angiotensin II type 1 receptor) blockade and NEP inhibition with a single molecule would produce similar antihypertensive efficacy to omapatrilat without the risk of angioedema since ACE (the rate limiting enzyme in bradykinin metabolism) would remain uninhibited. Merging the structures of losartan (an AT1 antagonist) and thiorphan (a NEP inhibitor) led to the discovery of a novel series of orally active, dual AT1 antagonist/NEP inhibitors (ARNIs) exemplified by compound 35 (TD-0212). In models of renin-dependent and -independent hypertension, 35 produced blood pressure reductions similar to omapatrilat and combinations of AT1 receptor antagonists and NEP inhibitors. Upper airway angioedema risk was assessed in a rat tracheal plasma extravasation (TPE) model. Unlike omapatrilat, 35 did not increase TPE at antihypertensive doses. Compound 35 therefore provides the enhanced activity of dual AT1/NEP inhibition with a potentially lower risk of angioedema relative to dual ACE/NEP inhibition.

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Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 23(4): 939-43, 2013 Feb 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23317571

RESUMEN

Lowering of intra-ocular pressure is the primary pharmacologic approach for the treatment of glaucoma and a number of distinct mechanisms of action have been clinically validated. Targeting of multiple mechanisms in combination therapies has proven effective both clinically and commercially although potential improvements with regards to efficacy, tolerability and dosing frequency remain. Application of Theravance's multivalent approach to drug discovery towards linked dual-pharmacology prostaglandin F receptor (FP) agonist/carbonic anhydrase (CA)-II inhibitor compounds is described. Compound 29 exhibits weak potency (pEC(50)=5.7, IA>1.0) as an FP agonist with high binding affinity (pK(i)=8.1) to the CA-II enzyme, and has comparable corneal permeability to the CA-II inhibitor dorzolamide.


Asunto(s)
Inhibidores de Anhidrasa Carbónica/farmacología , Glaucoma/tratamiento farmacológico , Prostaglandinas F Sintéticas/farmacología , Receptores de Prostaglandina/agonistas , Inhibidores de Anhidrasa Carbónica/química , Descubrimiento de Drogas , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Prostaglandinas F Sintéticas/química , Receptores de Prostaglandina/química
3.
Opt Express ; 19(14): 13245-56, 2011 Jul 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21747479

RESUMEN

We demonstrate a fully-reconfigurable fourth-order optical lattice filter built by cascading identical unit cells consisting of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) and a ring resonator. The filter is fabricated using a commercial silicon complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process and reconfigured by current injection into p-i-n diodes with a reconfiguration time of less than 10 ns. The experimental results show full control over the single unit cell pole and zero, switching the unit cell transfer function between a notch filter and a bandpass filter, narrowing the notch width down to 400 MHz, and tuning the center wavelength over the full free spectral range (FSR) of 10 GHz. Theoretical and experimental results show tuning dynamics and associated optical losses in the reconfigurable filters. The full-control of each of the four cascaded single unit cells resulted in demonstrations of a number of fourth-order transfer functions. The multimedia experimental data show live tuning and reconfiguration of optical lattice filters.


Asunto(s)
Filtración/instrumentación , Interferometría/instrumentación , Refractometría/instrumentación , Silicio/química , Transistores Electrónicos , Diseño Asistido por Computadora , Diseño de Equipo , Análisis de Falla de Equipo
4.
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol ; 57(4): 495-504, 2011 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21297495

RESUMEN

Dual inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and neprilysin (NEP) by drugs such as omapatrilat produces superior antihypertensive efficacy but cause high incidence of angioedema. We examined whether dual inhibition of angiotensin AT1 receptor (ARB) and NEP (ARB-NEPI, valsartan-candoxatril) provides similar efficacy to omapatrilat without the risk of angioedema. Activity of test compounds at the targets was assayed using fluorescence-based enzyme assays (ACE, NEP, aminopeptidase P) or competition binding assays (AT1). Target engagement in vivo (ACE, AT1, and NEP) was quantified by measuring inhibition of angiotensin-pressor responses and potentiation of atrial natriuretic peptide-induced urinary cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) output in rats. Tracheal plasma extravasation (TPE) was used as a surrogate to assess propensity of compounds to promote upper airway angioedema. Antihypertensive efficacy in renin-dependent and -independent states was measured in spontaneously hypertensive rats and deoxycorticosterone acetate salt hypertensive rats, respectively. Administration of omapatrilat and coadministration of valsartan and candoxatril blocked angiotensin induced vasopressor responses and potentiated atrial natriuretic peptide-induced increase in urinary cGMP output. In spontaneously hypertensive rats, valsartan, omapatrilat, and valsartan-candoxatril combination all produced reduction in blood pressure to a similar extent, whereas candoxatril was ineffective. In deoxycorticosterone acetate rats, omapatrilat, candoxatril, and valsartan-candoxatril combination but not valsartan produced reduction in blood pressure. Antihypertensive doses of omapatrilat produced robust increases in TPE; by contrast, valsartan, candoxatril, or their combination did not increase TPE. Pretreatment with icatibant, a bradykinin B2 antagonist, abolished omapatrilat-induced TPE but not its antihypertensive effects. On the background of NEP inhibition, suppression of the renin-angiotensin system through ARB and ACE inhibition shows a similar antihypertensive efficacy but exerts differential effects on bradykinin metabolism and TPE indicative of reduced risk of angioedema. Thus, dual AT1 receptor blockade and NEP inhibition is potentially an attractive approach to retain the excellent antihypertensive effects of omapatrilat but with a superior safety profile.


Asunto(s)
Antihipertensivos/farmacología , Neprilisina/antagonistas & inhibidores , Piridinas/farmacología , Receptor de Angiotensina Tipo 1/efectos de los fármacos , Tiazepinas/farmacología , Angioedema/inducido químicamente , Animales , Antihipertensivos/toxicidad , Presión Sanguínea/efectos de los fármacos , Quimioterapia Combinada , Indanos/administración & dosificación , Indanos/farmacología , Indanos/toxicidad , Masculino , Propionatos/administración & dosificación , Propionatos/farmacología , Propionatos/toxicidad , Piridinas/toxicidad , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Sistema Renina-Angiotensina/efectos de los fármacos , Tetrazoles/administración & dosificación , Tetrazoles/farmacología , Tetrazoles/toxicidad , Tiazepinas/toxicidad , Valina/administración & dosificación , Valina/análogos & derivados , Valina/farmacología , Valina/toxicidad , Valsartán
5.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother ; 54(7): 2814-8, 2010 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20404117

RESUMEN

Telavancin is a bactericidal, semisynthetic lipoglycopeptide indicated in the United States for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections caused by susceptible gram-positive bacteria and is under investigation as a once-daily treatment for nosocomial pneumonia. The related vanA and vanB gene clusters mediate acquired resistance to glycopeptides in enterococci by remodeling the dipeptide termini of peptidoglycan precursors from D-alanyl-D-alanine (D-Ala-D-Ala) to D-alanyl-D-lactate (D-Ala-D-Lac). In this study, we assessed the ability of telavancin to induce the expression of van genes in VanA- and VanB-type strains of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Vancomycin, teicoplanin, and telavancin efficiently induced VanX activity in VanA-type strains, while VanX activity in VanB-type isolates was inducible by vancomycin but not by teicoplanin or telavancin. In VanA-type strains treated with vancomycin or telavancin, high levels of D-Ala-D-Lac-containing pentadepsipeptide were measured, while D-Ala-D-Ala pentapeptide was present at very low levels or not detected at all. In VanB-type strains, vancomycin but not telavancin induced high levels of pentadepsipeptide, while pentapeptide was not detected. Although vancomycin, teicoplanin, and telavancin induced similar levels of VanX activity in VanA-type strains, these organisms were more sensitive to telavancin, which displayed MIC values that were 32- and 128-fold lower than those of vancomycin and teicoplanin, respectively.


Asunto(s)
Aminoglicósidos/farmacología , Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Ligasas de Carbono-Oxígeno/metabolismo , Enterococcus/efectos de los fármacos , Enterococcus/metabolismo , Operón/efectos de los fármacos , Antibacterianos/farmacología , Proteínas Bacterianas/genética , Western Blotting , Ligasas de Carbono-Oxígeno/genética , Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana/efectos de los fármacos , Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana/genética , Enterococcus/genética , Regulación Bacteriana de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Regulación Bacteriana de la Expresión Génica/genética , Lipoglucopéptidos , Operón/genética , Teicoplanina/farmacología , Vancomicina/farmacología , Resistencia a la Vancomicina/efectos de los fármacos , Resistencia a la Vancomicina/genética
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Arch Biochem Biophys ; 429(2): 224-30, 2004 Sep 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15313226

RESUMEN

The PepQ prolidase from Escherichia coli catalyzes the hydrolysis of dipeptide substrates with a proline residue at the C-terminus. The pepQ gene has been cloned, overexpressed, and the enzyme purified to homogeneity. The k(cat) and k(cat)/K(m) values for the hydrolysis of Met-Pro are 109 s(-1) and 8.4 x 10(5)M(-1)s(-1), respectively. The enzyme also catalyzes the stereoselective hydrolysis of organophosphate triesters and organophosphonate diesters. A series of 16 organophosphate triesters with a p-nitrophenyl leaving group were assessed as substrates for PepQ. The S(P)-enantiomer of methyl phenyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate was hydrolyzed with a k(cat) of 36 min(-1) and a k(cat)/K(m) of 710 M(-1)s(-1). The corresponding R(P)-enantiomer was hydrolyzed more slowly with a k(cat) of 0.4 min(-1) and a k(cat)/K(m) of 11 M(-1)s(-1). The PepQ prolidase can be utilized for the kinetic resolution of racemic phosphate esters. The PepQ prolidase was shown to hydrolyze the p-nitrophenyl analogs of the nerve agents GB (sarin), GD (soman), GF, and VX.


Asunto(s)
Dipeptidasas/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/enzimología , Secuencia de Bases , Catálisis , Clonación Molecular , Cartilla de ADN , Dipeptidasas/genética , Escherichia coli/genética , Genes Bacterianos , Hidrólisis
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Biochemistry ; 42(51): 15018-28, 2003 Dec 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14690410

RESUMEN

Potent inhibitors of human cysteine proteases of the papain family have been made and assayed versus a number of relevant family members. We describe the synthesis of peptide alpha-ketoheterocyclic inhibitors that occupy binding subsites S1'-S3 of the cysteine protease substrate recognition cleft and that form a reversible covalent bond with the Cys 25 nucleophile. X-ray crystal structures of cathepsin K both unbound and complexed with inhibitors provide detailed information on protease/inhibitor interactions and suggestions for the design of tight-binding, selective molecules.


Asunto(s)
Benzoxazoles/química , Catepsinas/antagonistas & inhibidores , Catepsinas/química , Inhibidores Enzimáticos/química , Oligopéptidos/química , Animales , Ácido Aspártico/genética , Sitios de Unión/genética , Catepsina K , Catepsinas/genética , Cristalografía por Rayos X , Humanos , Cinética , Modelos Moleculares , Conejos , Proteínas Recombinantes/antagonistas & inhibidores , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Tirosina/genética , Valina/genética
8.
J Am Chem Soc ; 125(30): 8990-1, 2003 Jul 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15369336

RESUMEN

The bacterial phosphotriesterase has been utilized as a template for the evolution of improved enzymes for the catalytic decomposition of organophosphate nerve agents. A combinatorial library of active site mutants was constructed by randomizing residues His-254, His-257, and Leu-303. The collection of mutant proteins was screened for the ability to hydrolyze a chromogenic analogue of the most toxic stereoisomer of the chemical warfare agent, soman. The mutant H254G/H257W/L303T catalyzed the hydrolysis of the target substrate nearly 3 orders of magnitude faster than the wild-type enzyme. The X-ray crystal structure was solved in the presence and absence of diisopropyl methyl phosphonate. The mutant enzyme was ligated to an additional divalent cation at the active site that was displaced upon the binding of the substrate analogue inhibitor. These studies demonstrate that substantial changes in substrate specificity can be achieved by relatively minor changes to the primary amino acid sequence.


Asunto(s)
Sustancias para la Guerra Química/química , Hidrolasas de Triéster Fosfórico/química , Sitios de Unión , Sustancias para la Guerra Química/metabolismo , Técnicas Químicas Combinatorias , Hidrólisis , Modelos Moleculares , Mutagénesis Insercional/métodos , Hidrolasas de Triéster Fosfórico/genética , Hidrolasas de Triéster Fosfórico/metabolismo , Soman/análogos & derivados , Soman/química , Soman/metabolismo , Estereoisomerismo
9.
J Am Chem Soc ; 124(14): 3498-9, 2002 Apr 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11929226

RESUMEN

The phosphotriesterase from Pseudomonas diminuta has been shown to selectively cleave the pro-R p-nitrophenolate substituent from bis-p-nitrophenyl alkyl phosphothioate esters. When the alkyl substituent is methyl, ethyl, or isopropyl the enantiomeric excess of the product is >/=99%. Manipulation of the active site through mutagenesis has enabled the preparation of protein variants that preferentially hydrolyze the pro-S substituent of the target substrates. This methodology thus permits the preparation of chiral products from prochiral precursors.


Asunto(s)
Esterasas/química , Compuestos Organotiofosforados/síntesis química , Arildialquilfosfatasa , Cristalografía por Rayos X , Esterasas/metabolismo , Espectroscopía de Resonancia Magnética , Compuestos Organotiofosforados/química , Estereoisomerismo
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