1. Synthesis, molecular modeling and biological evaluation of aza-proline and aza-pipecolic derivatives as FKBP12 ligands and their in vivo neuroprotective effects.
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Wilkinson DE, Thomas BE 4th, Limburg DC, Holmes A, Sauer H, Ross DT, Soni R, Chen Y, Guo H, Howorth P, Valentine H, Spicer D, Fuller M, Steiner JP, Hamilton GS, and Wu YQ
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- 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine antagonists & inhibitors, Animals, Aza Compounds chemical synthesis, Aza Compounds chemistry, Aza Compounds pharmacology, Corpus Striatum drug effects, Corpus Striatum metabolism, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Ligands, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred Strains, Models, Molecular, Neuroprotective Agents chemistry, Pipecolic Acids chemistry, Proline chemical synthesis, Proline chemistry, Proline pharmacology, Structure-Activity Relationship, Tacrolimus Binding Protein 1A chemistry, Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase metabolism, Neuroprotective Agents chemical synthesis, Neuroprotective Agents pharmacology, Pipecolic Acids chemical synthesis, Pipecolic Acids pharmacology, Proline analogs & derivatives, Tacrolimus Binding Protein 1A metabolism
- Abstract
Nonimmunosuppressant ligands, exemplified by GPI 1046 (1), for the peptidyl-prolyl isomerase FKBP12 have been found to unexpectedly possess powerful neuroprotective and neuroregenerative effects in vitro and in vivo. We have extensively explored the therapeutic utility of FKBP12 ligands based on analogues of proline and pipecolic acid. As part of our ongoing program to explore novel structural classes of FKBP12 ligands, we herein wish to report a new class of FKBP12 ligands containing aza-proline and aza-pipecolic acid analogues. Details of the synthetic studies, together with biological activity will be presented.
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- 2003
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