5,6-Diphenylpyridazine derivatives as acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase inhibitors

J Med Chem. 2001 Nov 22;44(24):4292-5. doi: 10.1021/jm010807h.

Abstract

Alkyl-5,6-diphenylpyridazine derivatives combining several main features of ACAT inhibitors, such as a long alkyl side chain linked to a heterocycle and the o-diphenyl system, were synthesized and tested. Moreover, modeling studies on representative terms were performed. Some compounds displayed ACAT inhibition in the micromolar range, both on the enzyme isolated from rat liver microsomes and in cell-free homogenate of murine macrophages.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell-Free System
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / enzymology
  • Mice
  • Microsomes, Liver / drug effects
  • Microsomes, Liver / enzymology
  • Models, Molecular
  • Pyridazines / chemical synthesis*
  • Pyridazines / chemistry
  • Pyridazines / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Sterol O-Acyltransferase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Pyridazines
  • Sterol O-Acyltransferase