Novel inhibitors of the alphavbeta3 integrin--lead identification strategy

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Aug 15;19(16):4832-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.06.041. Epub 2009 Jun 13.

Abstract

A novel approach to inhibition of the alphavbeta3 integrin is described, which uses compounds designed to generate nM potency without using the arginine binding site.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Computer Simulation
  • Drug Design
  • Humans
  • Integrin alphaVbeta3 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Integrin alphaVbeta3 / metabolism
  • Oligopeptides / chemistry
  • Rats
  • Small Molecule Libraries
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Integrin alphaVbeta3
  • Oligopeptides
  • Small Molecule Libraries
  • arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid