3nln

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) represents an important therapeutic target for the prevention of brain injury and the treatment of various neurodegenerative disorders. A series of trans-substituted amino pyrrolidinomethyl 2-aminopyridine derivatives (8-34) was designed and synthesized. A structure-activity relationship analysis led to the discovery of low nanomolar nNOS inhibitors ((+/-)-32 and (+/-)-34) with more than 1000-fold selectivity for nNOS over eNOS. Four enantiomerically pure isomers of 3'-[2-(3-fluorophenethylamino)ethoxy]pyrrolidin-4'-yl}methyl}-4-methy lpyridin-2-amine (4) also were synthesized. It was found that (3'R,4'R)-4 can induce enzyme elasticity to generate a new "hot spot" for ligand binding. The inhibitor adopts a unique binding mode, the same as that observed for (3'R,4'R)-3'-[2-(3-fluorophenethylamino)ethylamino]pyrrolidin-4'-yl}m ethyl}-4-methylpyridin-2-amine ((3'R,4'R)-3) ( J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010 , 132 ( 15 ), 5437 - 5442 ). On the basis of structure-activity relationships of 8-34 and different binding conformations of the cis and trans isomers of 3 and 4, critical structural requirements of the NOS active site for ligand binding are revealed.

Exploration of the Active Site of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase by the Design and Synthesis of Pyrrolidinomethyl 2-Aminopyridine Derivatives.,Ji H, Delker SL, Li H, Martasek P, Roman LJ, Poulos TL, Silverman RB J Med Chem. 2010 Oct 19. PMID:20958055^[1]

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