PMID: 18155906

Authors:

Park WK, Kennedy RM, Larsen SD, Miller S, Roth BD, Song Y, Steinbaugh BA, Sun K, Tait BD, Kowala MC, Trivedi BK, Auerbach B, Askew V, Dillon L, Hanselman JC, Lin Z, Lu GH, Robertson A, Sekerke C

Title:

Hepatoselectivity of statins: design and synthesis of 4-sulfamoyl pyrroles as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.

Journal:

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Feb 1;18(3):1151-6. Epub 2007 Dec 5.

Abstract:

4-Sulfamoyl pyrroles were designed as novel hepatoselective HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) to reduce myalgia, a statin-induced adverse effect. The compounds were prepared via a [3+2] cycloaddition of a Munchnone with a sulfonamide-substituted alkyne. We identified compounds with greater selectivity for hepatocytes compared to L6-myocytes than rosuvastatin and atorvastatin. There was an inverse correlation of myocyte potencies and ClogP values. A number of analogs were effective at reducing cholesterol in acute and chronic in vivo models but they lacked sufficient chronic in vivo activity to warrant further development.