PMID: 18462940

Authors:

Cogan DA, Aungst R, Breinlinger EC, Fadra T, Goldberg DR, Hao MH, Kroe R, Moss N, Pargellis C, Qian KC, Swinamer AD

Title:

Structure-based design and subsequent optimization of 2-tolyl-(1,2,3-triazol-1-yl-4-carboxamide) inhibitors of p38 MAP kinase.

Journal:

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Jun 1;18(11):3251-5. Epub 2008 Apr 25.

Abstract:

A computer-aided drug design strategy leads to the identification of a new class of p38 inhibitors based on the 2-tolyl-(1,2,3-triazol-1-yl-4-carboxamide) scaffold. The tolyl triazole amides provided a potent platform amenable to optimization. Further exploration leads to compounds with greater than 100-fold improvement in binding affinity to p38. Derivatives prepared to alter the physicochemical properties produced inhibitors with IC(50)'s in human whole blood as low as 83 nM.