N-isonicotinoyl-(L)-4-aminophenylalanine derivatives as tight binding VLA-4 antagonists

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2003 Jun 2;13(11):1891-5. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(03)00308-1.

Abstract

A series of isonicotinoyl-(L)-aminophenylalanine derivatives was prepared and evaluated as VLA-4 antagonists. These compounds exhibit subnanomolar binding affinity to VLA-4 and significant off-rates. The interplay between off-rate, protein binding and pharmacokinetics is discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium / chemistry
  • Calcium / pharmacology
  • Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / drug effects
  • Dogs
  • Eosinophils / drug effects
  • Half-Life
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Integrin alpha4beta1 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Isonicotinic Acids / blood
  • Isonicotinic Acids / chemical synthesis
  • Isonicotinic Acids / pharmacokinetics
  • Isonicotinic Acids / pharmacology
  • Jurkat Cells
  • Macaca mulatta
  • Manganese / chemistry
  • Manganese / pharmacology
  • Phenylalanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Phenylalanine / blood
  • Phenylalanine / pharmacokinetics
  • Phenylalanine / pharmacology*
  • Protein Binding
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / metabolism

Substances

  • Integrin alpha4beta1
  • Isonicotinic Acids
  • Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
  • Manganese
  • Phenylalanine
  • Calcium