Cardiovascular effects of a novel potent and highly selective azaindole-based inhibitor of Rho-kinase.
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Cardiovascular effects of a novel potent and highly selective azaindole-based inhibitor of Rho-kinase. / Kast, R; Schirok, H; Figueroa-Pérez, S; Mittendorf, J; Gnoth, M J; Apeler, H; Lenz, J; Franz, J K; Knorr, A; Hütter, J; Lobell, M; Zimmermann, K; Münter, K; Augstein, K H; Ehmke, Heimo; Stasch, J P.
In: BRIT J PHARMACOL, Vol. 152, No. 7, 7, 2007, p. 1070-1080.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Cardiovascular effects of a novel potent and highly selective azaindole-based inhibitor of Rho-kinase.
AU - Kast, R
AU - Schirok, H
AU - Figueroa-Pérez, S
AU - Mittendorf, J
AU - Gnoth, M J
AU - Apeler, H
AU - Lenz, J
AU - Franz, J K
AU - Knorr, A
AU - Hütter, J
AU - Lobell, M
AU - Zimmermann, K
AU - Münter, K
AU - Augstein, K H
AU - Ehmke, Heimo
AU - Stasch, J P
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Rho-kinase (ROCK) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of altered vasoregulation leading to hypertension. Here we describe the pharmacological characterization of a potent, highly selective and orally active ROCK inhibitor, the derivative of a class of azaindoles, azaindole 1 (6-chloro-N4-{3,5-difluoro-4-[(3-methyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-4-yl)oxy]-phenyl}pyrimidine-2,4-diamine). EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Pharmacological characterization of azaindole 1 was performed with human recombinant ROCK in vitro. Vasodilator activity was determined using isolated vessels in vitro and different animal models in vivo. KEY RESULTS: This compound inhibited the ROCK-1 and ROCK-2 isoenzymes with IC50 s of 0.6 and 1.1 nM in an ATP-competitive manner. Although ATP-competitive, azaindole 1 was inactive against 89 kinases (IC50>10 microM) and showed only weak activity against an additional 21 different kinases (IC50=1-10 microM). Only the kinases TRK und FLT3 were inhibited by azaindole 1 in the sub-micromolar range, albeit with IC50 values of 252 and 303 nM, respectively. In vivo, azaindole 1 lowered blood pressure dose-dependently after i.v. administration in anaesthetized normotensive rats. In conscious normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats azaindole 1 induced a dose-dependent decrease in blood pressure after oral administration without inducing a significant reflex increase in heart rate. In anaesthetized dogs, azaindole 1 induced vasodilatation with a moderately elevated heart rate. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Azaindole 1 is representative of a new class of selective and potent ROCK inhibitors and is a valuable tool for the elucidation of the role of ROCK in the cardiovascular system.
AB - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Rho-kinase (ROCK) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of altered vasoregulation leading to hypertension. Here we describe the pharmacological characterization of a potent, highly selective and orally active ROCK inhibitor, the derivative of a class of azaindoles, azaindole 1 (6-chloro-N4-{3,5-difluoro-4-[(3-methyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-4-yl)oxy]-phenyl}pyrimidine-2,4-diamine). EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Pharmacological characterization of azaindole 1 was performed with human recombinant ROCK in vitro. Vasodilator activity was determined using isolated vessels in vitro and different animal models in vivo. KEY RESULTS: This compound inhibited the ROCK-1 and ROCK-2 isoenzymes with IC50 s of 0.6 and 1.1 nM in an ATP-competitive manner. Although ATP-competitive, azaindole 1 was inactive against 89 kinases (IC50>10 microM) and showed only weak activity against an additional 21 different kinases (IC50=1-10 microM). Only the kinases TRK und FLT3 were inhibited by azaindole 1 in the sub-micromolar range, albeit with IC50 values of 252 and 303 nM, respectively. In vivo, azaindole 1 lowered blood pressure dose-dependently after i.v. administration in anaesthetized normotensive rats. In conscious normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats azaindole 1 induced a dose-dependent decrease in blood pressure after oral administration without inducing a significant reflex increase in heart rate. In anaesthetized dogs, azaindole 1 induced vasodilatation with a moderately elevated heart rate. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Azaindole 1 is representative of a new class of selective and potent ROCK inhibitors and is a valuable tool for the elucidation of the role of ROCK in the cardiovascular system.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 152
SP - 1070
EP - 1080
JO - BRIT J PHARMACOL
JF - BRIT J PHARMACOL
SN - 0007-1188
IS - 7
M1 - 7
ER -
