Ahp-Cyclodepsipeptide Inhibitors of Elastase: Lyngbyastatin 7 Stability, Scalable Synthesis, and Focused Library Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Due to the potency and selectivity of lyngbyastatin 7 in inhibiting neutrophil elastase, a serine protease involved in numerous diseases, this cyclodepsipeptide was considered as a promising lead and subjected to further developmental studies. Lyngbyastatin 7 displayed a favorable serum and microsomal stability profile. The large-scale synthesis of key building blocks was performed on gram scale with improved yields and simplified purification procedures. To tailor the complex structure, define the minimal pharmacophore, and modulate the physicochemical properties of the lead scaffold, the first pilot library of analogues was designed and synthesized for structure-activity relationship studies. We uncovered the essential role of the side chain, indicating that the minimal structural requir

SUBMITTER: Luo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7153021 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature