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  2. Design of small molecule inhibitors of acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 and 2 showing reduction of hepatic malonyl-CoA levels in vivo in obese Zucker rats

Design of small molecule inhibitors of acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 and 2 showing reduction of hepatic malonyl-CoA levels in vivo in obese Zucker rats

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2011 May 15;19(10):3039-53. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.04.014.
Christoffer Bengtsson 1 Stefan Blaho David Blomberg Saitton Kay Brickmann Johan Broddefalk Ojvind Davidsson Tomas Drmota Rutger Folmer Kenth Hallberg Stefan Hallén Ragnar Hovland Emre Isin Petra Johannesson Bengt Kull Lars-Olof Larsson Lars Löfgren Kristina E Nilsson Tobias Noeske Nick Oakes Alleyn T Plowright Volker Schnecke Pernilla Ståhlberg Pernilla Sörme Hong Wan Eric Wellner Linda Oster
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  • 1 AstraZeneca Research and Development, Mölndal, Sweden.
Abstract

Inhibition of acetyl-CoA carboxylases has the potential for modulating long chain fatty acid biosynthesis and mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. Hybridization of weak inhibitors of ACC2 provided a novel, moderately potent but lipophilic series. Optimization led to compounds 33 and 37, which exhibit potent inhibition of human ACC2, 10-fold selectivity over inhibition of human ACC1, good physical and in vitro ADME properties and good bioavailability. X-ray crystallography has shown this series binding in the CT-domain of ACC2 and revealed two key hydrogen bonding interactions. Both 33 and 37 lower levels of hepatic malonyl-CoA in vivo in obese Zucker rats.

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