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  2. Steroidal C-21 mercapto derivatives as dissociated steroids: discovery of an inhaled dissociated steroid

Steroidal C-21 mercapto derivatives as dissociated steroids: discovery of an inhaled dissociated steroid

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Nov 1;21(21):6343-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.08.108.
Purakkattle Biju 1 Kevin McCormick Robert Aslanian Michael Berlin Daniel Solomon Richard Chapman Robbie McLeod Daniel Prelusky Stephen Eckel George Kelly Michelle Natiello Aileen House Xiomara Fernandez Rema Bitar Jonathan Phillips John Anthes
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Affiliation

  • 1 Merck Research Laboratories, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA. julianbiju@yahoo.com
Abstract

A series of C-21 mercapto derivatives of hydrocortisone have been synthesized and evaluated in cell based transrepression and transactivation assays. The benzothiazole derivative, compound 6 not only showed a dissociated profile in vitro functional assays but also a pharmacological profile in a Brown-Norway rat therapeutic index model of asthma that dissociated side effects (thymolysis) while maintaining efficacy against pulmonary inflammation and lung function.

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