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Theoretical Study of Molecular Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Novel Factor Xa Inhibitors and Dual Factor Xa and Factor IIa Inhibitors

  • Molecules. 2016 Feb 4;21(2):185. doi: 10.3390/molecules21020185.
Milan Remko 1 Anna Remková 2 Ria Broer 3
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Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Odbojárov 10, SK-832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia. remko@fpharm.uniba.sk.
  • 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, SK-833 03 Bratislava, Slovakia. aremkova@szu.sk.
  • 3 Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands. R.Broer@rug.nl.
Abstract

The geometries and energies of Factor Xa inhibitors edoxaban, eribaxaban, fidexaban, darexaban, letaxaban, and the dual Factor Xa and Thrombin inhibitors tanogitran and SAR107375 in both the gas-phase and aqueous solution were studied using the Becke3LYP/6-31++G(d,p) or Grimme's B97D/6-31++G(d,p) method. The fully optimized conformers of these anticoagulants show a characteristic l-shape structure, and the water had a remarkable effect on the equilibrium geometry. According to the calculated PKA values eribaxaban and letaxaban are in neutral undissociated form at pH 7.4, while fidexaban and tanogitran exist as zwitterionic structures. The lipophilicity of the inhibitors studied lies within a large range of log P between 1 and 4. The dual inhibitor SAR107375 represents an improvement in structural, physicochemical and pharmacokinetic characteristics over tanogitran. At blood pH, SAR107375 predominantly exists in neutral form. In contrast with tanogitran, it is better absorbed and more lipophilic and active after oral application.

Keywords

absorption; acidity; anticoagulants; conformation; density functional theory (DFT); lipophilicity; solvent effect.

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