Soluble guanylate cyclase stimulators for the treatment of hypertension: Discovery of MK-2947. Issue 21 (1st November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brockunier, Linda; Stelmach, John; Guo, Jian; Spencer, Tracy; Rosauer, Keith; Bansal, Alka; Cai, Sheng-Jian; Chen, Nancy; Cummings, John; Huang, Li; Johnson, Timothy; Levesque, Sonia; Luo, Lin; Maloney, Kevin; Metzger, Joseph; Mortko, Christopher; Ortega, Karen; Pai, Lee-Yuh; Pereira, Antonio; Salituro, Gino; Shang, Jackie; Shepherd, Cherrie; Sherrie Xu, Shiyao; Yang, Qifeng; Cui, Jisong; Roy, Sophie; Parmee, Emma; Raghavan, Subharekha
• Is Part Of: Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters. Volume 30:Issue 21(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-11-01
• Subjects: Soluble guanylate cyclase -- Nitric oxide -- Heme-dependent sGC stimulators -- sGC stimulators -- Hypertension -- cGMP -- SHR -- MK-2947 -- NO-sGC-cGMP; Bioorganic chemistry -- Periodicals; Pharmaceutical chemistry -- Periodicals; 572
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127574
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0960-894X

Abstract

Graphical abstract: Abstract: The NO-sGC-cGMP signaling pathway plays an important role in the cardiovascular system. Loss of nitric oxide tone or impaired signaling has been associated with cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, pulmonary hypertension and heart failure. Direct activation of sGC enzyme independent of NO represents a novel approach for modulating NO signaling with tremendous therapeutic potential. Herein, we describe the design of a structurally novel class of heme-dependent sGC stimulators containing the 3, 3-dimethylpyrrolidin-2-one moiety which resulted in the identification of the potent, selective stimulator 30 (MK-2947) for the treatment of hypertension.