PMID- 18842034 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081128 LR - 20131121 IS - 1520-4804 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2623 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 21 DP - 2008 Nov 13 TI - Potent, selective and orally bioavailable dihydropyrimidine inhibitors of Rho kinase (ROCK1) as potential therapeutic agents for cardiovascular diseases. PG - 6631-4 LID - 10.1021/jm8005096 [doi] AB - Recent studies using known Rho-associated kinase isoform 1 (ROCK1) inhibitors along with cellular and molecular biology data have revealed a pivotal role of this enzyme in many aspects of cardiovascular function. Here we report a series of ROCK1 inhibitors which were originally derived from a dihydropyrimidinone core 1. Our efforts focused on the optimization of dihydropyrimidine 2, which resulted in the identification of a series of dihydropyrimidines with improved pharmacokinetics and P450 properties. FAU - Sehon, Clark A AU - Sehon CA AD - Departments of Medicinal Chemistry, Investigative Biology, Vascular Biology, GlaxoSmithKline, 709 Swedeland Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, USA. clark.a.sehon@gsk.com FAU - Wang, Gren Z AU - Wang GZ FAU - Viet, Andrew Q AU - Viet AQ FAU - Goodman, Krista B AU - Goodman KB FAU - Dowdell, Sarah E AU - Dowdell SE FAU - Elkins, Patricia A AU - Elkins PA FAU - Semus, Simon F AU - Semus SF FAU - Evans, Christopher AU - Evans C FAU - Jolivette, Larry J AU - Jolivette LJ FAU - Kirkpatrick, Robert B AU - Kirkpatrick RB FAU - Dul, Edward AU - Dul E FAU - Khandekar, Sanjay S AU - Khandekar SS FAU - Yi, Tracey AU - Yi T FAU - Wright, Lois L AU - Wright LL FAU - Smith, Gary K AU - Smith GK FAU - Behm, David J AU - Behm DJ FAU - Bentley, Ross AU - Bentley R FAU - Doe, Christopher P AU - Doe CP FAU - Hu, Erding AU - Hu E FAU - Lee, Dennis AU - Lee D LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20081009 PL - United States TA - J Med Chem JT - Journal of medicinal chemistry JID - 9716531 RN - 0 (Aldehydes) RN - 0 (Indazoles) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Pyrimidines) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (rho-Associated Kinases) RN - K8CXK5Q32L (pyrimidine) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/chemistry/metabolism MH - Administration, Oral MH - Aldehydes/chemistry MH - Animals MH - Cardiovascular Diseases/*drug therapy/*enzymology MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - Indazoles/chemistry MH - Models, Molecular MH - Molecular Structure MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/administration & dosage/*chemistry/*therapeutic use MH - Pyrimidines/administration & dosage/*chemistry/*therapeutic use MH - Rats MH - Structure-Activity Relationship MH - rho-Associated Kinases/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism EDAT- 2008/10/10 09:00 MHDA- 2008/12/17 09:00 CRDT- 2008/10/10 09:00 PHST- 2008/10/10 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/12/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/10/10 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/jm8005096 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Med Chem. 2008 Nov 13;51(21):6631-4. doi: 10.1021/jm8005096. Epub 2008 Oct 9.