Structural highlights
Function[PDE4B_HUMAN] Hydrolyzes the second messenger cAMP, which is a key regulator of many important physiological processes. May be involved in mediating central nervous system effects of therapeutic agents ranging from antidepressants to antiasthmatic and anti-inflammatory agents.[1] [2] Publication Abstract from PubMedFollowing the discovery of 4-(substituted amino)-1-alkyl-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-5-carboxamides as potent and selective phosphodiesterase 4B inhibitors, [Hamblin, J. N.; Angell, T.; Ballentine, S., et al. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.2008, 18, 4237] the SAR of the 5-position was investigated further. A range of substituted heterocycles showed good potencies against PDE4. Optimisation using X-ray crystallography and computational modelling led to the discovery of 16, with sub-nM inhibition of LPS-induced TNF-alpha production from isolated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Pyrazolopyridines as potent PDE4B inhibitors: 5-heterocycle SAR.,Mitchell CJ, Ballantine SP, Coe DM, Cook CM, Delves CJ, Dowle MD, Edlin CD, Hamblin JN, Holman S, Johnson MR, Jones PS, Keeling SE, Kranz M, Lindvall M, Lucas FS, Neu M, Solanke YE, Somers DO, Trivedi NA, Wiseman JO Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 Oct 1;20(19):5803-6. Epub 2010 Aug 5. PMID:20732811[3] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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