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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 18, Issue 11, Pages 3427-3430Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.03.080
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MaxiK channel; activators; smooth muscle; lithocholic acid; hydroxy-alkynoic acid
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL77424] Funding Source: Medline
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Physiological and pharmacological agents that activate large conductance, voltage-, and calcium- gated potassium (BK) channels located in the smooth muscle are effective vasodilators. Thus, activators of smooth muscle BK channels may be potential therapeutic tools to treat cardiovascular disease associated with vasoconstriction and/or impaired dilation, such as cerebrovascular spasm and constriction. We previously showed that lithocholic acid (LC) and other cholane derivatives activated smooth muscle BK channels and, thus, caused endothelium-independent cerebral artery dilation. However, clinical use of these cholane derivatives could be limited by the actions of these steroids, such as elevation of intracellular calcium and induction of apoptosis. Using LC as template, we designed and synthesized a series of hydroxy-alkynoic acids and corresponding methyl esters, as putative, nonsteroid BK channel activators. Indeed, the newly synthesized compounds effectively and reversibly activated rat cerebrovascular myocyte BK channel at concentrations similar to those found effective with LC. Among all the novel compounds tested, C-10 hydroxy-alkynoic acid methyl ester appears to be the most effective activator of vascular myocyte BK channels. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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