Publication Date:
1998-10-23
Description:
Patients with abetalipoproteinemia, a disease caused by defects in the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP), do not produce apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins. It was hypothesized that small molecule inhibitors of MTP would prevent the assembly and secretion of these atherogenic lipoproteins. To test this hypothesis, two compounds identified in a high-throughput screen for MTP inhibitors were used to direct the synthesis of a highly potent MTP inhibitor. This molecule (compound 9) inhibited the production of lipoprotein particles in rodent models and normalized plasma lipoprotein levels in Watanabe-heritable hyperlipidemic (WHHL) rabbits, which are a model for human homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. These results suggest that compound 9, or derivatives thereof, has potential applications for the therapeutic lowering of atherogenic lipoprotein levels in humans.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wetterau, J R -- Gregg, R E -- Harrity, T W -- Arbeeny, C -- Cap, M -- Connolly, F -- Chu, C H -- George, R J -- Gordon, D A -- Jamil, H -- Jolibois, K G -- Kunselman, L K -- Lan, S J -- Maccagnan, T J -- Ricci, B -- Yan, M -- Young, D -- Chen, Y -- Fryszman, O M -- Logan, J V -- Musial, C L -- Poss, M A -- Robl, J A -- Simpkins, L M -- Slusarchyk, W A -- Sulsky, R -- Taunk, P -- Magnin, D R -- Tino, J A -- Lawrence, R M -- Dickson, J K Jr -- Biller, S A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Oct 23;282(5389):751-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Metabolic Diseases, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000, USA. Wetterau_John_R@msmail.bms.com〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9784135" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Alanine Transaminase/blood
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Animals
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Apolipoproteins B/*blood
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Aspartate Aminotransferases/blood
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Carrier Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors
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Cholesterol/*blood
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Cricetinae
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Disease Models, Animal
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Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
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Drug Design
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Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
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Fluorenes/chemistry/pharmacokinetics/*pharmacology
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Humans
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Hyperlipidemias/blood/drug therapy
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Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II/*blood/drug therapy
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Lipids/blood
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Lipoproteins/blood
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Liver/metabolism
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Mice
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Piperidines/chemistry/pharmacokinetics/*pharmacology
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Rabbits
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Rats
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Triglycerides/*blood/metabolism
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Tumor Cells, Cultured
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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