Publications by authors named "Rhonda M LaChance"

Polymer-assisted solution-phase (PASP) parallel library synthesis was used to discover a piperazinyl glutamate pyridine as a P2Y(12) antagonist. Exploitation of this lead provided compounds with excellent inhibition of platelet aggregation as measured in a human platelet rich plasma (PRP) assay. Pharmacokinetic and physiochemical properties were optimized through modifications at the 4-position of the pyridine ring and the terminal nitrogen of the piperazine ring, leading to compound (4S)-4-[({4-[4-(methoxymethyl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-phenylpyridin-2-yl}carbonyl)amino]-5-oxo-5-{4-[(pentyloxy)carbonyl]piperazin-1-yl}pentanoic acid 47s with good human PRP potency, selectivity, in vivo efficacy, and oral bioavailability.

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Efforts to refine the SAR of the piperazinyl-glutamate-pyridines for more potent analogs with improved pharmacokinetic profiles are described. Exploring substituted piperidines and other ring systems at the 4-pyridyl position led to compounds with improved potency and pharmacokinetic properties over candidate I. In particular, compounds 4t and 5t were discovered with a 10-fold improvement over potency and improved pharmacokinetic profiles in both the rat and dog.

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Piperazinyl-glutamate-pyrimidines were prepared with oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur substitution at the 4-position of the pyrimidine leading to highly potent P2Y12 antagonists. In particular, 4-substituted piperidine-4-pyrimidines provided compounds with exceptional potency. Pharmacokinetic and physicochemical properties were fine-tuned through modifications at the 4-position of the piperidine ring leading to compounds with good human PRP potency, selectivity, clearance and oral bioavailability.

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Herein we describe the design and synthesis of a novel series of potent thienopyrimidine P2Y12 inhibitors and the negative impact protein binding has on the inhibition of platelet aggregation.

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Polymer-assisted solution-phase (PASP) parallel library synthesis was used to discover a piperazinyl-glutamate-pyridine as a P2Y(12) antagonist. Exploitation of this lead provided compounds with excellent inhibition of platelet aggregation as measured in a human platelet rich plasma (PRP) assay. Pharmacokinetic and physiochemical properties were optimized leading to compound (4S)-4-[({4-[4-(methoxymethyl)piperidin-1-yl]-6-phenylpyridin-2-yl}carbonyl)amino]-5-oxo-5-{4-[(pentyloxy)carbonyl]piperazin-1-yl}pentanoic acid 22J with good human PRP potency, selectivity, in vivo efficacy and oral bioavailability.

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Introduction: Pharmacological treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the future may target inhibitors of specific procoagulant proteins. This study used a non-human primate model to test the effect of PHA-798, a specific inhibitor of the tissue factor/Factor VIIa complex (TF/VIIa), on venous thrombus formation.

Materials And Methods: PHA inhibits the TF/VIIa complex with an IC(50) of 13.

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Structure-based drug design (SBDD) and polymer-assisted solution-phase (PASP) library synthesis were used to develop a series of pyrazinone inhibitors of the Tissue Factor/Factor VIIa (TF/VIIa) complex. The crystal structure of a tripeptide-alpha-ketothiazole complexed with TF/VIIa was utilized in a docking experiment to identify the pyrazinone core as a starting scaffold. The pyrazinone core could orient the substituents in the correct spatial arrangement to probe the S1, S2, and S3 pockets of the enzyme.

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A solution-phase synthesis of an alpha-ketothiazole library of the general form D-Phe-L-AA-Arg-alpha-ketothiazole is described. The five-step synthesis is accomplished using a combination of polymeric reagents and polymer-assisted solution-phase purification concepts, including reactant-sequestering resins, reagent-sequestering resins, and tagged reagents. The multistep synthesis affords desired alpha-ketothiazole products in excellent purities and yields.

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This study was designed to evaluate the antithrombotic efficacy and bleeding propensity of a selective, small-molecule inhibitor of tissue factor/factor VIIa (TF/VIIa) in comparison to small-molecule, selective inhibitors of factor Xa and thrombin in a nonhuman primate model of thrombosis. Acute, spontaneous thrombus formation was induced by electrolytic injury to the intimal surface of a femoral blood vessel, which results in thrombus propagation at the injured site. The TF/FVIIa inhibitor 3-amino-5-[1-[2-([4-[amino(imino)methyl]benzyl]amino)-2-oxoethyl]-3-chloro-5-(isopropylamino)-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyrazin-2-yl]benzoic acid dihydrochloride (PHA-927F) was fully effective in prevention of thrombosis-induced vessel occlusion at a dose of 400 microg/kg/min, i.

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A solution-phase synthesis of an alpha-ketothiazole library of the general form D-Phe-L-AA-L-Arg-alpha-ketothiazole is described. The five-step synthesis is accomplished using a combination of polymeric reagents and polymer-assisted solution-phase purification protocols, including reactant-sequestering resins, reagent-sequestering resins, and tagged reagents. The multi-step synthesis affords the desired alpha-ketothiazole products in excellent purities and yields.

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Structure-based drug design coupled with polymer-assisted solution-phase library synthesis was utilized to develop a series of pyrazinone inhibitors of the tissue factor/Factor VIIa complex. The crystal structure of a tri-peptide ketothiazole complexed with TF/VIIa was utilized in a docking experiment that identified a benzyl-substituted pyrazinone as a P(2) surrogate for the tri-peptide. A 5-step PASP library synthesis of these aryl-substituted pyrazinones was developed.

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The Tissue Factor/Factor VIIa (TF/FVIIa) complex is an attractive target for pharmacological interruption of thrombin generation and hence blood coagulation, as this complex is the initiation point of the extrinsic pathway of coagulation. TF is a cell membrane-associated protein that interacts with soluble FVIIa to activate factors IX and X resulting in a cascade of events that leads to thrombin generation and eventual fibrin deposition. The goal of this non-randomized study was to evaluate XK1, a specific protein inhibitor of TF/FVIIa, and compare antithrombotic efficacy and bleeding propensity to a previously described Factor Xa (FXa) inhibitor (SC-83157/SN429) and a direct-acting thrombin inhibitor (SC-79407/L-374087) in an acute rat model of arterial thrombosis.

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