A series of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-benzimidazole-5-carboxylic acid and 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-7-carboxylic acid derivatives designed as inhibitors of TAFIa has been prepared via a common hydrogenation-alkylation sequence starting from the appropriate benzimidazole and imidazopyridine system. We present a successful design strategy using a conformational restriction approach resulting in potent and selective inhibitors of TAFIa. The X-ray structure of compound 5 in complex with a H333Y/H335Q double mutant TAFI indicate that the conformational restriction is responsible for the observed potency increase.
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Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
October 2024
Department of Marine Bio-Pharmacology, College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
Background: The thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is an important regulator in the balance between blood clot formation (coagulation) and dissolution (fibrinolysis), which is mainly activated by thrombin bonded with thrombomodulin (TM).
Methods: In this study, the investigation focused on the unique target TAFI of fungi fibrinolytic compound 1 (FGFC1), a novel fibrinolytic compound sourced from the deep sea. In this sense, the regulation of TAFI by FGFC1, in comparison to established TAFI inhibitors such as DS-1040 and PCTI in hPPP, was investigated, which was validated through the molecular docking of FGFC1 to TAFI.
Res Pract Thromb Haemost
May 2024
Department of Medical Physiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Res Pract Thromb Haemost
May 2024
Robarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Background: Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is a plasma zymogen that provides a molecular link between coagulation and fibrinolysis. Studies have shown that the presence of glycosaminoglycans accelerates TAFI activation by plasmin and stabilizes activated TAFI (TAFIa).
Objectives: We aimed to define the elements of TAFI structure that allow these effects.
Sci Rep
January 2024
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1, Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan.
J Thromb Thrombolysis
August 2023
Department of Biochemistry, Room 4245A Robarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street North, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada.
Rivaroxaban is a direct factor Xa inhibitor, recently implemented as a favorable alternative to warfarin in anticoagulation therapy. Rivaroxaban effectively reduces thrombin generation, which plays a major role in the activation of thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) to TAFIa. Based on the antifibrinolytic role of TAFIa, we hypothesized that rivaroxaban would consequently induce more rapid clot lysis.
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