Dual metalloprotease inhibitors: mercaptoacetyl-based fused heterocyclic dipeptide mimetics as inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme and neutral endopeptidase

J Med Chem. 1997 May 23;40(11):1570-7. doi: 10.1021/jm970041e.

Abstract

A series of 7,6- and 7,5-fused bicyclic thiazepinones and oxazepinones were generated and incorporated as conformationally restricted dipeptide surrogates in mercaptoacyl dipeptides. These compounds are potent inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and neutral endopeptidase (NEP) both in vitro and in vivo. Compound 1a, a 7,6-fused bicyclic thiazepinone, demonstrated excellent blood pressure lowering in a variety of animal models characterized by various levels of plasma renin activity and significantly potentiated urinary sodium, ANP, and cGMP excretion in a cynomolgus monkey assay. On the basis of its potency and duration of action, compound 1a (BMS-186716) was advanced into clinical development for the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure.

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Animals
  • Antihypertensive Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Natriuretic Factor / urine
  • Cardiovascular Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Cardiovascular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cyclic GMP / urine
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Macaca fascicularis
  • Neprilysin / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Pyridines / chemical synthesis*
  • Pyridines / therapeutic use
  • Rats
  • Renin / blood
  • Sodium / urine
  • Thiazepines / chemical synthesis*
  • Thiazepines / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Cardiovascular Agents
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Pyridines
  • Thiazepines
  • omapatrilat
  • Atrial Natriuretic Factor
  • Sodium
  • Renin
  • Neprilysin
  • Cyclic GMP