文摘
Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is a negative regulator of the insulin and leptin receptor pathwaysand thus an attractive therapeutic target for diabetes and obesity. Starting with a high micromolar leadcompound, structure-based optimization of novel PTP1B inhibitors by extension of the molecule from theenzyme active site into the second phosphotyrosine binding site is described. Medicinal chemistry, guidedby X-ray complex structure and molecular modeling, has yielded low nanomolar PTP1B inhibitors in anefficient manner. Compounds from this chemical series were found to be actively transported into hepatocytes.This active uptake into target tissues could be one of the possible avenues to overcome the poor membranepermeability of PTP1B inhibitors.