title: Discovering selective agonists of endothelial target for acetylcholine (ETA) via diversity-guided pharmacophore simplification and simulation.
abstract: Two types of lead structures for selective agonists of ETA, a biological target not yet fully elucidated, has first been discovered via diversity-guided pharmacophore simplification and simulation. And it is first demonstrated that potent selective ETA agonists might be useful for protection of endothelium and for prophylaxis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases with endothelial dysfunction such as atherosclerosis and thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Taiping Road, Beijing 100850, China. yangrf@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Rifang
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Rusheng
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Dongmei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Limei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Liuhong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000819:agonists* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018721:Muscarinic Agonists; D000109:Acetylcholine