Azalanstat (RS-21607), a lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase inhibitor with cholesterol-lowering activity.

Abstract:

:Agents that inhibit hepatic cholesterol biosynthesis reduce circulating cholesterol levels in experimental animals and humans, and may be of pharmacological importance in the prevention of atherosclerosis. Azalanstat (RS-21607), a synthetic imidazole, has been shown to inhibit cholesterol synthesis in HepG2 cells, human fibroblasts, hamster hepatocytes and hamster liver, by inhibiting the cytochrome P450 enzyme lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase. When administered orally to hamsters fed regular chow, RS-21607 (50 mg/kg/day) lowered serum cholesterol in a dose-dependent manner (ED50 = 62 mg/kg) in a period of 1 week. It preferentially lowered low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and apo B relative to high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and apo A-1. It also lowered plasma cholesterol levels in hamsters fed a high saturated fat and cholesterol diet. RS-21607 inhibited hepatic microsomal hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase activity in hamsters in a dose-dependent manner (ED50 = 31 mg/kg), and this was highly correlated with serum cholesterol lowering (r = 0.97). Cholesterol lowering by azalanstat and cholestyramine was additive, and the increase in HMG-CoA reductase brought about by cholestyramine was attenuated significantly by azalanstat. In vitro studies with HepG2 cells indicated that this modulation of reductase activity was indirect, occurring at a post-transcriptional step, and it is proposed that a regulatory oxysterol derived from dihydrolanosterol (or lanosterol) may be responsible for this regulation. Azalanstat does not appear to lower circulating cholesterol in the hamster by up-regulation of the hepatic LDL receptor, suggesting that other mechanisms are involved. Orally administered azalanstat (50-75 mg/kg) stimulated hepatic microsomal cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase activity by 50-400% in hamsters, and it is postulated that this may result from modified cholesterol absorption and bile acid synthesis.

journal_name

Biochem Pharmacol

journal_title

Biochemical pharmacology

authors

Burton PM,Swinney DC,Heller R,Dunlap B,Chiou M,Malonzo E,Haller J,Walker KA,Salari A,Murakami S

doi

10.1016/0006-2952(95)00152-p

subject

Has Abstract,Author List Incomplete

pub_date

1995-08-08 00:00:00

pages

529-44

issue

4

eissn

0006-2952

issn

1873-2968

pii

000629529500152P

journal_volume

50

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