Boy Kenneth M, Guernon Jason M, Sit Sing-Yuen, Xie Kai, Hewawasam Piyasena, Boissard Christopher G, Dworetzky Steven I, Natale Joanne, Gribkoff Valentin K, Lodge Nicholas, Starrett John E
Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, 5 Research Parkway, Wallingford, CT 06492, USA.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2004 Oct 18;14(20):5089-93. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.07.080.
A series of Maxi-K openers for the treatment of erectile dysfunction based on the 3-thio-quinolinone core is described. Significant levels of channel opening (up to 550% of control) are seen in transfected oocytes. Functional activity in rabbit corpus cavernosum tissue strips confirms the potential to effect therapy for ED, the effect being maximal for the 3-amino-2-hydroxy thiol side chain.