Synthesis and biological evaluation of benzimidazole derivatives as potent AMP-activated protein kinase activators

J Charton, S Girault-Mizzi, MA Debreu-Fontaine…

Index: Charton, Julie; Girault-Mizzi, Sophie; Debreu-Fontaine, Marie-Ange; Foufelle, Fabienne; Hainault, Isabelle; Bizot-Espiard, Jean-Guy; Caignard, Daniel-Henri; Sergheraert, Christian Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2006 , vol. 14, # 13 p. 4490 - 4518

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Abstract

Design, synthesis and structure–activity relationships of benzimidazole derivatives as activators of the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) are presented in this paper. AMPK is the central component of a protein kinase cascade that plays a key role in the regulation of energy balance. Once activated, AMPK initiates a series of responses that are aimed at restoring the energy balance of the cell and recent studies have indicated that AMPK ...