Development of novel silicon-containing inverse agonists of retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptors
作者:Hirozumi Toyama、Masaharu Nakamura、Masahiko Nakamura、Yotaro Matsumoto、Madoka Nakagomi、Yuichi Hashimoto
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2014.01.023
日期:2014.3
Retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-related orphan receptors (RORs) regulate a variety of physiological processes, including hepatic gluconeogenesis, lipid metabolism, circadian rhythm and immune function. The RAR agonist: all-trans retinoic acid was reported to be an ROR beta inverse agonist, but no information is available regarding ROR activity of its synthetic analogue Am580. Therefore, we screened Am580 and some related tetramethyltetrahydronaphthalene derivatives and carried out structural development studies, including substitution of carbon atoms with silicon, with the aim of creating a potent ROR transcriptional inhibitor. The phenyl amide disila compound 22 showed the most potent ROR-inhibitory activity among the compounds examined. Its activity towards ROR alpha, ROR beta and ROR gamma was increased compared to that of Am580. The IC50 values for ROR alpha, ROR beta and ROR gamma are 1.3, > 10 and 4.5 mu M, respectively. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.