α<sub>2</sub>-Adrenoreceptors Profile Modulation and High Antinociceptive Activity of (<i>S</i>)-(−)-2-[1-(Biphenyl-2-yloxy)ethyl]-4,5-dihydro-1<i>H</i>-imidazole
作者:Francesco Gentili、Pascal Bousquet、Livio Brasili、Mariangela Caretto、Antonio Carrieri、Monique Dontenwill、Mario Giannella、Gabriella Marucci、Marina Perfumi、Alessandro Piergentili、Wilma Quaglia、Carla Rascente、Maria Pigini
DOI:10.1021/jm0110082
日期:2002.1.1
A number of derivatives structurally related to cirazoline (1) were synthesized and studied with the purpose of modulating alpha(2)-adrenoreceptors selectivity versus both alpha(1)-adrenoreceptors and I-2 imidazoline binding sites. The most potent alpha(2)-agonist was 2-[1-(biphenyl-2-yloxy)ethyl]-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole (7), whose key pharmacophoric features closely matched those found in the alpha(2)-agonist 2-(3-exo-(3-phenylprop-1-yl)-2-exo-norborn,I)amino-2-oxazoline (15).(30) (S)-(-)-7 was the most potent of the two enantiomers, confirming the stereospecificity of the interaction with alpha(2)-adrenoreceptors. This eutomer was tested on two algesiometric paradigms and, because of the interaction with alpha(2)-adrenoreceptors, showed a potent and long-lasting antinociceptive activity, since it was abolished by the selective alpha(2)-antagonist RX821002.