1,3-Dialkyl-8-N-substituted benzyloxycarbonylamino-9-deazaxanthines as potent adenosine receptor ligands: Design, synthesis, structure–affinity and structure–selectivity relationships
作者:Franco Fernández、Olga Caamaño、M. Isabel Nieto、Carmen López、Xerardo García-Mera、Angela Stefanachi、Orazio Nicolotti、M. Isabel Loza、Jose Brea、Cristina Esteve、Victor Segarra、Bernat Vidal、Angelo Carotti
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2009.03.062
日期:2009.5
A number of 1,3-dialkyl-9-deazaxanthines (9-dAXs), bearing a variety of N-substituted benzyloxycarbonylamino substituents at position 8, were prepared and evaluated for their binding affinity to the recombinant human adenosine receptors (hARs), chiefly to the hA(2B) and hA(2A) AR subtypes. Several ligands endowed with excellent binding affinity to the hA2B receptors, but low selectivity versus hA2A and hA(1) were identified. Among these, 1,3-dimethyl-N-30-thienyl carbamate 15 resulted as the most potent ligand at hA(2B) (K-i = 0.8 nM), with a low selectivity versus hA(2A) (hA(2A)/hA(2B) = 12.6) and hA(1) (hA(1)/hA(2B) = 12.5) and a higher selectivity versus hA(3) (hA(3)/hA(2B) = 454). When tested in functional assays in vitro, compound 15 exhibited high antagonist activities and efficacies versus both the A(2A) and A(2B) receptor subtypes, with pA(2) values close to the corresponding pK(i)s. A comparative analysis of structure - affinity and structure selectivity relationships of the similar analogues 8-N-substituted benzyloxycarbonylamino- and 8-N-substituted phenoxyacetamido-9-dAXs suggested that their binding modes at the hA(2B) and hA(2A) ARs may strongly differ. Computational studies help to clarify this striking difference arising from a simple, albeit crucial, structural change, from CH2OCON to OCH2CON, in the para-position of the 8-phenyl ring. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.