A series of nicotinic acid-ethanolamine derivatives was synthesized and evaluated pharmacologically and biochemically in mice and rats. Many compounds showed considerable hypolipidemic activity in two models : hypercholesterolemic mice and hypertriglyceridemic rats. The results clarified some structure-activity relationships ; there was an increase in efficacy resulting from the introduction of alkyl or aryl groups on the nitrogen of the ethanolamine part. Furthermore, it was clearly shown that coupling of ethanolamines with nicotinic acid (NA) resulted in a marked decrease in toxicity. Among the compounds tested, 2-(N-isopropyl-N-nicotinoylamino) ethyl nicotinate (20) was found to possess more favorable pharmacological and toxicological profiles than NA. Studies on 20 indicated that its hypolipidemic effect might be attributable to NA released by hydrolysis in vivo of the ester linkage. After administration of 20, the maximum serum level of free NA was approximately 4 times lower and the persistence of NA level in the serum was longer than that of the NA-treated group.
                                    合成了一系列
烟酸-胆胺衍
生物,并在小鼠和大鼠中进行了药理学和
生物化学评价。许多化合物在两种模型中显示出相当强的降血脂活性:高
胆固醇血症小鼠和高
甘油三酯血症大鼠。结果阐明了一些构效关系;通过在胆胺部分的氮原子上引入烷基或芳基团,效力得到了提高。此外,清楚地表明,将胆胺与
烟酸(NA)结合,毒性显著降低。在测试的化合物中,2-(N-异丙基-N-烟酰胺)乙基
烟酸酯(20)被发现具有比NA更有利的药理学和毒理学特性。对20的研究表明,其降血脂作用可能归因于酯键在体内
水解释放的NA。给予20后,游离NA的血清峰值
水平约为NA组的四分之一,且NA在血清中的持续时间更长。