Novel, Potent, and Orally Active Substance P Antagonists: Synthesis and Antagonist Activity of N-Benzylcarboxamide Derivatives of Pyrido[3,4-b]pyridine
作者:Hideaki Natsugari、Yoshinori Ikeura、Yutaka Kiyota、Yuji Ishichi、Takenori Ishimaru、Osamu Saga、Hideo Shirafuji、Toshimasa Tanaka、Izumi Kamo
DOI:10.1021/jm00016a014
日期:1995.8
A series of 4-phenylisoquinolone derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for NK1 (substance P) antagonist activity. Highly potent antagonists, 4-phenyl-3-isoquinolone-N-benzylcarboxamides (11), were discovered from the structure-activity relationship studies on the isoquinolone-urea lead la. Optimization of the activity in this series resulted in the development of 5-phenyl-6-pyrido[3,4-b]pyridine-N-benzylcarboxamides (30) which are highly potent orally active NK1 antagonists. Among the compounds synthesized, N-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]7,8-dihydro-N, 7-dimethyl-8-oxo-5-(substituted phenyl)6-pyrido[3,4-b]pyridinecarboxamides (30a,f,g) showed excellent antagonist activities with IC50 values (in vitro inhibition of [I-125]- BH-SP binding in human IM-9 cells) of 0.21-0.34 nM and ED(50) values (in vivo inhibition of capsaicin-induced plasma extravasation in guinea-pig trachea, iv) of 0.017-0.030 mg/kg. These compounds exhibited significantly potent activity upon oral administration with ED(50) values of 0.068-0.17 mg/kg. Conformational studies on 30g indicated that the two stable conformers of 30g are quite similar to those of CP-99,994.