Selective Ligands for Rat A3 Adenosine Receptors: Structure-Activity Relationships of 1,3-Dialkylxanthine 7-Riboside Derivatives
作者:Hea Ok Kim、Xiao-duo Ji、Neli Melman、Mark E. Olah、Gary L. Stiles、Kenneth A. Jacobson
DOI:10.1021/jm00049a021
日期:1994.11
1,3-Dibutylxanthine 7-riboside has been found to be a partial agonist at A(3) adenosine receptors (van Galen et al. Mol. Pharmacol. 1994, 45, 1101-1111). 1,3-Dialkylxanthine 7-riboside analogues modified at the 1-, 3-, and 8-purine positions and at the ribose 5'-position were synthesized. The nucleoside analogues were examined for affinity in radioligand binding assays at rat brain A(3) adenosine receptors stably expressed in CHO cells, using the radioligand [[I-125]-4-amino- 3-iodobenzyl]adenosine-5'-N-methyluronamide (AB-MECA). Affinity was assayed at rat brain A(1) and A(2a) receptors using [H-3]PIA and [H-3]CGS 21680, respectively. The affinity of xanthine 7-ribosides at A(3) receptors depended on the 1,3-dialkyl substituents in the order: Pent greater than or equal to. Bu >> Hx > Pr approximate to Me. 1,3-Dipentylxanthine 7-riboside was slightly selective for A(3) receptors (2-fold vs A(1) and 10-fold vs A(2a)). 8-Methoxy substitution was tolerated at A(3) receptors. 2-Thio vs 2-oxo substitution increased potency at all three subtypes and slightly increased A(3) vs A(1) selectivity. The 5'-uronamide modification, which was previously found to enhance A(3) selectivity in N-6-benzyladenosine derivatives, was also incorporated into the xanthine 7-ribosides, with similar results. The affinity of 1,3-dialkylxanthine 7-riboside 5'-uronamides at A(3) receptors depended on the N-alkyluronamide substituent in the order: MeNH > EtNH >> NH2 >> Me(2)N. Affinity of the 5'-uronamides at A(3) receptors was dependent on the 1,3-dialkyl substitution in the order: Bu > Pent > Hex. 1,3-Dibutylxanthine 7-riboside 5'-N-methylcarboxamide, with a K-i value of 229 nM at A(3) receptors, was 160-fold selective for rat A(3) vs A(1) receptors and > 400-fold selective vs A(2a) receptors. This derivative acted as a full agonist in the A(3) receptor-mediated inhibition of adenylate cyclase.