From Ergolines to Indoles: Improved Inhibitors of the Human H3 Receptor for the Treatment of Narcolepsy
作者:Yves P. Auberson、Thomas Troxler、Xuechun Zhang、Charles R. Yang、Dominik Feuerbach、Yu-Chih Liu、Bharat Lagu、Mark Perrone、Lijun Lei、Xiaoxia Shen、Dushan Zhang、Chunxiu Wang、Tie-Lin Wang、Karin Briner、Mark G. Bock
DOI:10.1002/cmdc.201402418
日期:2015.2
Ergolines were recently identified as a novel class of H3 receptor (H3R) inverse agonists. Although their optimization led to drug candidates with encouraging properties for the treatment of narcolepsy, brain penetration remained low. To overcome this issue, ergoline 1 ((6aR,9R,10aR)‐4‐(2‐(dimethylamino)ethyl)‐N‐phenyl‐9‐(pyrrolidine‐1‐carbonyl)‐6,6a,8,9,10,10a‐hexahydroindolo[4,3‐fg]quinoline‐7(4H)‐carboxamide))
麦角灵最近被鉴定为新型的H3受体(H3R)反向激动剂。尽管他们的优化使候选药物在发作性睡病治疗方面具有令人鼓舞的特性,但脑部渗透率仍然很低。为了克服这个问题,麦角灵1((6a R,9 R,10a R)‐4‐(2‐(二甲基氨基)乙基)‐N‐苯基‐9‐(吡咯烷‐1‐羰基)‐6,6a,8, 9,10,10a-六氢吲哚[4,3- fg ]喹啉-7(4 H)-羧酰胺))被转化为一系列具有高H3R亲和力的吲哚衍生物。通过同时测定它们在小鼠中的脑受体占有率(RO)水平和药效学(PD)效应,对这些新分子进行了分析。这些努力最终导致发现15 m((R)-1-异丙基-5-(1-(2-(2-甲基吡咯烷酮-1-基)乙基)-1 H吲哚-4-基)吡啶2 (1 H)‐one),其具有理想的特征,显示PD效应与RO有很强的相关性,并且没有可测量的安全系数。通过在大鼠中的脑电图(EEG)测量,证实了其理想的持续时间短。