Synthesis, Cannabinoid Receptor Affinity, and Molecular Modeling Studies of Substituted 1-Aryl-5-(1<i>H</i>-pyrrol-1-yl)-1<i>H</i>-pyrazole-3-carboxamides
作者:Romano Silvestri、Maria Grazia Cascio、Giuseppe La Regina、Francesco Piscitelli、Antonio Lavecchia、Antonella Brizzi、Serena Pasquini、Maurizio Botta、Ettore Novellino、Vincenzo Di Marzo、Federico Corelli
DOI:10.1021/jm070566z
日期:2008.3.1
The new 1-phenyl-5-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)pyrazole-3-carboxamides were compared with the reference compounds AM251 and SR144528 for cannabinoid hCB(1) and hCB(2) receptor affinity. Compounds bearing 2,4-dichlorophenyl or 2,4-difluorophenyl groups at position 1 and 2,5-dimethylpyrrole moiety at position 5 of the pyrazole nucleus were generally more selective for hCB(1). On the other hand, the N-cyclohexyl group at the 3-carboxamide was the determinant for the hCB2 selectivity, in particular when a 3,4-dichlorophenyl group was also present at position 1. Compound 26 was the most selective ligand for the hCB(1) receptor (K-i (CB2)/K-i (CB1) = 140.7). Derivative 30, the most potent hCB(1) ligand (Ki = 5.6 nM), was equipotent to AM251 and behaved as an inverse agonist in the cAMP assay (EC50 similar to 1 nM). The carbonyl oxygen of both 26 and 30 formed a H-bond with K3.28(192), while the substituents at the nitrogen fitted in a pocket formed by lipophilic residues. This H-bonding interaction was proposed to account for the high affinity for receptors' inactive state and the inverse agonist activity.