Synthesis and Evaluation of 6,7-Dihydroxy-2,3,4,8,9,13b-hexahydro-1H-benzo[6,7]cyclohepta[1,2,3-ef][3]benzazepine, 6,7-Dihydroxy-1,2,3,4,8,12b-hexahydroanthr[10,4a,4-cd]azepine, and 10-(Aminomethyl)-9,10-dihydro-1,2-dihydroxyanthracene as Conformationally Restricted Analogs of .beta.-Phenyldopamine
作者:Scott E. Snyder、Felix A. Aviles-Garay、Ratna Chakraborti、David E. Nichols、Val J. Watts、Richard B. Mailman
DOI:10.1021/jm00013a015
日期:1995.6
The present study was designed to define the geometry of the hydrophobic accessory region for binding of dopamine Dr receptor ligands and to assess the relative importance of ethylamine side chain conformation for receptor affinity. Three compounds, 6,7-dihydroxy-2,3,4,8,9,13b-hexahydro-1H-benzo[6,7]cyclohepta[1,2,3-ef][3]benzazepine, 4, 6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4,8,12b-hexahydroanthr[10,4a,4-cd]azepine, 5, and 10-(aminomethyl)-9,10-dihydro-1 2-dihydroxyanthracene, 6, were synthesized as conformationally restricted analogs of beta-phenyldopamine. Molecular modeling studies were performed to compare these three compounds with the high-affinity D-1 agonists dihydrexidine (DHX), 2, and SKF 38393, 3. The beta-phenyl moieties in the target compounds are constrained by means of either an ethyl (4) or methylene (5 and 6) bridge. The compounds adopt minimum-energy conformations in which the beta-phenyl group is approximately -22 degrees (4), -12 degrees (5), and -30 degrees (6) from coplanarity with the catechol ring. These compounds also embody either a freely rotating (6) or a rigidified gauche (4 and 5) rotameric conformation of the dopamine ethylamine side chain, the latter nearly perfectly superimposible on the benzazepine portion of SKF 38393. Radioligand competition experiments showed that compounds 4, 5, and 6 have only micromolar affinity for both the D-1 and D-2 dopamine receptor subtypes. The low affinity of 4-6, relative to 2 and 3, may be due to improper orientation of the beta-phenyl moiety and provides important information about the three-dimensional orientation of the hydrophobic accessory binding domain of the dopamine D-1 receptor. In addition, the negligible affinity of 6, as compared to 2 and 3, indicates that the rotameric positioning of the ethylamine side chain may not be a primary determinant of receptor affinity.