作者:Giulia Nesi、Nicola Antonio Colabufo、Marialessandra Contino、Maria Grazia Perrone、Maria Digiacomo、Roberto Perrone、Annalina Lapucci、Marco Macchia、Simona Rapposelli
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.02.051
日期:2014.4
Starting from the previously developed P-gp ligands 1a and 1b (EC50 = 0.25 mu M and 0.65 mu M, respectively), new arylmethyloxyphenyl derivatives have been synthesized as P-gp modulators in order to investigate: (i) the effect of small electron-donor groups (OMe) (5-11), (ii) the effect of the replacement of methoxy groups with an electron-withdrawal substituent (Cl) on C-ring (13) (iii) the effect induced by the replacement of C-ring with heteroaromatic cycles such as thiophene and pyrimidine (13, 15, 16), (iv) the effect induced by molecular constriction on C ring (14,17,18) on P-gp modulating activity. The results demonstrated that P-gp inhibition potency is strongly correlated to the number of methoxy groups in the A-ring whereas the methoxylation of C-ring seems to poorly affect P-gp activity. The best result was found for compound 10 that displays a nanomolar affinity (EC50 = 7.1 nM) towards P-gp pump and, in the meantime lacks of activity against MRP1 pump. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.