Novel potent and highly selective human A3 adenosine receptor antagonists belonging to the 4-amido-2-arylpyrazolo[3,4-c]quinoline series: Molecular docking analysis and pharmacological studies
作者:Vittoria Colotta、Francesca Capelli、Ombretta Lenzi、Daniela Catarzi、Flavia Varano、Daniela Poli、Fabrizio Vincenzi、Katia Varani、Pier Andrea Borea、Diego Dal Ben、Rosaria Volpini、Gloria Cristalli、Guido Filacchioni
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2008.10.018
日期:2009.1
The study of novel 2-arylpyrazolo[3,4-c]quinolin-4-(hetero)arylamides, designed as human (h) A(3) adenosine receptor antagonists, is reported. The new derivatives are endowed with nanomolar hA(3) receptor affinity and high selectivity versus hA(1), hA(2A) and hA(2B) receptors. Among the (hetero) aroyl residues introduced on the 4-amino group, the 2-furyl and 4-pyridyl rings turned out to be the most beneficial for hA(3) affinity (K-i = 3.4 and 5.0 nM, respectively). An intensive molecular docking study to a rhodopsin-based homology model of the hA(3) receptor was carried out to obtain a 'structure-based pharmacophore model' that proved to be helpful for the interpretation of the observed affinities of the new hA(3) pyrazoloquino-line antagonists. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.