Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of N-benzyl substituted 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamines as 5-HT2A/2C partial agonists
摘要:
N-Benzyl substitution of phenethylamine 5-HT2A receptor agonists has dramatic effects on binding affinity, receptor selectivity and agonist activity. In this paper we examine how affinity for the 5-HT2A/2C receptors are influenced by N-benzyl substitution of 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine derivatives. Special attention is given to the 2' and 3'-position of the N-benzyl as such compounds are known to be very potent. We found that substitutions in these positions are generally well tolerated. The 2'-position was further examined using a range of substituents to probe the hydrogen bonding requirements for optimal affinity and selectivity, and it was found that small changes in the ligands in this area had a profound effect on their affinities. Furthermore, two ligands that lack a 2'-benzyl substituent were also found to have high affinity contradicting previous held notions. Several high-affinity ligands were identified and assayed for functional activity at the 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptor, and they were generally found to be less efficacious agonists than previously reported N-benzyl phenethylamines. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
N-Benzyl substitution of phenethylamine 5-HT2A receptor agonists has dramatic effects on binding affinity, receptor selectivity and agonist activity. In this paper we examine how affinity for the 5-HT2A/2C receptors are influenced by N-benzyl substitution of 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine derivatives. Special attention is given to the 2' and 3'-position of the N-benzyl as such compounds are known to be very potent. We found that substitutions in these positions are generally well tolerated. The 2'-position was further examined using a range of substituents to probe the hydrogen bonding requirements for optimal affinity and selectivity, and it was found that small changes in the ligands in this area had a profound effect on their affinities. Furthermore, two ligands that lack a 2'-benzyl substituent were also found to have high affinity contradicting previous held notions. Several high-affinity ligands were identified and assayed for functional activity at the 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptor, and they were generally found to be less efficacious agonists than previously reported N-benzyl phenethylamines. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Potent Antimalarials with Development Potential Identified by Structure-Guided Computational Optimization of a Pyrrole-Based Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase Inhibitor Series
作者:Michael J. Palmer、Xiaoyi Deng、Shawn Watts、Goran Krilov、Aleksey Gerasyuto、Sreekanth Kokkonda、Farah El Mazouni、John White、Karen L. White、Josefine Striepen、Jade Bath、Kyra A. Schindler、Tomas Yeo、David M. Shackleford、Sachel Mok、Ioanna Deni、Aloysus Lawong、Ann Huang、Gong Chen、Wen Wang、Jaya Jayaseelan、Kasiram Katneni、Rahul Patil、Jessica Saunders、Shatrughan P. Shahi、Rajesh Chittimalla、Iñigo Angulo-Barturen、María Belén Jiménez-Díaz、Sergio Wittlin、Patrick K. Tumwebaze、Philip J. Rosenthal、Roland A. Cooper、Anna Caroline Campos Aguiar、Rafael V. C. Guido、Dhelio B. Pereira、Nimisha Mittal、Elizabeth A. Winzeler、Diana R. Tomchick、Benoît Laleu、Jeremy N. Burrows、Pradipsinh K. Rathod、David A. Fidock、Susan A. Charman、Margaret A. Phillips
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00173
日期:2021.5.13
pyrrole-based series of DHODH inhibitors, leading to the discovery of two candidates for potential advancement to preclinical development. These compounds have improved physicochemical properties over prior series frontrunners and they show no time-dependent CYP inhibition, characteristic of earlier compounds. Frontrunners have potentantimalarial activity in vitro against blood and liver schizont stages