Design and Synthesis of New Naphthalenic Derivatives as Ligands for 2-[125I]Iodomelatonin Binding Sites
作者:Michel Langlois、Beatrice Bremont、Shuren Shen、Annie Poncet、Jean Andrieux、Sames Sicsic、Isabelle Serraz、Monique Mathe-Allainmat、Pierre Renard、Philippe Delagrange
DOI:10.1021/jm00012a004
日期:1995.6
New melatonin-like agents were designed from the frameworks of 2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, an important structural moiety for the 5-HT receptor, and (2-methoxynaphthyl)-ethylamine. The compounds were synthesized by classical methods and evaluated in binding assays with chicken brain membranes using 2-[I-125]iodomelatonin as the radioligand. Preliminary studies on the series of N-acyl-disubstituted phenethylamines showed the favorable role of the methoxy group in the ortho position of the side chain on the affinity for the receptor K-i = 8 +/- 0.2 nM) for N-[2-(2-methoxy-5-bromophenyl)ethyl]propionamide (3o). This effect was confirmed in a series of the naphthalene derivatives, a bioisosteric moiety of the indole ring, and several potent ligands for melatonin binding sites were prepared such as N-[2-(2-methoxynaphthyl)ethyl]propionamide (4b) (K-i = 0.67 +/- 0.05 nM) and N-[2-(2,7-dimethoxynaphthyl)ethyl]cyclopropylformamide (K-i = 0.05 +/- 0.004 nM) (4k). Structure-activity relationships are discussed with regard to melatonin and bioisosteric naphthalenic compound 2. The K-i value for 4b was affected to a similar extent to that of melatonin by GTP-gamma-S or Mn2+ in competition experiments, suggesting an agonist profile for this compound.