Design and synthesis of (Z)-1,2-diphenyl-1-(4-methanesulfonamidophenyl)alk-1-enes and (Z)-1-(4-azidophenyl)-1,2-diphenylalk-1-enes: novel inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) with anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity
作者:Md. Jashim Uddin、P.N. Praveen Rao、Edward E. Knaus
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2004.10.017
日期:2005.1
A group of novel (Z)-1,2-diphenyl-1-9(4-methanesulfonamidophenyl)alk-1-enes was designed for evaluation as selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors. In vitro COX-1/COX-2 enzyme inhibition studies identified (Z)-1,2-dipheny1-1-(4-methanesulfonamidophenyl)oct-1-ene(8d) as a highly potent (IC50=0.03 muM), and an extremely selective [COX-2 SI (selectivity index)> 3,333], COX-2 inhibitor that showed good anti-inflammatory (AI) activity (ID50 = 2.8 mg/kg). A molecular modeling (docking) study showed that the p-MeSO2NH group present in (Z)-8d inserts deep inside the 2degrees-pocket of the COX-2 binding site, it undergoes a hydrophobic interaction with Ala(516) and Gly(519), and one of the O-atoms of the MeSO2 group participates in a weak hydrogen bonding interaction with the NH2 of Arg(513) (distance = 3.85 Angstrom). Similar in vitro COX-1/COX-2 enzyme inhibition studies showed that the azido compound 1-(4-azidophenyl)-1,2-diphenyloct-1-ene (9c) is also a potent and selective COX-2 inhibitor (COX-2 IC50 = 0.11 muM: SI > 909) that exhibits good AI activity (ID50 = 5.0 mg/kg). A docking experiment to determine the orientation of (Z)-9c within the COX-2 binding site showed that the linear p-N-3 group inserts into the COX-2 2degrees-pocket, where it undergoes an ion-ion (electrostatic) interaction with Arg(513). Structure-activity data acquired indicate that an olefin having either a C-1 p-MeSO2NH-phenyl, or a p-N-3-phenyl, substituent, that is, cis to a C-2 unsubstituted phenyl substituent, in conjunction with C-1 unsubstituted phenyl and C-2 alkyl substituents, provides a novel template to design acyclic olefinic COX-2 inhibitors. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.