Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Allosteric Enhancers of the A<sub>1</sub> Adenosine Receptor Based on 2-Amino-3-(4′-Chlorobenzoyl)-4-Substituted-5-Arylethynyl Thiophene
作者:Romeo Romagnoli、Pier Giovanni Baraldi、Adriaan P. IJzerman、Arnault Massink、Olga Cruz-Lopez、Luisa Carlota Lopez-Cara、Giulia Saponaro、Delia Preti、Mojgan Aghazadeh Tabrizi、Stefania Baraldi、Allan R. Moorman、Fabrizio Vincenzi、Pier Andrea Borea、Katia Varani
DOI:10.1021/jm5008853
日期:2014.9.25
A Sonogashira coupling strategy was employed to synthesize a new series of allosteric modulators for the A(1) adenosine receptor based on the 2-amino-3-(p-chlorobenzoyl)-4-substituted thiophene skeleton, with a two-carbon (rigid or flexible) linker between the S-position of the thiophene ring and a (hetero)aryl or alkyl moiety. Among the compounds characterized by the presence of a common phenylacetylene moiety at the S-position of the thiophene ring, the neopentyl substitution at the 4-position supported a strong activity. In the series of 4-neopentyl derivatives, the presence of an acetylene spacer at the S-position of the thiophene is optimal for activity, whereas reduction of the acetylene to an ethyl moiety decreased activity, both in functional and binding assays. Derivatives 4e, 4g-h, 4j, 4l, and 4m were the most promising compounds in binding (saturation and competition) and functional cAMP studies, being able to potentiate agonist [H-3]CCPA binding to the A(1) receptor, with 4e as the best compound of the series. The latter compound also retarded the dissociation of another radiolabeled agonist, [H-3]NECA, from the receptor.