Benzimidazole-2-carboxylic acid amides and esters: a new structural class of 5-HT3 ligands
作者:Aurelio Orjales、Luisa Alonso-Cires、Pedro López-Tudanca、Inés Tapia、Ramón Mosquera、Luis Labeaga
DOI:10.1016/s0223-5234(99)80091-9
日期:1999.5
A series of novel benzimidazole-2-carboxylic acid amides and esters with a quinuclidine or a tropane moiety were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro affinity for the 5-HT(3), 5-HT(4) and D(2) receptors. Compounds 15a, 13j and 13h exhibited affinity for the 5-HT(3) receptor (K(i) = 20.2, 18.4 and 12.7 nM, respectively) and no significant affinity for both 5-HT(4) and D(2) receptors. The amide-ester replacement did not induce significant changes in the affinity profile. The enantioselectivity for the 5-HT(3) receptor was reversed with regard to the zacopride pattern and the (R)-enantiomer 13c showed higher affinity (K(i) = 56.4 nM) than the (S)-enantiomer 13d (Y = 242.3 nM). An increment of the steric hindrance around the nitrogen atom at the 1-position of the benzimidazole ring led to an improvement in the affinity. The 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist activity of compounds with higher affinity was performed by evaluating the inhibition of the 5-HT induced von Bezold-Jarisch reflex. They displayed moderate 5-HT(3) antagonist activity (ED(50) = 10.6-29.1 mu g/kg i.v.). (C) Elsevier, Paris.