Structure-affinity relationship studies on 5-HT1A receptor ligands. 1. Heterobicyclic phenylpiperazines with N4-alkyl substituents
作者:Bart J. van Steen、Ineke van Wijngaarden、Martin T. M. Tulp、Willem Soudijn
DOI:10.1021/jm00071a006
日期:1993.9
Structure-affinity relationship (SAR) studies for 5-HT1A receptor site are presented for two series of heterobicyclic phenylpiperazines with N4-alkyl substituents: 4-alkyl derivatives of 1-(2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin-5-yl)piperazine (3) and 1-(benzo[b]furan-7-yl)piperazine (4). The linear and branched hydrocarbon chain derivatives up to n-decyl were synthesized and evaluated for their ability to displace [H-3]-2-(di-n-propylamino)-8-hydroxytetralin from its specific binding sites in rat frontal cortex homogenates. All compounds displayed a nanomolar affinity for the 5-HT1A receptor. In both series the N-ethyl and N-n-propyl substituted derivatives have similar affinities, being slightly but statistically significantly less active than the N-methyl-substituted derivatives. Elongation of the hydrocarbon chain increases the affinity for the central 5-HT1A receptor site, reaching a local maximum for the N-n-hexyl-substituted phenylpiperazines 23 (K(i) = 0.50 nM) and 39 (K(i) = 0.54 nM). Assuming that the arylpiperazine derivatives at the 5-HT1A binding site are in the ionic state, ionization constants were determined in order to evaluate the use of the local inhibition constant, K(i)+, as a more convenient parameter to study the structure-affinity relationships. However, the K(i)+ could not account for the specific N4-substituent effects found.