Refinement of the Benzodiazepine Receptor Site Topology by Structure−Activity Relationships of New <i>N</i>-(Heteroarylmethyl)indol-3-ylglyoxylamides
作者:Giampaolo Primofiore、Federico Da Settimo、Anna Maria Marini、Sabrina Taliani、Concettina La Motta、Francesca Simorini、Ettore Novellino、Giovanni Greco、Barbara Cosimelli、Marina Ehlardo、Annalisa Sala、François Besnard、Marina Montali、Claudia Martini
DOI:10.1021/jm0511841
日期:2006.4.1
N-(Heteroaryiniethyl)indol-3-ylglyoxylamides (1-26) were synthesized and evaluated as ligands of the benzodiazepine receptor (BzR) to probe the hydrogen bonding properties of the so-called S, site of the BzR by means of suitable heterocyclic side chains. SARs were developed in light of our hypothesis of binding modes A and B. Pyrrole and furan derivatives adopting mode A (2, 8, 10, 20, 22) turned out to be more potent (K-i values < 35 nM) than their analogues lacking hydrogen bonding heterocyclic side chains. These data suggest that the most potent indoles interact with a hydrogen bond acceptor/donor (HBA/D) group located within the S, site of the BzR. Compounds 1, 2, 8, 19, 20, and 22, tested at recombinant rat (alpha(1)beta(2)gamma(2),, alpha(2)beta(2)gamma(2), and alpha(5)beta(3)gamma(2) BzRs, elicited selectivity for the alpha(1)beta(2)gamma(2) isoform. On the basis of published mutagenesis studies and the present SARs, we speculate that the S, HBA/D group might be identified as the hydroxyl of alpha(1)-Tyr209 or of other neighboring amino acids.