New Positive Ca<sup>2+</sup>-Activated K<sup>+</sup> Channel Gating Modulators with Selectivity for K<sub>Ca</sub>3.1
作者:Nichole Coleman、Brandon M. Brown、Aida Oliván-Viguera、Vikrant Singh、Marilyn M. Olmstead、Marta Sofia Valero、Ralf Köhler、Heike Wulff
DOI:10.1124/mol.114.093286
日期:2014.9
Small-conductance (KCa2) and intermediate-conductance (KCa3.1) calcium-activated K+ channels are voltage-independent and share a common calcium/calmodulin-mediated gating mechanism. Existing positive gating modulators like EBIO, NS309, or SKA-31 activate both KCa2 and KCa3.1 channels with similar potency or, as in the case of CyPPA and NS13001, selectively activate KCa2.2 and KCa2.3 channels. We performed a structure-activity relationship (SAR) study with the aim of optimizing the benzothiazole pharmacophore of SKA-31 toward KCa3.1 selectivity. We identified SKA-111 (5-methylnaphtho[1,2- d ]thiazol-2-amine), which displays 123-fold selectivity for KCa3.1 (EC50 111 ± 27 nM) over KCa2.3 (EC50 13.7 ± 6.9 μ M), and SKA-121 (5-methylnaphtho[2,1- d ]oxazol-2-amine), which displays 41-fold selectivity for KCa3.1 (EC50 109 nM ± 14 nM) over KCa2.3 (EC50 4.4 ± 1.6 μ M). Both compounds are 200- to 400-fold selective over representative KV (KV1.3, KV2.1, KV3.1, and KV11.1), NaV (NaV1.2, NaV1.4, NaV1.5, and NaV1.7), as well as CaV1.2 channels. SKA-121 is a typical positive-gating modulator and shifts the calcium-concentration response curve of KCa3.1 to the left. In blood pressure telemetry experiments, SKA-121 (100 mg/kg i.p.) significantly lowered mean arterial blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive wild-type but not in KCa3.1−/− mice. SKA-111, which was found in pharmacokinetic experiments to have a much longer half-life and to be much more brain penetrant than SKA-121, not only lowered blood pressure but also drastically reduced heart rate, presumably through cardiac and neuronal KCa2 activation when dosed at 100 mg/kg. In conclusion, with SKA-121, we generated a KCa3.1-specific positive gating modulator suitable for further exploring the therapeutical potential of KCa3.1 activation.
小电导(KCa2)和中电导(KCa3.1)钙激活 K+ 通道与电压无关,具有共同的钙/钙调素介导的门控机制。现有的正门控调节剂(如 EBIO、NS309 或 SKA-31)能以类似的效力激活 KCa2 和 KCa3.1 通道,或者像 CyPPA 和 NS13001 那样选择性地激活 KCa2.2 和 KCa2.3 通道。我们进行了一项结构-活性关系 (SAR) 研究,目的是优化 SKA-31 的苯并噻唑药理结构,使其具有 KCa3.1 选择性。我们确定了 SKA-111(5-甲基萘并[1,2-d]噻唑-2-胺),它对 KCa3.1 的选择性(EC50 111 ± 27 nM)是 KCa2.3 的 123 倍(EC50 13.7 ± 6.9 μ M)和 SKA-121 (5-甲基萘并[2,1-d]恶唑-2-胺),后者对 KCa3.1 的选择性(EC50 109 nM ± 14 nM)是 KCa2.3 的选择性(EC50 4.4 ± 1.6 μ M)的 41 倍。这两种化合物对代表性 KV(KV1.3、KV2.1、KV3.1 和 KV11.1)、NaV(NaV1.2、NaV1.4、NaV1.5 和 NaV1.7)以及 CaV1.2 通道的选择性均为 200 到 400 倍。SKA-121 是一种典型的正通路调节剂,能使 KCa3.1 的钙离子浓度反应曲线向左移动。在血压遥测实验中,SKA-121(100 mg/kg i.p.)能显著降低血压正常和高血压野生型小鼠的平均动脉血压,但不能降低 KCa3.1-/- 小鼠的平均动脉血压。在药代动力学实验中发现,SKA-111 的半衰期比 SKA-121 长得多,对大脑的渗透性也更强,当剂量为 100 毫克/公斤时,SKA-121 不仅能降低血压,还能大幅降低心率,这可能是通过激活心脏和神经元 KCa2 实现的。总之,我们利用 SKA-121 生成了一种 KCa3.1 特异性正向门控调节剂,适合进一步探索 KCa3.1 激活的治疗潜力。