Novel and Selective Partial Agonists of 5-HT<sub>3</sub> Receptors. 2. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Piperazinopyridopyrrolopyrazines, Piperazinopyrroloquinoxalines, and Piperazinopyridopyrroloquinoxalines
作者:Hervé Prunier、Sylvain Rault、Jean-Charles Lancelot、Max Robba、Pierre Renard、Philippe Delagrange、Bruno Pfeiffer、Daniel-Henri Caignard、René Misslin、Béatrice Guardiola-Lemaitre, and、Michel Hamon
DOI:10.1021/jm960501o
日期:1997.6.1
In continuation of our previous work on piperazinopyrrolothienopyrazine derivatives, three series of piperazinopyridopyrrolopyrazines, piperazinopyrroloquinoxalines, and piperazinopyridopyrrolaquinoxalines were prepared and evaluated as 5-HT3 receptor ligands. The chemical modifications performed within these new series led to structure-activity relationships regarding both high affinity and selectivity for the 5-HT3 receptors that are in agreement with those established previously for the pyrrolothienopyrazine series. The best compound (8a) obtained in these new series is in the picomolar range of affinity for 5-HT3 receptors with a selectivity higher than 10(6). Four of the high-affinity 5-HT3 ligands (8a, 15a,b, and 16d) were selected in both the pyridopyrrolopyrazine and the pyrroloquinoxaline series and were characterized in vitro and in vivo as agonists or partial agonists. Compound 8a was also evaluated in the light/dark test where it showed potential anxiolytic-like activity at very low doses per os.