Design and synthesis of novel 2-pyrazoline-1-ethanone derivatives as selective MAO inhibitors
作者:Xu Tong、Rui Chen、Tong-Tian Zhang、Yan Han、Wen-Jian Tang、Xin-Hua Liu
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2014.12.010
日期:2015.2
Thirty seven novel 2-pyrazoline-1-ethanone derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated as selective hMAO inhibitors. Among them, compounds 7h (IC50 = 2.40 mu M) and 12c (IC50 = 2.00 mu M) exhibited best inhibitory activity and selectivity against hMAO-A, surpassing that of the positive control Clorgyline (IC50 = 2.76 mu M). Based on selective activity of hMAO-A, SAR analysis showed that the order of N1 substituent contribution was bromo (3) > piperidinyl (4) > morpholinyl (5) > imidazolyl (6), and compounds with electron-withdrawing substituents (-F, -Cl) at C3 or C5 phenyl ring of 2-pyrazoline nucleus dedicated stronger MAO-A inhibitory activity. Molecular docking showed that compounds 7h and 12c were nicely bound to hMAO-A via two hydrogen bonds (SER209, GLU216), one Pi-Pi interaction and three hydrogen bonds (SER209, GLU216, TYR69), one Sigma-Pi interaction, respectively. In addition, the substituent at C3 position of 2-pyrazoline with the N1 acetyl has little effect on MAO-A inhibitory activity. These data support further studies to assess rational design of more efficiently selective hMAO inhibitors in the future. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.