Discovery of <i>N</i>-Alkyl Catecholamides as Selective Phosphodiesterase-4 Inhibitors with Anti-neuroinflammation Potential Exhibiting Antidepressant-like Effects at Non-emetic Doses
作者:Zhong-Zhen Zhou、Yu-Fang Cheng、Zheng-Qiang Zou、Bing-Chen Ge、Hui Yu、Cang Huang、Hai-Tao Wang、Xue-Mei Yang、Jiang-Ping Xu
DOI:10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00271
日期:2017.1.18
disorders. Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitors produce potent antidepressant-like and cognition-enhancing effects. However, their clinical utility is limited by their major side effect of emesis. To obtain more selective PDE4 inhibitors with antidepressant and anti-neuroinflammation potential and less emesis, we designed and synthesized a series of N-alkyl catecholamides by modifying the 4-methoxybenzyl
涉及神经炎症的抑郁症是最常见的致残和威胁生命的精神疾病。磷酸二酯酶4(PDE4)抑制剂可产生有效的抗抑郁药样和增强认知能力。但是,它们的临床实用性受到呕吐的主要副作用的限制。为了获得具有抗抑郁和抗神经炎症潜能且呕吐较少的选择性更高的PDE4抑制剂,我们设计并合成了一系列N-烷基邻苯二酚酰胺,方法是用烷基侧链修饰我们命中化合物FCPE07的4-甲氧基苄基。在这些化合物中,有10种化合物的亚微摩尔IC 50值在中低纳摩尔范围内。此外,4-二氟甲氧基苯甲酰胺10g和10j带有异丙基的,表现出最高的PDE4抑制活性,IC 50值在低纳摩尔范围内,对PDE4的选择性更高(分别是其他PDE的5000倍和2100倍)。此外,化合物10j在180分钟内显示出抗神经炎症的潜力,有希望的抗抑郁样作用以及0.8 mg / kg的呕吐零发生率。