Novel N-Substituted Indol-3-ylglyoxylamides Probing the LDi and L1/L2 Lipophilic Regions of the Benzodiazepine Receptor Site in Search for Subtype-Selective Ligands
摘要:
Novel N-substituted indol-3-ylglyoxylamides (10-37) were synthesized and evaluated as ligands of the benzodiazepine receptor (BzR). In an effort to achieve affinity-based selectivity among BzR subtypes, these compounds were designed to probe the L-Di and L-2 lipophilic regions. Taking the alpha(1)-selective benzylindolylglyoxylamides Ia and Ib as leads, we varied the substituent on the benzylamide phenyl ring (compounds 10-23) or replaced the benzyl moiety with alkyl groups (compounds 24-37). The above structural changes gave no shift of selectivity from the alpha(1) toward the alpha(2) or alpha(5) subtypes, thus confirming that a ligand which occupies the L-Di region probably exhibits alpha(1) selectivity, despite its interactions with other lipophilic areas in the receptor binding cleft. Compound 11 (N-(p-methylbenzyl)-5-nitroindol-3-ylglyoxylamide), which selectively binds with a full agonist efficacy at the alpha(1) receptor subtype and displays sedative action, can be regarded as an interesting potential zolpidem-like sedative-hypnotic agent.
Novel N-Substituted Indol-3-ylglyoxylamides Probing the L<sub>Di</sub> and L<sub>1</sub>/L<sub>2</sub> Lipophilic Regions of the Benzodiazepine Receptor Site in Search for Subtype-Selective Ligands
作者:Giampaolo Primofiore、Sabrina Taliani、Federico Da Settimo、Anna Maria Marini、Concettina La Motta、Francesca Simorini、Maria Paola Patrizi、Valentina Sergianni、Ettore Novellino、Giovanni Greco、Barbara Cosimelli、Vincenzo Calderone、Marina Montali、François Besnard、Claudia Martini
DOI:10.1021/jm0607707
日期:2007.4.1
Novel N-substituted indol-3-ylglyoxylamides (10-37) were synthesized and evaluated as ligands of the benzodiazepine receptor (BzR). In an effort to achieve affinity-based selectivity among BzR subtypes, these compounds were designed to probe the L-Di and L-2 lipophilic regions. Taking the alpha(1)-selective benzylindolylglyoxylamides Ia and Ib as leads, we varied the substituent on the benzylamide phenyl ring (compounds 10-23) or replaced the benzyl moiety with alkyl groups (compounds 24-37). The above structural changes gave no shift of selectivity from the alpha(1) toward the alpha(2) or alpha(5) subtypes, thus confirming that a ligand which occupies the L-Di region probably exhibits alpha(1) selectivity, despite its interactions with other lipophilic areas in the receptor binding cleft. Compound 11 (N-(p-methylbenzyl)-5-nitroindol-3-ylglyoxylamide), which selectively binds with a full agonist efficacy at the alpha(1) receptor subtype and displays sedative action, can be regarded as an interesting potential zolpidem-like sedative-hypnotic agent.