Tetrasubstituted Imidazole Inhibitors of Cytokine Release: Probing Substituents in the N-1 Position
摘要:
We prepared novel 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazole derivatives with high anti-inflammatory activity by using our previously described regiospecific synthesis. Systematic optimization of the imidazole N-1 substituent resulted in compound 9b that potently inhibited the mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 (p38 IC50 = 0.218 muM) as well as the release of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and tumor necrosis factor alpha. (TNFalpha) from human whole blood after stimulation with LPS. Furthermore, compound 9b exhibited reduced cytochrome P450 interaction in comparison with SB203580. This result is particularly important, since cytochrome P450 interaction is observed for some p38 inhibitors and in turn can potentially cause drug-drug interaction or lead to other hepatic changes such as P450 enzyme induction.
Tetrasubstituted Imidazole Inhibitors of Cytokine Release: Probing Substituents in the N-1 Position
摘要:
We prepared novel 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazole derivatives with high anti-inflammatory activity by using our previously described regiospecific synthesis. Systematic optimization of the imidazole N-1 substituent resulted in compound 9b that potently inhibited the mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 (p38 IC50 = 0.218 muM) as well as the release of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and tumor necrosis factor alpha. (TNFalpha) from human whole blood after stimulation with LPS. Furthermore, compound 9b exhibited reduced cytochrome P450 interaction in comparison with SB203580. This result is particularly important, since cytochrome P450 interaction is observed for some p38 inhibitors and in turn can potentially cause drug-drug interaction or lead to other hepatic changes such as P450 enzyme induction.
The synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted and 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles as potent p38 alpha mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitors is described. The trisubstituted imidazole series was found to be more potent than the tetrasubstituted imidazole series. Many of these compounds show low-nanomolar activities in the isolated p38 alpha MAP kinase inhibition assay. The structure-activity relationships between these two series are different and not comparable. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Tetrasubstituted Imidazole Inhibitors of Cytokine Release: Probing Substituents in the N-1 Position
作者:Stefan A. Laufer、Werner Zimmermann、Kathrin J. Ruff
DOI:10.1021/jm0496584
日期:2004.12.1
We prepared novel 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazole derivatives with high anti-inflammatory activity by using our previously described regiospecific synthesis. Systematic optimization of the imidazole N-1 substituent resulted in compound 9b that potently inhibited the mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 (p38 IC50 = 0.218 muM) as well as the release of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and tumor necrosis factor alpha. (TNFalpha) from human whole blood after stimulation with LPS. Furthermore, compound 9b exhibited reduced cytochrome P450 interaction in comparison with SB203580. This result is particularly important, since cytochrome P450 interaction is observed for some p38 inhibitors and in turn can potentially cause drug-drug interaction or lead to other hepatic changes such as P450 enzyme induction.