Cholecystokinin peptidomimetics as selective CCK-B antagonists: Design, synthesis, and in vitro and in vivo biochemical properties
摘要:
Antagonists of cholecystokinin-B (CCK-B) receptors have been shown to alleviate CCK4-induced panic attacks in humans and to potentiate opioid effects in animals. The clinical use of these compounds is critically dependent on their ability to cross the blood-brain barrier. In order to improve this property, new, peptoid-derived CCK-B antagonists, endowed with high affinity, selectivity, and increased lipophilicity have been developed. The affinity and selectivity of these compounds have been characterized in vitro and in vivo using guinea pig, rat, and mouse. Most of these compounds proved to be selective for the CCK-B receptor, the most potent analog, N-[N-[(2-adamantyloxy)carbonyl]-D-alpha-methyltryptophanyl]-N-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl]glycine (26A), having a K(i) value of 6.1 nM for guinea pig cortex membranes in vitro and a good selectivity ratio (K(i) CCK-A/K(i) CCK-B = 174). Furthermore, the in vivo affinity of 26A for mouse brain CCK-B receptors, following intracerebroventricular injection at different concentrations, was found to be 10 nmol. Using competition experiments with the specific CCK-B ligand [H-3]pBC 264, compound 26A was shown to cross the blood-brain barrier (0.2%) after intraperitoneal administration in mice. This compound is therefore an interesting pharmacological tool to further elucidate the physiopathological role of endogenous CCK.
Cholecystokinin peptidomimetics as selective CCK-B antagonists: Design, synthesis, and in vitro and in vivo biochemical properties
摘要:
Antagonists of cholecystokinin-B (CCK-B) receptors have been shown to alleviate CCK4-induced panic attacks in humans and to potentiate opioid effects in animals. The clinical use of these compounds is critically dependent on their ability to cross the blood-brain barrier. In order to improve this property, new, peptoid-derived CCK-B antagonists, endowed with high affinity, selectivity, and increased lipophilicity have been developed. The affinity and selectivity of these compounds have been characterized in vitro and in vivo using guinea pig, rat, and mouse. Most of these compounds proved to be selective for the CCK-B receptor, the most potent analog, N-[N-[(2-adamantyloxy)carbonyl]-D-alpha-methyltryptophanyl]-N-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl]glycine (26A), having a K(i) value of 6.1 nM for guinea pig cortex membranes in vitro and a good selectivity ratio (K(i) CCK-A/K(i) CCK-B = 174). Furthermore, the in vivo affinity of 26A for mouse brain CCK-B receptors, following intracerebroventricular injection at different concentrations, was found to be 10 nmol. Using competition experiments with the specific CCK-B ligand [H-3]pBC 264, compound 26A was shown to cross the blood-brain barrier (0.2%) after intraperitoneal administration in mice. This compound is therefore an interesting pharmacological tool to further elucidate the physiopathological role of endogenous CCK.
Peptoids bearing tertiary amino residues in the n-alkyl side chains: synthesis of a potent inhibitor of Semaphorin 3A
作者:Joaquim Messeguer、Isabel Masip、Marisol Montolio、Jose Antonio del Rio、Eduardo Soriano、Angel Messeguer
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2010.01.090
日期:2010.3
A study on the preparation of N-alkylglycines (peptoids) that contain tertiary amino residues on the N-alkyl side chains is reported. The appropriate combination of the submonomer strategy with N-alkylglycine monomer couplings depending upon the structure of the N-alkyl side chain that must be incorporated into the peptoid is determinant for the efficiency of the synthetic pathway. The application of this strategy to the preparation of SICHI, an N-alkyglycine trimer containing tertiary amino residues in the three N-alkyl branches, and that has been identified as a potent Semaphorin 3A inhibitor, is presented. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.