Several indole derivatives and analogues comprising a range of related structural classes were designed, synthesized and tested as ligands for the 5-HT4 receptor. Within each series, binding experiments showed compounds with good affinity demonstrating high percentage displacement values at 1 µM. The most potent of these (20) had a pKi of 8.54 demonstrating very good affinity. These indole analogues were combined with 55 ligands that were previously produced in our laboratory to explore the structure-activity relationships of these 5-HT4 ligands. A CoMFA (Comparative Molecular Field Analysis) analysis was used to extend an earlier simple pharmacophore to suggest two new molecular features beyond the primary amino binding site. The pharmacophore confirmed that a newly described tetrahydroquinoline analogue was able to match the basic requirements of the model and the pharmacology of this molecule is provided in more detail.
设计、合成并测试了几种
吲哚衍
生物及其类似物,这些化合物属于一系列相关的结构类别,作为 5-HT4 受体的
配体。在每个系列中,结合实验显示具有良好亲和力的化合物在 1 µM 浓度下表现出高百分比的置换值。其中最有效的化合物(20)的 pKi 值为 8.54,显示出非常好的亲和力。这些
吲哚类似物与之前在我们实验室合成的 55 种
配体相结合,以探索这些 5-HT4
配体的结构-活性关系。通过比较分子场分析(CoMFA),从早期简单的药效团模型延伸出两个新的分子特征,超越了主要的
氨基结合位点。该药效团确认了一种新描述的
四氢喹啉类似物能够匹配模型的基本要求,并且该分子的药理学特性有更详细的说明。