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Potent and selective inhibitors of the TASK-1 potassium channel through chemical optimization of a bis-amide scaffold
Flaherty, Daniel P.,Simpson, Denise S.,Miller, Melissa,Maki, Brooks E.,Zou, Beiyan,Shi, Jie,Wu, Meng,McManus, Owen B.,Aubé, Jeffrey,Li, Min,Golden, Jennifer E.
, p. 3968 - 3973 (2014/09/03)
TASK-1 is a two-pore domain potassium channel that is important to modulating cell excitability, most notably in the context of neuronal pathways. In order to leverage TASK-1 for therapeutic benefit, its physiological role needs better characterization; however, designing selective inhibitors that avoid the closely related TASK-3 channel has been challenging. In this study, a series of bis-amide derived compounds were found to demonstrate improved TASK-1 selectivity over TASK-3 compared to reported inhibitors. Optimization of a marginally selective hit led to analog 35 which displays a TASK-1 IC 50 = 16 nM with 62-fold selectivity over TASK-3 in an orthogonal electrophysiology assay.
Cyclooxygenase-1-selective inhibitors are attractive candidates for analgesics that do not cause gastric damage. Design and in vitro/in vivo evaluation of a benzamide-type cyclooxygenase-1 selective inhibitor
Kakuta, Hiroki,Zheng, Xiaoxia,Oda, Hiroyuki,Harada, Shun,Sugimoto, Yukio,Sasaki, Kenji,Tai, Akihiro
, p. 2400 - 2411 (2008/12/22)
Although cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) inhibition is thought to be a major mechanism of gastric damage by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), some COX-1-selective inhibitors exhibit strong analgesic effects without causing gastric damage. However, it is not clear whether their analgesic effects are attributable to COX-1-inhibitory activity or other bioactivities. Here, we report that N-(5-amino-2-pyridinyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzamide (18f, TFAP), which has a structure clearly different from those of currently available COX-1-selective inhibitors, is a potent COX-1-selective inhibitor (COX-1 IC 50 = 0.80 ± 0.05 μM, COX-2 IC50 = 210 ± 10 μM). This compound causes little gastric damage in rats even at an oral dose of 300 mg/kg, though it has an analgesic effect at as low a dose as 10 mg/kg. Our results show that COX-1-selective inhibitors can be analgesic agents without causing gastric damage.