European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry p. 483 - 496 (1995)
Update date:2022-08-04
Topics:
Zhang
Liu
Huang
Zhang
Koehler
Harris
Skolnick
Cook
The synthesis of 5-thienyl- and 5-furyl-substituted benzodiazepines is described. These compounds were employed to probe the lipophilic pocket (L3) of the benzodiazepine receptor (BzR) and to determine the effect of occupation of L3 on biological activity. Of the new analogs synthesized, the 5-(2-thienyl)-benzodiazepines 6a and 7a displayed high affinity for the BzR (IC50 28 and 18 nM, respectively) and exhibited both anticonvulsant (ED50 ~ 9 and 3 mg/kg) and muscle relaxant (ED50 ~ 10 and 7 mg/kg) activity. The 5-(3-thienyl)benzodiazepines 6d and 7d displayed only moderate affinity for the BzR (IC50 140 and 110 nM) and exhibited no biological activity (no anticonvulsant or muscle relaxant activity) at doses up to 40 mg/kg. The 5-(2-furyl)benzodiazepines (6b, 7b, 19b and 20b) exhibit low affinities for the BzR. These in vitro and in vivo findings are consistent with our model suggesting that pocket L3 is very sensitive to lipophilic effects. Thus, decreasing the lipophilicity of functional groups which occupy this region decreases ligand affinity at BzR. The 2'-halogen (F or Cl) substituent of the 5-phenylbenzodiazepines increases ligand affinity in vitro because the active conformation of the phenyl N(4)=C(5)-C(1')=C(2') moiety is syn rather than anti. The syn conformation permits the 2'-halogen (F or Cl) atom to interact at the hydrogen bonding site H2 and form a stable three-centered hydrogen bond in the proposed ligand binding cleft. The 3-thienyl and 2-furyl groups decrease the lipophilicity of the substituent which occupies L3 but do not form a hydrogen bond at H2, thus resulting in a diminished affinity at BzR.
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