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The importance of COX-2 in the uptake of isotope into the
inflamed footpad was probed by blocking the COX-2 active site
with an excess of unlabeled 8. We administered the nonradioac-
tive compound 8 at a dose of 55 mg/kg (ip) at 2 h postcarra-
geenan and waited 1 h forabsorption and blockage of the COX-2
active site prior to dosing with [123I]-8 (∼1 mCi, tail vein). At 3 h
postinjection of [123I]-8, we euthanized the animals, removed
the hind paws, and measured the radioactivity of the individual
paws in the well counter. There was no increase of radiotracer in
the inflamed footpad as compared to the noninflamed control
footpad (calculated fold increase = 1.0 ( 0.2).
In summary, isomeric iodo analogues of celecoxib were
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of the parent celecoxib to inhibit COX-2 selectively in purified
enzyme as well as in live inflammatory cells (e.g., compound 1
or 8). A striking observation from this study is that replacement
of the p-tolyl ring with a p-iodophenyl ring, as well as substitution
of the p-SO2NH2 group of celecoxib with a p-SO2Me group,
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selective COX-2 inhibitors. It is likely that the [123I]-substituent in
compound 8 and the Me group in celecoxib are bioisoteric. This
observation, coupled with the structural flexibility revealed in
the present study, suggests that isomeric iodinated analogues of
celecoxib are efficacious COX-2 inhibitors, and these com-
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT We are grateful to Jeffrey A. Clanton of
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tancewith radiochemical syntheses. We are also grateful to Dr. Carol
A. Rouzer of the Vanderbilt Institute for Chemical Biology for critical
reading of this manuscript.
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