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Design and Synthesis of Naphthalenic Derivatives as Potential Inhibitors of Hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase
Picard, I. le,Depreux, P.,Lesieur, I.,Delagrange, P.,Bennejean, C.,Renard, P.,Voisin, P.
, p. 183 - 188 (2007/10/03)
Hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyses the last step of melatonin biosynthesis. The objective of this work was to design and synthesize potential inhibitors of hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase. Applying bioisosteric principles to the indolic nucleus, we considered the synthesis of naphthalenic derivatives and varied the nature of substituents at position 7 and the amide group. We also replaced the ethylene moiety at position 1 by its lower and higher homologues, and synthesized C4 retroamides. Of the compounds synthesized, N-[2-(7-naphth-1-yl)]phenylacetamide was the best inhibitor of hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase (77 percent inhibition at a concentration of 10-4 M). Moreover, most of naphthols behaved as enzyme substrates. The ethyl side chain at position 1 was an essential element for optimal biological activity.
Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of novel naphthalenic and bioisosteric related amidic derivatives as melatonin receptor ligands
Depreux,Lesieur,Mansour,Morgan,Howell,Renard,Caignard,Pfeiffer,Delagrange,Guardiola,Yous,Demarque,Adam,Andrieux
, p. 3231 - 3239 (2007/10/02)
A series of N-naphthylethyl amide derivatives were synthesized and evaluated as melatonin receptor ligands. The affinity of each compound for the melatonin receptor was determined by binding studies using [2- 125I]iodomelatonin on ovine pars tuberalis membrane homogenates. Structure-activity relationships led to the conclusion that naphthalene is a bioisostere of the indole moiety of melatonin. Moreover it appears that the affinity is strongly affected by the size of the substituent of the nitrogen of the amidic function. Many of these ligands give biphasic dose-response curves which suggests that there may be two melatonin receptor subtypes within the ovine pars tuberalis cells. The replacement of naphthalene by benzofuran or benzothiophene did not strongly alter the affinity for the melatonin receptor. In contrast, the benzimidazole analogue was a poor ligand. Compound 7, the naphthalenic analogue of melatonin, a selective ligand of the melatonin receptor and an agonist derivative, has been selected for clinical development.
Compounds having a naphthalene structure
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, (2008/06/13)
Compounds of general formula: STR1 in which A and R are defined in the description.
