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Potent heterocyclic ligands for human complement C3a receptor
Reid, Robert C.,Yau, Mei-Kwan,Singh, Ranee,Hamidon, Johan K.,Lim, Junxian,Stoermer, Martin J.,Fairlie, David P.
supporting information, p. 8459 - 8470 (2014/12/11)
The G-protein coupled receptor (C3aR) for human inflammatory protein complement C3a is an important component of immune, inflammatory, and metabolic diseases. A flexible compound (N2-[(2,2-diphenylethoxy)acetyl]-l-arginine, 4), known as a weak C3aR antagonist (IC50 μM), was transformed here into potent agonists (EC50 nM) of human macrophages (Ca2+ release in HMDM) by incorporating aromatic heterocycles. Antagonists were also identified. A linear correlation between binding affinity for C3aR and calculated hydrogen-bond interaction energy of the heteroatom indicated that its hydrogen-bonding capacity influenced ligand affinity and function mediated by C3aR. Hydrogen-bond accepting heterocycles (e.g., imidazole) conferred the highest affinity and agonist potency (e.g., 21, EC50 24 nM, Ca2+, HMDM) with comparable efficacy and immunostimulatory activity as that of C3a in activating human macrophages (Ca2+, IL1β, TNFα, CCL3). These potent and selective modulators of C3aR, inactivated by a C3aR antagonist, are stable C3a surrogates for interrogating roles for C3aR in physiology and disease.
Tricyclic compounds, their production and use
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, (2008/06/13)
A compound of the formula: wherein R1 is H or a substituent; m is 1-3; Ar is an aromatic group which may be substituted; X is a bond or a divalent straight-chain group having 1-6 atoms which may be substituted; Y is —S—, —O—, or —N(R2— (R2 is H or a substituent group), Z is —N= or —C(R3)= (R3 is H or a hydrocarbon group), ring A is a benzene ring; ring B is a 5- to 7-membered ring which may be substituted, or a salt thereof is useful for eliciting a prostaglandin I2 receptor agonistic effect.
2-substituted-(2SR)-2-amino-2-((1SR,2SR)-2-carboxycycloprop-1- yl)glycines as potent and selective antagonists of group II metabotropic glutamate receptors. 1. Effects of alkyl, arylalkyl, and diarylalkyl substitution
Ornstein, Paul L.,Bleisch, Thomas J.,Arnold, M. Brian,Wright, Rebecca A.,Johnson, Bryan G.,Schoepp, Darryle D.
, p. 346 - 357 (2007/10/03)
In this paper, we describe the synthesis of a series of α-substituted analogues of the potent and selective group II metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist (1S,1'S,2'S)-carboxy-cyclopropylglycine (2, L-CCG 1). Incorporation of a substituent on the amino acid carbon converted the agonist 2 into an antagonist. All of the compounds were prepared and tested as a aeries of four isomers, i.e., two racemic diastereomers. We explored alkyl substitution, both normal and terminally branched; phenylalkyl and diphenylalkyl substitution; and a variety of aromatic and carbocyclic surrogates for phenyl. Affinity for group II mGluRs was measured using [3H]glutamic acid (Glu) binding in rat forebrain membranes. Antagonist activity was confirmed for these compounds by measuring their ability to antagonize (1S,3R)-1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid-induced inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cyclic-AMP in RGT cells transfected with human mGluR2 and mGluR3. We found that while alkyl substitution provided no increase in affinity relative to 2, phenylethyl and diphenylethyl substitution, as in 105 and 109, respectively, were quite beneficial. The affinity of 109 was further enhanced when the two aromatic rings were joined by an oxygen or sulfur atom to form the tricyclic xanthylmethyl and thioxanthylmethyl amino acids 113 and 114, respectively. Amino acid 113, with an IC50 of 0.010 μM in the [3H]Glu binding assay, was 52-fold more potent than 2, whose IC50 was 0.47 μM.
