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Novel potent (dihydro)benzofuranyl piperazines as human histamine receptor ligands – Functional characterization and modeling studies on H3 and H4 receptors
Corrêa, Michelle F.,Balico-Silva, André L.,Kiss, Dóra J.,Fernandes, Gustavo A.B.,Maraschin, Jhonatan C.,Parreiras-e-Silva, Lucas T.,Varela, Marina T.,Sim?es, Sarah C.,Bouvier, Michel,Keser?, Gy?rgy M.,Costa-Neto, Claudio M.,Fernandes, Jo?o Paulo S.
, (2020/12/21)
Histamine acts through four different receptors (H1R-H4R), the H3R and H4R being the most explored in the last years as drug targets. The H3R is a potential target to treat narcolepsy, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia and several other CNS-related conditions, while H4R blockade leads to anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. Our group has been exploring the dihydrobenzofuranyl-piperazines (LINS01 series) as human H3R/H4R ligands as potential drug candidates. In the present study, a set of 12 compounds were synthesized from adequate (dihydro)benzofuran synthons through simple reactions with corresponding piperazines, giving moderate to high yields. Four compounds (1b, 1f, 1g and 1h) showed high hH3R affinity (pKi > 7), compound 1h being the most potent (pKi 8.4), and compound 1f showed the best efficiency (pKi 8.2, LE 0.53, LLE 5.85). BRET-based assays monitoring Gαi activity indicated that the compounds are potent antagonists. Only one compound (2c, pKi 7.1) presented high affinity for hH4R. In contrast to what was observed for hH3R, it showed partial agonist activity. Docking experiments indicated that bulky substituents occupy a hydrophobic pocket in hH3R, while the N-allyl group forms favorable interactions with hydrophobic residues in the TM2, 3 and 7, increasing the selectivity towards hH3R. Additionally, the importance of the indole NH in the interaction with Glu5.46 from hH4R was confirmed by the modeling results, explaining the affinity and agonistic activity of compound 2c. The data reported in this work represent important findings for the rational design of future compounds for hH3R and hH4R.
Profiling of LINS01 compounds at human dopamine D2 and D3 receptors
Corrêa, Michelle F,Reiner, David,Fernandes, Gustavo A B,Varela, Marina T,Aranha, Cecília M S Q,Stark, Holger,Fernandes, Jo?o Paulo S
, (2019/12/26)
Abstract: Histamine and dopamine neuronal pathways display interesting overlapping in the CNS, especially in the limbic areas, making them very attractive to designing drugs with synergistic and/or additive effects. The roles of these systems to treat schizophrenia, drug addiction, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, among others are widely known. The LINS01 compounds were previously reported as histamine H3 receptor (H3R) antagonists and some of them are under evaluation in rodent memory models. Considering their pharmacological potential and similarities to literature dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) and dopamine D3 receptor (D3R) ligands, this work aimed to evaluate these compounds as ligands these receptors by using [3H]spiperone displacement assays. A set of 11 compounds containing the dihydrobenzofuranyl-piperazine core with substituents at 5-position of dihydrobenzofuran ring and at the piperazine nitrogen was examined. The compounds showed low to moderate affinities at both, D2R and D3R. N-Phenyl compounds LINS01005 (1d), LINS01011 (1h), LINS01012 (1i) and LINS01016 (1k) showed the highest affinities in the set to D3R (Ki 0.3–1.5 μM), indicating that N-phenylpiperazine moiety increases the affinity to this receptor subtype with some selectivity, since they showed lower affinities to D2R (Ki 1.3–5.5 μM). With the LINS01 compounds showing moderate binding affinity, new lead structures for optimization with regards to combined H3R and D2R/D3R-ligands are provided. Graphic abstract: Histamine and dopamine neuronal pathways display interesting overlapping in the CNS, and thus LINS01 compounds previously reported as histamine H3 receptor antagonists were evaluated as dopamine D2R and D3R ligands. The compounds showed micromolar affinities to both receptors[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
Synthesis of Benzofuran and Indole Derivatives Catalyzed by Palladium on Carbon
Savvidou, Anatoli,IoannisTzaras, Dimitrios,Koutoulogenis, Giorgos S.,Theodorou, Alexis,Kokotos, Christoforos G.
, p. 3890 - 3897 (2019/06/27)
Benzofurans and indoles are key moieties in many natural products and pharmaceuticals. Herein, we describe a cheap and easy-to-execute strategy for the synthesis of benzofurans and indoles, employing Pd/C as the promoter. A variety of substituted allyl-anilines and allyl-phenols were converted into the desired products in good to excellent yields. Recycling of Pd/C was possible up to five cycles, keeping similar levels of reactivity.
