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5-HTX MODULATORS
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Page/Page column 45-46, (2008/06/13)
This invention relates to compounds which bind to serotonin receptors inside or outside the central nervous system, in particular compounds which bind to the 5-HT2 or 5-HT7 receptors, their preparation and use, compositions containing them, and methods of treatment using them.
MODULATORS OF PERIPHERAL 5-HT RECEPTORS
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Novel modulators of 5-HT4 receptors have been developed which have a selectivity for peripheral receptors rather than those of the central nervous systems. Theses include novel derivatives of known modulators as well as entirely novel entities. Surprisingly, the derivatised compounds of the known modulators maintain a high binding affinity to 5-HT4 receptors, despite the presence of an acidic moiety at the end of an optional chain. The entirely novel entities also exhibit good binding affinity to 5-HT4 receptors. All of the compounds of the invention have a common motif which includes a basic nitrogen moiety and an acidic moiety. The compounds of the invention, due at least in part to their high ionisation potential at physiological pH, have the unique properties of selectively for peripheral 5HT4 receptors over those of the CNS, good binding affinity, and selectively of 5HT4 receptors over other serotonin receptors.
Structure-activity relationships of 4-(phenylethynyl)-6-phenyl-1,4- dihydropyridines as highly selective A3 adenosine receptor antagonists
Jiang, Ji-Long,Van Rhee, A. Michiel,Chang, Louis,Patchornik, Abraham,Ji, Xiao-Duo,Evans, Patricia,Melman, Neli,Jacobson, Kenneth A.
, p. 2596 - 2608 (2007/10/03)
4-(Phenylethynyl)-6-phenyl-1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives are selective antagonists at human A3 adenosine receptors, with K(i) values in a radioligand binding assay vs [125I]AB-MECA (N6(4-amino-3-iodobenzyl)-5'- (N-methylcarbamoyl)adenosine) in the submicromolar range. In this study, structure-activity relationships at various positions of the dihydropyridine ring (the 3- and 5-acyl substituents, the 4-aryl substituent, and 1-methyl group) were probed synthetically. Using the combined protection of the 1- ethoxymethyl and the 5-[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl] ester groups, a free carboxylic acid was formed at the 5-position allowing various substitutions. Selectivity of the new analogues for cloned human A3 adenosine receptors was determined vs radioligand binding at rat brain A1 and A(2A) receptors. Structure-activity analysis at adenosine receptors indicated that pyridyl, furyl, benzofuryl, and thienyl groups at the 4-position resulted in, at most, only moderate selectivity for A3 adenosine receptors. Ring substitution (e.g., 4-nitro) of the 4-phenylethynyl group did not provide enhanced selectivity, as it did for the 4-styryl-substituted dihydropyridines. At the 3-position of the dihydropyridine ring, esters were much more selective for A3 receptors than closely related thioester, amide, and ketone derivatives. A cyclic 3-keto derivative was 5-fold more potent at A3 receptors than a related open-ring analogue. At the 5-position, a homologous series of phenylalkyl esters and a series of substituted benzyl esters were prepared and tested. (Trifluoromethyl)-, nitro-, and other benzyl esters substituted with electron-withdrawing groups were specific for A3 receptors with nanomolar K(i) values and selectivity as high as 37000-fold. A functionalized congener bearing an [(aminoethyl)amino]carbonyl group was also prepared as an intermediate in the synthesis of biologically active conjugates.
