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Synthesis of Novel Anti-inflammatory Psoralen Derivatives?-?Structures?with?Distinct?Anti-Inflammatory?Activities
Timonen, Juri M.,Vuolteenaho, Katriina,Lepp?nen, Tiina,Nieminen, Riina M.,Aulaskari, Paula,J?nis, Janne,Vainiotalo, Pirjo,Moilanen, Eeva
, p. 2590 - 2597 (2018/09/25)
As a continuum to our work with coumarins, 12 psoralens were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-inflammatory activity. Psoralens were prepared in three steps; at first, 7-hydroxycoumarins were synthesized by von Pechmann condensation and then converted to 7-(2-oxopropoxy)coumarins. In the final step, a fused furan ring was introduced in an intramolecular ring-formation reaction. Based on a SciFinder search, two out of the 12 synthesized psoralen derivatives (compounds 9 and 12) were found to be novel. The derivatives displayed anti-inflammatory activity by suppressing iNOS and IL-6 expression, but their mechanism of action seemed to be dependent on the substitution. Compound 6 with propyl side chain inhibited NF-κB mediated transcription, while compound 10 with a phenyl substituent down-regulated iNOS expression in a posttranscriptional manner. The results introduce psoralen derivatives as promising anti-inflammatory compounds with potential for treatment of conditions involving iNOS and/or IL-6-mediated adverse responses.
