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Structure-activity relationships in human toll-like receptor 7-active imidazoquinoline analogues
Shukla, Nikunj M.,Malladi, Subbalakshmi S.,Mutz, Cole A.,Balakrishna, Rajalakshmi,David, Sunil A.
experimental part, p. 4450 - 4465 (2010/08/20)
Engagement of toll-like receptors serve to link innate immune responses with adaptive immunity and can be exploited as powerful vaccine adjuvants for eliciting both primary and anamnestic immune responses. TLR7 agonists are highly immunostimulatory without inducing dominant proinflammatory cytokine responses. A structure-activity study was conducted on the TLR7-agonistic imidazoquinolines, starting with 1-(4-amino-2-((ethylamino)methyl)-1H-imidazo[4, 5-c]quinolin-1-yl)-2-methylpropan-2-ol as a lead. Modifications of the secondary amine of the C2 ethylaminomethylene side chain are poorly tolerated. The 4-amino group must be retained for activity. Replacement of the imidazole ring of the scaffold with triazole or cyclic urea led to complete loss of activity. A systematic exploration of N1-benzyl-C2-alkyl substituents showed a very distinct relationship between alkyl length and TLR7-agonistic potency with the optimal compound bearing a C2-n-butyl group. Transposition of the N 1 and C2 substituents led to the identification of an extremely active TLR7-agonistic compound with an EC50 value of 8.6 nM. The relative potencies in human TLR7-based primary reporter gene assays were paralleled by interferon-α induction activities in whole human blood models.
Synthesis and structure - Activity-relationships of 1H-imidazo[4,5-c] quinolines that induce interferon production
Gerster, John F.,Lindstrom, Kyle J.,Miller, Richard L.,Tomai, Mark A.,Birmachu, Woubalem,Bomersine, Shannon N.,Gibson, Shiela J.,Imbertson, Linda M.,Jacobson, Joel R.,Knafla, Roy T.,Maye, Peter V.,Nikolaides, Nickolas,Oneyemi, Folakemi Y.,Parkhurst, Gwen J.,Pecore, Sharon E.,Reiter, Michael J.,Scribner, Lisa S.,Testerman, Tracy L.,Thompson, Natalie J.,Wagner, Tammy L.,Weeks, Charles E.,Andre, Jean-Denis,Lagain, Daniel,Bastard, Yvon,Lupu, Michel
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1H-Imidazo-[4,5-c]quinolines were prepared while investigating novel nucleoside analogues as potential antiviral agents. While these compounds showed no direct antiviral activity when tested in a number of cell culture systems, some demonstrated potent inhibition of virus lesion development in an intravaginal guinea pig herpes simplex virus-2 assay. We have determined that the in vivo antiviral activity can be attributed to the ability of these molecules to induce the production of cytokines, especially interferon (IFN), in this model. Subsequently, we found that the compounds also induce in vitro production of IFN in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (hPBMCs). The in vitro results reported herein and the in vivo results reported previously led to the discovery of imiquimod, 26, which was developed as a topical agent and has been approved for the treatment of genital warts, actinic keratosis, and superficial basal cell carcinoma.
1H-IMIDAZO[4,5-C]QUINOLIN-4-AMINES AND ANTIVIRAL USE
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1H-Imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amines which are antivirals. Pharmacological methods of using such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds are also described
1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolines and their use as bronchodilating agents
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1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinoline which are bronchodilators. Pharmacological methods of using the compounds as bronchodilators, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and synthetic intermediate for preparing the compounds are also described.
