Synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-(aminomethyl)-1-hydroxypyrazole analogues of muscimol as ¿-aminobutyric acidA receptor agonists

Jette Gellert Petersen, Rikke Bergmann, Henriette A. Møller, Charlotte Grube Jørgensen, Birgitte Nielsen, Jan Kehler, Karla Frydenvang, Jesper Kristensen, Thomas Balle, Anders A. Jensen, Uffe Kristiansen, Bente Frølund

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Abstract

A series of bioisosteric 4-(aminomethyl)-1-hydroxypyrazole (4-AHP) analogues of muscimol, a GABAA receptor agonist, has been synthesized and pharmacologically characterized at native and selected recombinant GABAA receptors. The unsubstituted 4-AHP analogue (2a) (EC 50 19 μM, Rmax 69%) was a moderately potent agonist at human α1β2γ2 GABAA receptors, and in SAR studies substitutions in the 3- and/or 5-position were found to be detrimental to binding affinities. Ligand-receptor docking in an α1β2γ2 GABAA receptor homology model along with the obtained SAR indicate that 2a and muscimol share a common binding mode, which deviates from the binding mode of the structurally related antagonist series based on 4-(piperidin-4-yl)-1- hydroxypyrazole (4-PHP, 1). Selectivity for α1β 2γ2 over ρ1 GABAA receptors was observed for the 5-chloro, 5-bromo, and 5-methyl substituted analogues of 2a illustrating that even small differences in structure can give rise to subtype selectivity.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Vol/bind56
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)993-1006
ISSN0022-2623
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 14 feb. 2013

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