Structure-Activity Relationship Study of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor Antagonist (2S,3R)-3-(3-Carboxyphenyl)pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic Acid

Niels Krogsgaard-Larsen, Morten Storgaard, Charlotte Møller, Charles S Demmer, Jeanette Hansen, Liwei Han, Rune N Monrad, Birgitte Nielsen, Daniel Tapken, Darryl S Pickering, Jette S Kastrup, Karla Frydenvang, Lennart Bunch

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    Abstract

    Herein we describe the first structure-activity relationship study of the broad-range iGluR antagonist (2S,3R)-3-(3-carboxyphenyl)pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid (1) by exploring the pharmacological effect of substituents in the 4, 4', or 5' positions and the bioisosteric substitution of the distal carboxylic acid for a phosphonic acid moiety. Of particular interest is a hydroxyl group in the 4' position 2a which induced a preference in binding affinity for homomeric GluK3 over GluK1 (Ki = 0.87 and 4.8 μM, respectively). Two X-ray structures of ligand binding domains were obtained: 2e in GluA2-LBD and 2f in GluK1-LBD, both at 1.9 Å resolution. Compound 2e induces a D1-D2 domain opening in GluA2-LBD of 17.3-18.8° and 2f a domain opening in GluK1-LBD of 17.0-17.5° relative to the structures with glutamate. The pyrrolidine-2-carboxylate moiety of 2e and 2f shows a similar binding mode as kainate. The 3-carboxyphenyl ring of 2e and 2f forms contacts comparable to those of the distal carboxylate in kainate.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
    Volume58
    Issue number15
    Pages (from-to)6131-50
    Number of pages20
    ISSN0022-2623
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 22 Jul 2015

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