This work reports the design and synthesis of novel alkylamides, characterized by a dibenzo- [a,d]cycloheptene nucleus, as melatonin (MLT) receptor ligands. The tricyclic scaffold was chosen on the basis of previous quantitative structure-activity studies on MT1 and MT2 antagonists, relating selective MT2 antagonism to the presence of an aromatic substituent out of the plane of the MLT indole ring. Some dibenzo seven-membered structures were thus selected because of the noncoplanar arrangement of their benzene rings, and an alkylamide chain was introduced to fit the requirements for MLT receptor binding, namely, dibenzocycloheptenes with an acylaminoalkyl side chain at position 10 and dibenzoazepines with this side chain originating from the nitrogen atom bridging the two phenyl rings. Binding affinity at human cloned MT1 and MT2 receptors was measured by 2-[125I]iodomelatonin displacement assay and intrinsic activity by the GTPgS test. The majority of the compounds were characterized by higher affinity at the MT2 than at the MT1 receptor and by very low intrinsic activity values, thus confirming the importance of the noncoplanar arrangement of the two aromatic rings for selective MT2 antagonism. Dibenzocycloheptenes generally displayed higher MT1 and MT2 affinity than dibenzoazepines. N-(8-Methoxy-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-10-ylmethyl)propionamide (4c) and -butyramide (4d) were the most selective MT2 receptor antagonists of the series, with MT2 receptor affinity comparable to that of melatonin and as such among the highest reported in the literature for MLT receptor antagonists. The acetamide derivative 4b produced a noticeable reduction of GTPgS binding at MT2 receptor, thus being among the few inverse agonists described.

Tricyclic Alkylamides as Melatonin Receptor Ligands with Antagonist or Inverse Agonist Activity / Lucini, V.; Pannacci, M.; Scaglione, F.; Fraschini, F.; Rivara, Silvia; Mor, Marco; Bordi, Fabrizio; Plazzi, Pier Vincenzo; Spadoni, G.; Bedini, A.; Piersanti, G.; Diamantini, G.; Tarzia, G.. - In: JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0022-2623. - 47:(2004), pp. 4202-4212. [10.1021/jm040768k]

Tricyclic Alkylamides as Melatonin Receptor Ligands with Antagonist or Inverse Agonist Activity

RIVARA, Silvia;MOR, Marco;BORDI, Fabrizio;PLAZZI, Pier Vincenzo;
2004-01-01

Abstract

This work reports the design and synthesis of novel alkylamides, characterized by a dibenzo- [a,d]cycloheptene nucleus, as melatonin (MLT) receptor ligands. The tricyclic scaffold was chosen on the basis of previous quantitative structure-activity studies on MT1 and MT2 antagonists, relating selective MT2 antagonism to the presence of an aromatic substituent out of the plane of the MLT indole ring. Some dibenzo seven-membered structures were thus selected because of the noncoplanar arrangement of their benzene rings, and an alkylamide chain was introduced to fit the requirements for MLT receptor binding, namely, dibenzocycloheptenes with an acylaminoalkyl side chain at position 10 and dibenzoazepines with this side chain originating from the nitrogen atom bridging the two phenyl rings. Binding affinity at human cloned MT1 and MT2 receptors was measured by 2-[125I]iodomelatonin displacement assay and intrinsic activity by the GTPgS test. The majority of the compounds were characterized by higher affinity at the MT2 than at the MT1 receptor and by very low intrinsic activity values, thus confirming the importance of the noncoplanar arrangement of the two aromatic rings for selective MT2 antagonism. Dibenzocycloheptenes generally displayed higher MT1 and MT2 affinity than dibenzoazepines. N-(8-Methoxy-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-10-ylmethyl)propionamide (4c) and -butyramide (4d) were the most selective MT2 receptor antagonists of the series, with MT2 receptor affinity comparable to that of melatonin and as such among the highest reported in the literature for MLT receptor antagonists. The acetamide derivative 4b produced a noticeable reduction of GTPgS binding at MT2 receptor, thus being among the few inverse agonists described.
2004
Tricyclic Alkylamides as Melatonin Receptor Ligands with Antagonist or Inverse Agonist Activity / Lucini, V.; Pannacci, M.; Scaglione, F.; Fraschini, F.; Rivara, Silvia; Mor, Marco; Bordi, Fabrizio; Plazzi, Pier Vincenzo; Spadoni, G.; Bedini, A.; Piersanti, G.; Diamantini, G.; Tarzia, G.. - In: JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0022-2623. - 47:(2004), pp. 4202-4212. [10.1021/jm040768k]
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