168542-30-1Relevant articles and documents
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 7-substituted 4-phenyl-6H-imidazo[1,5-a]thieno[3,2-f] [1,4]diazepines as safe anxiolytic agents
Anzini, Maurizio,Brogi, Simone,Cappelli, Andrea,Chemi, Giulia,Di Capua, Angela,Di Cesare Mannelli, Lorenzo,Garofalo, Antonio,Ghelardini, Carla,Giorgi, Gianluca,Grande, Fedora,Matucci, Rosanna,Paolino, Marco,Reale, Annalisa
, (2020)
A series of 4-phenyl-6H-imidazo[1,5-a]thieno[3,2-f][1,4]diazepine-7-carboxylate esters were synthesized and tested as central benzodiazepine receptor (CBR) ligands by the ability to displace [3H]flumazenil from rat cortical membranes. All the compounds showed high affinity with IC50 values ranging from 5.19 to 16.22 nM. In particular, compounds 12b (IC50 = 8.66 nM) and 12d (IC50 = 5.19 nM) appeared as the most effective ligands being their affinity values significantly lower than that of diazepam (IC50 = 18.52 nM). Compounds 12a-f were examined in vivo for their pharmacological effects in mice and five potential benzodiazepine (BDZ) actions were thus taken into consideration: anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, anti-amnesic, hypnotic, and locomotor activities. All the new synthesized compounds were able to induce a significant antianxiety effect and, among them, compound 12f protected pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced convulsions in a dose-dependent manner reaching a 40% effect at 30 mg/kg. In addition, all the compounds were able to significantly prevent the memory impairment evoked by scopolamine, while none of them was able to interfere with pentobarbital-evoked sleep and influence motor coordination. Moreover, title compounds did not affect locomotor and exploratory activity at the same time and doses at which the anti-anxiety effect was observed. Finally, molecular docking simulations were carried out in order to assess the binding mode for compounds 12a-f. The obtained results demonstrated that these compounds bind the BDZ binding site in a similar fashion to flumazenil.
2-Amino-3-aroyl-4,5-alkylthiophenes: Agonist allosteric enhancers at human a1 adenosine receptors
Tranberg, C. Elisabet,Zickgraf, Andrea,Giunta, Brian N.,Luetjens, Henning,Figler, Heidi,Murphree, Lauren J.,Falke, Ruediger,Fleischer, Holger,Linden, Joel,Scammells, Peter J.,Olsson, Ray A.
, p. 382 - 389 (2007/10/03)
2-Amino-3-benzoylthiophenes are allosteric enhancers (AE) of agonist activity at the A1 adenosine receptor. The present report describes syntheses and assays of the AE activity at the human A1AR (hA1AR) of a panel of compounds consisting of nine 2-amino-3-aroylthiophenes (3a-i), eight 2-amino-3-benzoyl-4,5-dimethylthiophenes (12a-h), three 3-aroyl-2-carboxy-4,5-dimethylthiophenes (15a-c), 10 2-amino-3-benzoyl-5,6-dihydro-4H-cyclopenta[b]thiophenes (17a-j), 14 2-amino-3-benzoyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[b]thiophenes (18a-n), and 15 2-amino-3-benzoyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-cyclohepta[b]thiophenes (19a-o). An in vitro assay employing the A1AR agonist [125I]ABA and membranes from CHO-K1 cells stably expressing the hA1AR measured, as an index of AE activity, the ability of a candidate AE to stabilize the agonist-A1AR-G protein ternary complex. Compounds 3a-i had little or no AE activity, and compounds 12a-h had only modest activity, evidence that AE activity depended absolutely on the presence of at least a methyl group at C-4 and C-5. Compounds 17a-c lacked AE activity, suggesting the 2-amino group is essential. Polymethylene bridges linked thiophene C-4 and C-5 of compounds 17a-j, 18a-n, and 19a-o. AE activity increased with the size of the -(CH2)n- bridge, n = 3 1AR contains an allosteric binding site able to accommodate 3-aroyl substituents that are bulky and/or hydrophobic but not necessarily planar. A second region in the allosteric binding site interacts constructively with alkyl substituents at thiophene C-4 and/or C-5.
