158531-03-4Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis and anticonvulsant and neurotoxic properties of substituted N- phenyl derivatives of the phthalimide pharmacophore
Vamecq, Joseph,Bac, Pierre,Herrenknecht, Christine,Maurois, Pierre,Delcourt, Philippe,Stables, James P.
, p. 1311 - 1319 (2007/10/03)
A series of compounds including 4-amino (1), 3-amino (2), 4-nitro (3), 2-methyl-3-amino (4), 2-methyl-3-nitro (5), 2-methyl-4-amino (6), 2-methyl-4- nitro (7), 2-methyl-5-amino (8), 2-methyl-5-nitro (9), 2-methyl-6-amino (10), 2-methyl-6-mitro (11), 2,6-dimethyl (12), 2-methyl-3-carboxy (13), 2- methoxycarbonyl (14), 2-methyl-4-methoxy (15), 2,4-dimethoxy (16), 2-chloro- 4-amino (17), and 2-chloro-4-nitro (18) N-phenyl substituents of phthalimide were evaluated along with N-[3-methyl-(2-pyridinyl)]phthalimide (19), N-(3- amino-2-methylphenyl)succinimide (20), and phenytoin for anticonvulsant and neurotoxic properties. Initial screening in the intraperitoneal (ip) maximal electroshock-induced seizure (MES) test and the subcutaneous pentylenetetrazol-induced seizure (scPtz) test in mice led to the selection of 1, 2, 4, 10, 12, 17, and 19 for oral MES evaluation in rats. The resultant ED50 values for 4, 10, 17, and phenytoin were 8.0, 28.3, 5.7 and 29.8 mg/kg, respectively. In the batrachotoxin affinity assay, IC50 values for 17 and phenytoin were 0.15 and 0.93 μM, respectively, and in the recently validated magnesium deficiency-dependent audiogenic seizure test, ED50 values of 5.2 and 23 mg/kg were obtained for 17 and phenytoin, respectively. Electrophysiology studies on compound 17 point out its ability to (i) potentiate GABA-evoked current responses with a failure to directly activate the GABAA receptor and (ii) to affect, at 100 μM excitatory non NMDA, but not NMDA, receptors with a 25% block of kainate-evoked response. Electrophysiology measurements on voltagegated sodium channels in N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells confirm voltage-dependent block of these channels by compound 17. In view of its interaction with multiple ion channels, one would predict that compound 17 might be active in a wide range of seizure models.
Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of isoindolo[1,2-b]quinazolinone and isoindolo[2,1-a]benzimidazole derivatives related to the antitumor agent batracylin
Meegalla,Stevens,McQueen,Chen,Yu,Liu,Barrows,LaVoie
, p. 3434 - 3439 (2007/10/02)
The synthesis and pharmacological activity of isoindolo[1,2-b]quinazolin- 12(10H)-ones and isoindolo[2,1-a]benzimidazoles related to batracylin are described. The acute toxicity of batracyclin has been associated with the formation of its N-acetyl metabolite which is a potent inducer of unscheduled DNA synthesis in rat hepatocytes. The desamino derivative and the 8-aza analog of batracylin retained the ability to inhibit topoisomerase II but did not induce unscheduled DNA synthesis. While less active than batracylin, these analogs were cytotoxic to CCRF CEM leukemia cells. The isoindolo[2,1- a]benzimidazole derivatives were inactive as topoisomerase II inhibitors and, in general, failed to exhibit comparable antitumor activity or to induce unscheduled DNA synthesis.