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Structure-activity relationship of N-(phenylalkyl)cinnamides as novel NR2B subtype-selective NMDA receptor antagonists
Tamiz, Amir P.,Cai, Sui Xiong,Zhou, Zhang-Lin,Yuen, Po-Wai,Schelkun, Robert M.,Whittemore, Edward R.,Weber, Eckard,Woodward, Richard M.,Keana, John F. W.
, p. 3412 - 3420 (1999)
A novel series of N-(phenylalkyl)cinnamides related to N-(4- phenylbutyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-β-cyanocinnamide (6, an EGFR-K inhibitor with high antiproliferative activity) was synthesized and tested for antagonism at N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor subtypes. Potency and subunit selectivity were assayed by electrical recordings in Xenopus oocytes expressing three binary combinations of cloned rat NMDA receptor subunits: NR1A expressed in combination with either NR2A, NR2B, or NR2C. The N- (phenylalkyl)cinnamides are selective antagonists of NR1(A)/2B receptors. Assayed under steady-state conditions, N-(4-phenylbutyl)-4-hydroxycinnamide (16) has an IC50 value of 77 nM and > 1000-fold selectivity with respect to NR1(A)/2A and NR1(A)/2C receptors. Potency at α1 adrenergic receptors is low for the four cinnamides tested. Inhibition of NR1(A)/2B receptors does not correlate with EGFR and ErbB2/neu tyrosine kinase inhibitor activity. The N-(phenylalkyl)cinnamide series we describe provides a novel and structurally diverse framework for designing new NR2B-selective NMDA antagonists as potential CNS therapeutics.
