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Sulfide Analogues of Flupirtine and Retigabine with Nanomolar KV7.2/KV7.3 Channel Opening Activity
Bock, Christian,Surur, Abdrrahman S.,Beirow, Kristin,Kindermann, Markus K.,Schulig, Lukas,Bodtke, Anja,Bednarski, Patrick J.,Link, Andreas
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The potassium channel openers flupirtine and retigabine have proven to be valuable analgesics or antiepileptics. Their recent withdrawal due to occasional hepatotoxicity and tissue discoloration, respectively, leaves a therapeutic niche unfilled. Metabolic oxidation of both drugs gives rise to the formation of electrophilic quinones. These elusive, highly reactive metabolites may induce liver injury in the case of flupirtine and blue tissue discoloration after prolonged intake of retigabine. We examined which structural features can be altered to avoid the detrimental oxidation of the aromatic ring and shift oxidation toward the formation of more benign metabolites. Structure–activity relationship studies were performed to evaluate the KV7.2/3 channel opening activity of 45 derivatives. Sulfide analogues were identified that are devoid of the risk of quinone formation, but possess potent KV7.2/3 opening activity. For example, flupirtine analogue 3-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-N-(6-(isobutylthio)-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)pyridin-3-yl)propanamide (48) has 100-fold enhanced activity (EC50=1.4 nm), a vastly improved toxicity/activity ratio, and the same efficacy as retigabine in vitro.
NITROGENATED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND
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Paragraph 1206, (2015/03/28)
The present invention provides a compound having a PDE2A selective inhibitory action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and the like. The present invention is a compound represented by the formula (1): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
SUBSTITUTED PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR MEDICAL USE
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Page/Page column 26, (2010/09/17)
The present application discloses novel substituted 1,4-oxazepanyl-pyridine derivatives and their use as modulators of the voltage gated KV7 (KCNQ) potassium ion channels. In other aspects the application discloses the use of these compounds, i