Design, synthesis and evaluation of a PLG tripeptidomimetic based on a pyridine scaffold.
J Med Chem
; 47(26): 6595-602, 2004 Dec 16.
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ABSTRACT
A 2,3,4-substituted pyridine derivative has been identified as a potential tripeptidomimetic scaffold. The design of the scaffold was based on conformational and electrostatic comparisons with a natural tripeptide. The scaffold has been used in the synthesis of a Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2 (PLG) mimetic. The different substituents in the 2-, 3-, and 4-positions of the pyridine ring were introduced via an aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction, a "halogen-dancing" reaction, and a Grignard coupling of a Boc-protected amino aldehyde, respectively. The synthetic route involves eight steps and provides the mimetic in 20% overall yield. The pyridine based PLG-mimetic was evaluated for its ability to enhance the maximum response of the dopamine agonist N-propylapomorphine (NPA) at human D2 receptors using a cell based assay (the R-SAT assay). The dose-response curve of the mimetic was found to exhibit a down-turn phase, similar to that of PLG. In addition, the mimetic was more potent than PLG to enhance the NPA response; the maximum response was found to be 146% at 10 nM concentration, as compared to 115% for PLG at the same concentration. Interestingly, conformational analysis by molecular modeling showed that the pyridine mimetic cannot adopt a type II beta-turn conformation that previously has been suggested to be the bioactive conformation of PLG.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Piridinas
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Hormônio Inibidor da Liberação de MSH
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Dopaminérgicos
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Apomorfina
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Acetamidas
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Med Chem
Assunto da revista:
QUIMICA
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Suécia