1,2-Diarylpyrroles as potent and selective inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2.
J Med Chem
; 40(11): 1619-33, 1997 May 23.
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| ID: mdl-9171872
ABSTRACT
Series of 1,2-diarylpyrroles has been synthesized and found to contain very potent and selective inhibitors of the human cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme. The paper describes short and practical syntheses of the target molecules utilizing the Paal-Knorr reaction. Electrophilic substitution on 1 proceeds in a regioselective fashion, and the method was used to generate a number of tetrasubstituted pyrroles. Detailed SAR on the series has been studied by modifications of the aryl rings and the substituents in the pyrrole ring. Diarylpyrrole 1 is a very potent (COX-2, IC50 = 60 nm) and selective (COX-1/COX-2 = > 1700) inhibitor whereas the isomeric 2 is completely inactive against COX-2. Modifications of the substituents on the fluorophenyl ring in 1 yields very potent inhibitors of COX-2 (IC50 = 40-80 nm) with excellent selectivity (1200 to > 2500) vs COX-1. Analog 20 containing a sulfonamide group is an excellent inhibitor of COX-2 with an IC50 of 14 nm. Tetrasubstituted pyrroles containing groups such as COCF3, SO2CF3, or CH2OAr at position 3 in the pyrrole ring give excellent inhibitors (COX-2, IC50 = 30-120 nm). In vivo testing in the carrageenan-induced paw edema model in the rat establishes that the 1,2-diarylpyrroles are orally active antiinflammatory agents. Compound 3 is the most potent inhibitor of edema with an ED50 of 4.7 mpk.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pyrroles
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Sulfonamides
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
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Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
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Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
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Isoenzymes
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Med Chem
Journal subject:
QUIMICA
Year:
1997
Document type:
Article
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