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2-(Benzimidazol-2-yl)quinoxalines: a novel class of selective antagonists at human A(1) and A(3) adenosine receptors designed by 3D database searching

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J Med Chem, 48 (26): 8253-60 (December 2005)Novellino, Ettore Cosimelli, Barbara Ehlardo, Marina Greco, Giovanni Iadanza, Manuela Lavecchia, Antonio Rimoli, Maria Grazia Sala, Annalisa Da Settimo, Antonio Primofiore, Giampaolo Da Settimo, Federico Taliani, Sabrina La Motta, Concettina Klotz, Karl-Norbert Tuscano, Daniela Trincavelli, Maria Letizia Martini, Claudia Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't United States Journal of medicinal chemistry J Med Chem. 2005 Dec 29;48(26):8253-60..

Abstract

The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) was searched through two 3D queries based on substructures shared by well-known antagonists at the A(1) and A(3) adenosine receptors (ARs). Among the resulting 557 hits found in the CSD, we selected five compounds to purchase, synthesize, or translate synthetically into analogues better tailored to interact with the biological targets. Binding experiments using human ARs showed that four out of five tested compounds turned out to be antagonists at the A(1)AR or A(3)AR with K(i) values between 50 and 440 nM. Lead optimizations of 2-(benzimidazol-2-yl)quinoxalines (BIQs, 3) gave the best results in terms of potency and selectivity at the A(1) and A(3) ARs. Particularly, 2-(4-ethylthiobenzimidazol-2-yl)quinoxaline (3e) exhibited K(i) values at the A(1)AR, A(2A)AR, and A(3)AR of 0.5, 3440, and 955 nM, respectively, whereas 2-(4-methylbenzimidazol-2-yl)quinoxaline (3b) displayed at the same ARs K(i) values of 8000, 833, and 26 nM, respectively.

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