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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 7-substituted 4-phenyl-6H-imidazo[1,5-a]thieno[3,2-f] [1,4]diazepines as safe anxiolytic agents
Anzini, Maurizio,Brogi, Simone,Cappelli, Andrea,Chemi, Giulia,Di Capua, Angela,Di Cesare Mannelli, Lorenzo,Garofalo, Antonio,Ghelardini, Carla,Giorgi, Gianluca,Grande, Fedora,Matucci, Rosanna,Paolino, Marco,Reale, Annalisa
supporting information, (2020/06/02)
A series of 4-phenyl-6H-imidazo[1,5-a]thieno[3,2-f][1,4]diazepine-7-carboxylate esters were synthesized and tested as central benzodiazepine receptor (CBR) ligands by the ability to displace [3H]flumazenil from rat cortical membranes. All the compounds showed high affinity with IC50 values ranging from 5.19 to 16.22 nM. In particular, compounds 12b (IC50 = 8.66 nM) and 12d (IC50 = 5.19 nM) appeared as the most effective ligands being their affinity values significantly lower than that of diazepam (IC50 = 18.52 nM). Compounds 12a-f were examined in vivo for their pharmacological effects in mice and five potential benzodiazepine (BDZ) actions were thus taken into consideration: anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, anti-amnesic, hypnotic, and locomotor activities. All the new synthesized compounds were able to induce a significant antianxiety effect and, among them, compound 12f protected pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced convulsions in a dose-dependent manner reaching a 40% effect at 30 mg/kg. In addition, all the compounds were able to significantly prevent the memory impairment evoked by scopolamine, while none of them was able to interfere with pentobarbital-evoked sleep and influence motor coordination. Moreover, title compounds did not affect locomotor and exploratory activity at the same time and doses at which the anti-anxiety effect was observed. Finally, molecular docking simulations were carried out in order to assess the binding mode for compounds 12a-f. The obtained results demonstrated that these compounds bind the BDZ binding site in a similar fashion to flumazenil.
Thiazole formation through a modified Gewald reaction
Mallia, Carl J.,Englert, Lukas,Walter, Gary C.,Baxendale, Ian R.
supporting information, p. 875 - 883 (2015/08/24)
The synthesis of thiazoles and thiophenes starting from nitriles, via a modified Gewald reaction has been studied for a number of different substrates. 1,4-Dithiane-2,5-diol was used as the aldehyde precursor to give either 2-substituted thiazoles or 2-substituted aminothiophenes depending on the substitution of the α-carbon to the cyano group.
Effects of conformational restriction of 2-amino-3-benzoylthiophenes on A1 adenosine receptor modulation
Aurelio, Luigi,Valant, Celine,Flynn, Bernard L.,Sexton, Patrick M.,White, Jonathan M.,Christopoulos, Arthur,Scammells, Peter J.
experimental part, p. 6550 - 6559 (2010/11/17)
2-Amino-3-benzoylthiophenes (2A3BTs) have been widely reported to act as allosteric enhancers (AEs) at the A1 adenosine receptor (A 1AR). Herein we describe the synthesis of a series of 1-aminoindeno[1,2-c]thiophen-8-ones and a series of (2-aminoindeno[2,1-b] thiophen-3-yl)(phenyl)methanones as conformationally rigid analogues of the 2A3BTs. These compounds were screened using a functional assay of A 1AR-mediated phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) in intact Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells to identify both potential agonistic effects as well as the ability to allosterically modulate the activity of the orthosteric agonist, N6-(R- phenylisopropyl)adenosine (R-PIA). All of the 1-aminoindeno[1,2-c]thiophen-8- ones (14a-c and 17a-f) proved either to be inactive or behaved as antagonists in the functional assay. However, the (2-aminoindeno[2,1-b]thiophen-3-yl)(phenyl) methanones with para-chloro substitution (compounds 25b, 25d, and 25f) did significantly augment the R-PIA response, indicating a positive allosteric effect.