Abstract
Truncated 4′-thionucleosides 1–4 and 4′-oxonucleosides 5–8 as potent and selective A3AR antagonists were synthesized from d-mannose and d-erythronic acid γ-lactone, respectively. These nucleosides were evaluated for their anti-fibrotic renoprotective activity in TGF-β1-treated murine proximal tubular (mProx) cells. Their antagonistic activities for A3AR were proportional to their inhibitory activities against TGF-β1-induced collagen I upregulation in mProx cells. This result suggests that the binding affinity of A3AR antagonists is closely correlated with their anti-fibrotic activity. Thus, A3AR antagonists might be novel therapeutic candidates for treating chronic kidney disease.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 773-779 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Archives of Pharmacal Research |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Sep 2019 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- A adenosine receptor
- Antagonist
- Binding affinity
- Renal fibrosis
- Truncated adenosine