Structure activity relationships of benzyl C-region analogs of 2-(3-fluoro-4-methylsulfonamidophenyl)propanamides as potent TRPV1 antagonists

Jihyae Ann, Aeran Jung, Mi Yeon Kim, Hyuk Min Kim, Hyungchul Ryu, Sunjoo Kim, Dong Wook Kang, Sunhye Hong, Minghua Cui, Sun Choi, Peter M. Blumberg, Robert Frank-Foltyn, Gregor Bahrenberg, Hannelore Stockhausen, Thomas Christoph, Jeewoo Lee

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Abstract

A series of 2-substituted 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl C-region analogs of 2-(3-fluoro-4-methylsulfonamidophenyl)propanamides were investigated for hTRPV1 antagonism. The analysis indicated that the phenyl C-region derivatives exhibited better antagonism than those of the corresponding pyridine surrogates for most of the series examined. Among the phenyl C-region derivatives, the two best compounds 43 and 44S antagonized capsaicin selectively relative to their antagonism of other activators and showed excellent potencies with Ki(CAP) = 0.3 nM. These two compounds blocked capsaicin-induced hypothermia, consistent with TRPV1 as their site of action, and they demonstrated promising analgesic activities in a neuropathic pain model without hyperthermia. The docking study of 44S in our hTRPV1 homology model indicated that its binding mode was similar with that of its pyridine surrogate in the A- and B-regions but displayed a flipped configuration in the C-region.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6844-6854
Number of pages11
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
Volume23
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2015

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Funding Information:
This research was supported by research Grants from Grünenthal in Germany, grants from the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) ( NRF-2007-0057057 ) and the National Leading Research Lab (NLRL) program ( 2011-0028885 ) in South Korea, and in part by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH , Center for Cancer Research, NCI (Project Z1A BC 005270) in the USA.

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Keywords

  • Analgesic
  • TRPV1 antagonists
  • Vanilloid receptor 1

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