Design and synthesis of 4,5-diphenyl-4-isoxazolines: Novel inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 with analgesic and antiinflammatory activity
Design and synthesis of 4,5-diphenyl-4-isoxazolines: Novel inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 with analgesic and antiinflammatory activity
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DOI:
10.1021/jm0101287
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发表时间:
2001-08-30
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7.3
通讯作者:
Knaus, EE
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作者:
Habeeb, AG;Rao, PNP;Knaus, EE
4,5-Diphenyl-4-isoxazolines (13a-k) possessing a variety of substituents (H, F, MeS, MeSO2) at the para position of one of the phenyl rings were synthesized for evaluation as analgesic and selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitory antiinflammatory (AI) agents. Although the 4,5-phenyl-4-isoxazolines (13a-d,f), which do not have a C-3 Me substituent, exhibited potent analgesic and AI activities, those compounds evaluated (13a, 13b, 13h, and 13k) were not selective inhibitors of COX-2. In contrast, 2,3-dimethyl-5-(4-methylsulfonylphenyl)-4-phenyl-4-isoxazoline (13j) exhibited excellent analgesic and AI activities, and it was a potent and selective COX-2 inhibitor (COX-1, IC50 = 258 muM; COX-2, IC50 = 0.004 muM). A related compound 13k having a F substituent at the para position of the 4-phenyl ring was also a selective (SI = 3162) but less potent (IC50 = 0.0316 muM) inhibitor of COX-2 than 13j. A molecular modeling (docking study) for 13j showed that the S atom of the MeSO2 substituent is positioned about 6.46 Angstrom inside the entrance to the COX-2 secondary pocket (Val(523)) and that a C-3 Me (13j, 13k) central isoxazoline ring substituent is crucial to selective inhibition of COX-2 for this class of compounds.