Substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolin-6-yloxypropanes as beta3-adrenergic receptor agonists: design, synthesis, biological evaluation and pharmacophore modeling

Bioorg Med Chem. 2009 Jan 15;17(2):830-47. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.11.030. Epub 2008 Nov 19.

Abstract

In search of potent beta(3)-adrenergic receptor agonists, a series of novel substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolin-6-yloxypropanes has been synthesized and evaluated for their beta(3)-adrenergic receptor agonistic activity (ranging from -17.73% to 90.64% inhibition at 10 microM) using well established Human SK-N-MC neuroblastoma cells model. Four molecules viz. 11, 15, 22 and 23 showed beta(3)-AR agonistic IC(50) value of 0.55, 0.59, 1.18 and 1.76 microM, respectively. These four candidates have been identified as possible leads for further development of beta(3)-adrenergic receptor agonists for obesity and Type-II diabetes pharmacotherapy. The free OH and NH functions are found to be essential for beta(3)-adrenergic receptor agonistic activity. Among the synthesized beta(3)-adrenergic receptor agonists having 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline scaffold, the N-benzyl group is found to be superior over N-arylsulfonyl group. A putative pharmacophore model has been modeled considering the above four active molecules which distinguishes well between the active and inactive molecules.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic Agonists / chemical synthesis*
  • Adrenergic Agonists / pharmacology
  • Adrenergic beta-3 Receptor Agonists*
  • Anti-Obesity Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Anti-Obesity Agents / pharmacology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy
  • Drug Design
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / pharmacology
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Models, Molecular
  • Neuroblastoma / pathology
  • Quinolines / chemical synthesis*
  • Quinolines / pharmacology

Substances

  • Adrenergic Agonists
  • Adrenergic beta-3 Receptor Agonists
  • Anti-Obesity Agents
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Quinolines