Synthesis and Evaluation of the First Fluorescent Antagonists of the Human P2Y2 Receptor Based on AR-C118925

J Med Chem. 2018 Apr 12;61(7):3089-3113. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00139. Epub 2018 Mar 28.

Abstract

The human P2Y2 receptor ( hP2Y2R) is a G-protein-coupled receptor that shows promise as a therapeutic target for many important conditions, including for antimetastatic cancer and more recently for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. As such, there is a need for new hP2Y2R antagonists and molecular probes to study this receptor. Herein, we report the development of a new series of non-nucleotide hP2Y2R antagonists, based on the known, non-nucleotide hP2Y2R antagonist AR-C118925 (1), leading to the discovery of a series of fluorescent ligands containing different linkers and fluorophores. One of these conjugates, 98, displayed micromolar affinity for hP2Y2R (p Kd = 6.32 ± 0.10, n = 17) in a bioluminescence-energy-transfer (BRET) assay. Confocal microscopy with this ligand revealed displaceable membrane labeling of astrocytoma cells expressing untagged hP2Y2R. These properties make 98 one of the first tools for studying hP2Y2R distribution and organization.

MeSH terms

  • Astrocytoma / metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Dibenzocycloheptenes / chemistry
  • Dibenzocycloheptenes / pharmacology*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Ligands
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Molecular Probes
  • Protein Binding
  • Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists / chemical synthesis*
  • Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists / pharmacology*
  • Pyrimidinones / chemistry
  • Pyrimidinones / pharmacology*
  • Receptors, Purinergic P2Y2 / drug effects*
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • AR-C118925
  • Dibenzocycloheptenes
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Ligands
  • Molecular Probes
  • Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists
  • Pyrimidinones
  • Receptors, Purinergic P2Y2
  • Recombinant Proteins