Discovery of 4-benzyloxy and 4-(2-phenylethoxy) chalcone fibrate hybrids as novel PPARα agonists with anti-hyperlipidemic and antioxidant activities: Design, synthesis and in vitro/in vivo biological evaluation.

Autor: Hassan RM; Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division, National Research Centre (ID: 60014618), P.O. 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt., Aboutabl ME; Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department (Pharmacology Group), Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division, National Research Centre (ID: 60014618), 33 El Bohouth St., P.O. 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt., Bozzi M; Dipartimento Universitario di Scienze Biotecnologiche di Base, Cliniche Intensivologiche e Perioperatorie, Sezione di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Roma, Italy; Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche 'Giulio Natta'- SCITEC (CNR) Sede di Roma, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Roma, Italy. Electronic address: Manuela.Bozzi@unicatt.it., El-Behairy MF; Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sadat City, Sadat City 32897, Egypt., El Kerdawy AM; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, New Giza University, Newgiza, km 22 Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, Cairo, Egypt., Sampaolese B; Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche 'Giulio Natta'- SCITEC (CNR) Sede di Roma, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Roma, Italy., Desiderio C; Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche 'Giulio Natta'- SCITEC (CNR) Sede di Roma, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Roma, Italy., Vincenzoni F; Dipartimento Universitario di Scienze Biotecnologiche di Base, Cliniche Intensivologiche e Perioperatorie, Sezione di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Roma, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario 'A. Gemelli', IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Roma, Italy., Sciandra F; Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche 'Giulio Natta'- SCITEC (CNR) Sede di Roma, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Roma, Italy. Electronic address: francesca.sciandra@cnr.it., Ghannam IAY; Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt. Electronic address: iman.youssef.ghannam@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Bioorganic chemistry [Bioorg Chem] 2021 Oct; Vol. 115, pp. 105170. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105170
Abstrakt: In the current work, a series of novel 4-benzyloxy and 4-(2-phenylethoxy) chalcone fibrate hybrids (10a-o) and (11a-e) were synthesized and evaluated as new PPARα agonists in order to find new agents with higher activity and fewer side effects. The 2-propanoic acid derivative 10a and the 2-butanoic acid congener 10i showed the best overall PPARα agonistic activity showing E max % values of 50.80 and 90.55%, respectively, and EC 50 values of 8.9 and 25.0 μM, respectively, compared to fenofibric acid with E max  = 100% and EC 50  = 23.22 μM, respectively. These two compounds also stimulated carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A gene transcription in HepG2 cells and PPARα protein expression. Molecular docking simulations were performed for the newly synthesized compounds to study their predicted binding pattern and energies in PPARα active site to rationalize their promising activity. In vivo, compounds 10a and 10i elicited a significant hypolipidemic activity improving the lipid profile in triton WR-1339-induced hyperlipidemic rats, including serum triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL, HDL and VLDL levels. Compound 10i possessed better anti-hyperlipidemic activity than 10a. At a dose of 200 mg/kg, it demonstrated significantly lower TC, TG, LDL and VLDL levels than that of fenofibrate at the same dose with similar HDL levels. Compounds 10i and 10a possessed atherogenic indices (CRR, AC, AI, CRI-II) like that of fenofibrate. Additionally, a promising antioxidant activity indicated by the increased tissue reduced glutathione and plasma total antioxidant capacity with decreased plasma malondialdehyde levels was demonstrated by compounds 10a and 10i. No histopathological alterations were recorded in the hepatic tissue of compound 10i (200 mg/kg).
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