4-benzyl-1H-imidazoles with oxazoline termini as histamine H3 receptor agonists

Autor: Bernard Christophe, Philippe P. Collart, Bastiaan J. Venhuis, Maikel Wijtmans, Saskia Hulscher, Benedicte Lallemand, Edith Gelens, Patrice Talaga, Iwan J. P. de Esch, Michel Gillard, Erwin Snip, Sylvain Celanire, Henk Timmerman, Rob Leurs, Henk van der Goot, Florence Lebon, Remko A. Bakker
Přispěvatelé: Medicinal chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Wijtmans, M, Celanire, S, Snip, E, Gillard, M R, Gelens, E, Collart, P P, Venhuis, B J, Christophe, B, Hulscher, ST, van der Goot, H, Lebon, F, Timmerman, H, Bakker, R A, Leurs, R, Lallemand, B I, Talaga, P & de Esch, I J P 2008, ' 4-benzyl-1H-imidazoles with oxazoline termini as histamine H3 receptor agonists ', Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 51, no. 10, pp. 2944-53 . https://doi.org/10.1021/jm7014149
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 51(10), 2944-53. American Chemical Society
ISSN: 1520-4804
0022-2623
DOI: 10.1021/jm7014149
Popis: Research on the therapeutic applications of the histamine H3 receptor (H3R) has traditionally focused on antagonists/inverse agonists. In contrast, H3R agonists have received less attention despite their potential use in several disease areas. The lower availability of H3R agonists not only hampers their full therapeutic exploration, it also prevents an unequivocal understanding of the structural requirements for H3R activation. In the light of these important issues, we present our findings on 4-benzyl-1H-imidazole-based H3R agonists. Starting from two high throughput screen hits (10 and 11), the benzyl side chain was altered with lipophilic groups using combinatorial and classical chemical approaches (compounds 12-31). Alkyne- or oxazolino-substituents gave excellent affinities and agonist activities up to the single digit nM range. Our findings further substantiate the growing notion that basic ligand sidechains are not necessary for H 3R activation and reveal the oxazolino group as a hitherto unexplored functional group in H3R research.
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