Synthesis, Cardiotonic Activity, and Structure−Activity Relationships of 17β-Guanylhydrazone Derivatives of 5β-Androstane-3β,14β-diol Acting on the Na+,K+-ATPase Receptor

Autor: Elena Folpini, Piero Melloni, Patrizia Ferrari, Gloria Padoani, Fulvio Serra, Alberto Cerri
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 40:3484-3488
ISSN: 1520-4804
0022-2623
DOI: 10.1021/jm970312l
Popis: A series of digitalis-like compounds, with the lactone ring shifted from the original position through a spacer or replaced by a series of guanylhydrazone substituent-bearing chains, was synthesized and evaluated for inhibition of Na+,K(+)-ATPase and for inotropic activity. The highest Na+,K(+)-ATPase inhibition (IC50) and inotropic activity (EC50) were reached with the vinylogous guanylhydrazone 5 where a cardenolide-like polarized alpha,beta-unsaturated system and a basic guanidino group were both present at the 17 beta-position; for this compound IC50 and EC50 values were comparable to or higher than those of Thomas' parent guanylhydrazone 1, digitoxigenin, and digoxin. A substantial improvement of the desired positive inotropic activity versus the toxic arrhythmogenic concentration was not reached within this series; only a slightly better therapeutic index can be envisaged for compounds 5 and 4, even though, for the latter, to the detriment of potency, presumably because of a weaker interaction with the receptor, due to the lack of a cardenolide-like polarized system.
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