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Studies on disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: synthesis of novel quinoline and quinazoline derivatives and their anti-inflammatory effect.

Abstract
In the course of our study aimed at developing new types of DMARDs (disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs), we found that quinoline derivative 1a had a potent anti-inflammatory effect in an adjuvant arthritis (AA) rat model, starting from the potent bone resorption inhibitors justicidins as the lead compounds. Further modification of 1a was performed, and various quinoline and quinazoline derivatives having a heteroaryl moiety on the alkyl side chain at the 2-position of the skeleton were prepared. These compounds were evaluated for anti-inflammatory effects using the AA rat model. Most of these compounds, especially those having an imidazole or a triazole moiety on the 2-alkyl chain, exhibited a potent effect. Among the compounds synthesized, ethyl 4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-6,7-dimethoxy-2-(1,2, 4-triazol-1-yl-methyl)quinoline-3-carboxylate (12d), having an ED50 value of 2.6 mg/kg/day (anti-inflammatory effect in an AA rat model, po), was selected as a candidate for further investigation. In vitro, 12d inhibited mitogen-induced proliferation at 10(-7)-10(-5) M but not prostaglandin E2 production at 10(-5) M. Moreover, 12d preferentially inhibited the IFN-gamma production by Th1-type clones over the IL-4 production by Th2-type clones. This preferential suppression of Th1 cytokine production is considered the essential immunomodulating action of 12d for the present. Synthesis and structure-activity relationships for this novel series of quinoline and quinazoline derivatives are detailed.
AuthorsA Baba, N Kawamura, H Makino, Y Ohta, S Taketomi, T Sohda
JournalJournal of medicinal chemistry (J Med Chem) Vol. 39 Issue 26 Pg. 5176-82 (Dec 20 1996) ISSN: 0022-2623 [Print] United States
PMID8978845 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Quinazolines
  • Quinolines
  • Dinoprostone
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antirheumatic Agents (chemical synthesis, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Arthritis, Experimental (drug therapy)
  • Bone Resorption (prevention & control)
  • Dinoprostone (antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis)
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Quinazolines (chemical synthesis, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Quinolines (chemical synthesis, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Lew
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

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