Design and synthesis of tricyclic corticotropin-releasing factor-1 antagonists
Raymond S Gross1, Zhiqiang Guo, Brian Dyck
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Neurocrine Biosciences, 12790 El Camino Real, San Diego, California 92130, USA.
Abstract:
Antagonists of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neuropeptide should prove to be effective in treating stress and anxiety-related disorders. In an effort to identify antagonists with improved physicochemical properties, new tricyclic CRF(1) antagonists were designed, synthesized, and tested for biological activity. As a result of studies aimed at establishing a relationship between structure and CRF(1) binding affinity, NBI 35965 (12a) was identified as a high-affinity antagonist with a pK(i) value of 8.5. Compound 12a proved to be a functional CRF(1) antagonist with pIC(50) values of 7.1 and 6.9 in the in vitro CRF-stimulated cAMP accumulation and ACTH production assays, respectively, and 12a also reduced CRF or stress induced ACTH production in vivo.
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