Structure-activity relationships of novel piperazines as antagonists for the melanocortin-4 receptor

Bioorg Med Chem. 2007 Mar 1;15(5):1989-2005. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2006.12.039. Epub 2006 Dec 30.

Abstract

During the investigation of antagonists for the MC4 receptor, we found that 10ab having a naphthyl group showed almost the same binding affinity for the MC4 receptor as that of the lead compound 1 with a benzoyl group. We also developed a new type of compounds, namely, bis-piperazines, and found that the bis-piperazines 10 exhibited a high affinity for the MC4 receptor. In particular, (-)-10bg exhibited the highest affinity for the MC4 receptor with an IC50 value of 8.13nM. In this paper, we present the design, synthesis, and structure-activity relationships of the novel bis-piperazines as MC4 receptor antagonists.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • COS Cells
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Piperazines / chemistry*
  • Piperazines / pharmacology*
  • Rats
  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4 / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Piperazines
  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4