title: Quantitative structure-activity relationship of catechol derivatives inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase.
abstract: Various catechol derivatives (beta-substituted 3,4-dihydroxystyrenes, 1-substituted 3,4-dihydroxybenzenes, and 6-substituted 2,3-dihydroxynaphthalenes) were synthesized and their inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase was assayed. Their structure-activity relationships were examined quantitatively with substituent and structural parameters and regression analysis. The variations in the inhibitory activity were explained in bilinear hydrophobic parameter (log P) terms, and steric (molecular thickness) and electronic (proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) chemical shift of the proton adjacent to the catechol group) parameter terms. The hydrophobicity of the inhibitor molecule was important, and the optimum value of logP was about 4.3-4.6, beyond which inhibition did not increase further. A lower electron density of the aromatic ring containing the catechol group and the greater thickness of the lipophilic side chains were unfavorable to the activity. The results added a physicochemical basis for the selection of candidate compounds for developmental studies.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratories, Green Cross Corporation, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaura
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fukaya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Senda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D002396:Catechols / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002396:Catechols; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors