title: Inhibitors of phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase and epinephrine biosynthesis. 2. 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-7-sulfonanilides.
abstract: 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-7-sulfonanilides (1-14) related to 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-7-sulfonamide (21,SK&F 29661) were prepared and studied for their ability to inhibit phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) in vitro. The choice of substituents on the 7-phenyl group of the sulfonanilides was based on the Topliss approach to structure-activity relationship studies. Information about the importance of an acidic hydrogen atom on the sulfonamide nitrogen atom was obtained from the preparation and testing of a tertiary N-methylsulfonanilide (15). Other THIQ's (1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines) containing sulfur substituents in the 7 position were prepared and tested and consisted of 7-N-benzyl and 7-N-phenethyl derivatives of SK&F 29661 (16-18) and 7-(phenacylthio)-and 7-(phenacylsulfonyl)-THIQ (19 and 20). The two most potent inhibitors were the 7-p-bromo- and -chlorosulfonanilides, 2 and 6. However, neither was an effective inhibitor of norepinephrine to epinephrine conversion when tested in an in vivo mouse assay at unit doses of 25 or 100 mg/kg.
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000813:Anilides / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D000818:Animals; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D010625:Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011817:Rabbits; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000138:chemical synthesis
chemical_list: D000813:Anilides; D007546:Isoquinolines; D013449:Sulfonamides; D010625:Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine