title: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, Part 24. Pyrrolidino enaminones as models to mimic arachidonic acid.
abstract: The pyrrolidino enaminones, with the carboxylic acid chain fixed at the nitrogen, inhibit cyclooxygenase more potently or selectively than 5-lipoxygenase. According to the structure-activity relationships discussed the potency depends significantly on the chain length of the carboxylic acid, the substitution pattern of the heterocyclic moiety and of the phenyl group. Compound 4c is the most efficient inhibitor of cyclooxygenase. For the binding profile the unfolded conformation of arachidonic acid and the energy-minimized conformations of flurbiprofen, diclofenac, ML 3000, and lead compound 4a were compared. In addition to known structural features, similar distances of the carboxylic acid function and the phenyl residue were found as hypothesized to explain the interaction with the active sites of the enzyme. The inhibition of cyclooxygenase was determined in a bovine thrombocyte intact cell assay and that of 5-lipoxygenase using intact bovine PMNLs.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmazie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Fachbereich Chemie und Pharmazie, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dannhardt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nowe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D002417:Cattle; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D016718:Arachidonic Acid