title: 5-(4'-Substituted-2'-nitroanilino)-1,2,3-triazoles as new potential potassium channel activators. I.
abstract: By the hypothesised correlation with the large conductance Ca(++)-activated potassium channel (BK(Ca)) openers NS 004 and NS 1619, bearing a benzimidazolone ring, a series of new 5-(4'-substituted-2'-nitroanilino)-1,2,3-triazoles were synthesised and tested on in vitro isolated vascular preparation. The compounds were prepared starting from the appropriately substituted 2-nitro-phenylazides by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction to cyanoacetamide and following Dimroth isomerisation of the corresponding 1-arylsubstituted-5-amino-1,2,3-triazoles. The analogous 5-(4'-substituted-2'-amino-anilino)-1,2,3-triazoles were also prepared to assess the role of the nitro group in the pharmacophoric model. Almost all the nitro compounds showed a vasorelaxant activity on endothelium-denuded rat aortic rings with a potency comparable to that recorded for the reference compound NS 1619. Such a vasorelaxing activity was significantly reduced by the increase of the level of membrane depolarisation and by the potassium channel blocker 4-aminopyridine with a pharmacodynamic behaviour consistent with a potassium channel activation.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Pisa, via Bonanno 6, 56126, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biagi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Calderone
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Livi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scartoni
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baragatti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martinotti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000737:chemistry; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000819:agonists*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014230:Triazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D015221:Potassium Channels; D014230:Triazoles; D014665:Vasodilator Agents