title: Potent and selective ET-A antagonists. 1. Syntheses and structure-activity relationships of N-(6-(2-(aryloxy)ethoxy)-4-pyrimidinyl)sulfonamide derivatives.
abstract: Modifications to the ET(A/B) mixed type compounds 1 (Ro. 46-2005) and 2 (bosentan) were performed. Introduction of a pyrimidine group into 1 resulted in a dramatic increase in affinity for the ET(A) receptor, and the subsequent optimization of substituents on the pyrimidine ring led us to the discovery of N-(6-(2-((5-bromo-2-pyrimidinyl)oxy)ethoxy)-5-(4-methylphenyl)-4-pyrimidinyl)-4-tert-butylbenzenesulfonamide (7k), which showed an extremely high affinity for the human cloned ET(A) receptor (K(i) = 0.0042 +/- 0.0038 nM) and an ET(A/B) receptor selectivity up to 29 000 (K(i) = 130 +/- 50 nM for the human cloned ET(B) receptor). The compound was designed on the hypothesis that the hydrogen atom of the hydroxyl group in 1 and 2 played a role not as a proton donor but as an acceptor in the possible hydrogen bonding with Tyr129. Since the incorporation of a pyrimidinyl group into the hydroxyethoxy side chain of the nonselective antagonist (1) dramatically enhanced both the ET(A) receptor affinity and selectivity, and since similar results were obtained from the benzene analogues, we put forward the hypothesis that a "pyrimidine binding pocket" might exist in the ET(A) receptor.
authors.affiliation: Discovery Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., 2-2-50 Kawagishi, Toda, Saitama, Japan 335-8505.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimadzu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kushiyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawanishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikkawa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamauchi-Kohno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001665:Binding Sites; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D011743:Pyrimidines; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D013449:Sulfonamides; C438588:N-(6-(2-((5-bromo-2-pyrimidinyl)oxy)ethoxy)-5-(4-methylphenyl)-4-pyrimidinyl)-4-tert-butylbenzenesulfonamide; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides