title: Molecular modeling of a phenyl-amidine class of NMDA receptor antagonists and the rational design of new triazolyl-amidine derivatives.
abstract: Recently, many efforts have been made to develop N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor antagonists for treating different pathological conditions such as thrombo-embolic stroke, traumatic head injury, Huntington's, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's diseases). However, as side-effects limit the use of most antagonists, new drugs are still required. In this work, we performed a (quantitative) structure-activity relationship analysis of 17 phenyl-amidine derivatives (1a-1q), reported as N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor antagonists, and used this data to rationally design the triazolyl-amidines. The best (quantitative) structure-activity relationship model constructed by multiple linear regression analysis presented high data fitting (R = 0.914) was able to explain 83.6% of the biological data variance (R(2) = 0.836), presented a satisfactory internal predictive ability (Q(2) = 0.609) and contained the descriptors (E(HOMO), Ovality and cLogP). Our assays confirmed that glutamate promotes an extensive cell death in avian neurons (77%) and 2a and 2b protected the neurons from the glutamate effect (from 77% to 27% and 45%, respectively). The results of neurotoxicity and cytotoxicity on Vero cells suggested the favorable profile of 2a and 2b. Also, the molecular modeling used to predict the activity, the interaction with the receptor and the pharmacokinetic and toxicity of the triazolyl-amidines pointed them as a promising class for further exploration as N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor antagonists.
authors.affiliation: LABiEMol, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Instituto de Biologia, Outeiro de São João Baptista, Campus Valonguinho, Centro CEP 24210-130 Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brazil. abreu_pa@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Paula A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.forename: Helena C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paes-de-Carvalho
authors.forename: Carlos R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Viveca
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Giongo
authors.forename: Izabel C N P
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Paixão
authors.forename: Marcos V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: Jainne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Octavia M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Caversan
authors.forename: Raquel A C
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Leão
authors.forename: Luana M S
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Marins
authors.forename: André M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Henriques
authors.forename: Florence M C
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.forename: Magaly G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
mesh_terms: D000578:Amidines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D016923:Cell Death; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000633:toxicity; D062105:Molecular Docking Simulation; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D055351:Retinal Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014230:Triazoles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014709:Vero Cells
chemical_list: D000578:Amidines; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D014230:Triazoles; D018698:Glutamic Acid