Li X, Zhao M, Tang YR, Wang C, Zhang Z, Peng S. N-[2-(5,5-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-2-yl)ethyl]amino acids: Their synthesis, anti-inflammatory evaluation and QSAR analysis.
Eur J Med Chem 2008;
43:8-18. [PMID:
17498849 DOI:
10.1016/j.ejmech.2007.03.015]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2006] [Revised: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 03/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Developing novel anti-inflammatory drugs is increasingly important in modern pharmaceutical industry. In this work, the reactions of both amino acids and their methylesters with 3-(5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-2-yl)propanal (2) were performed to either directly provide the goal products N-[2-(5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-2-yl)ethyl]amino acids (4a-s) in 9-65% yields or provide the intermediates N-[2-(5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-2-yl)ethyl]amino acid methylesters (3a-s) in 78-87% yields. The saponification of 3a-s provided 4a-s in 80-89% yields. Using a xylene-induced ear edema model, the anti-inflammatory activities of these newly synthesized anti-inflammatory agents were evaluated. The results indicated that comparing to the vehicle control 17 out of 4a-s significantly inhibited the development of inflammation in mice (p<0.01). In particular, eight out of 4a-s exhibited an even higher anti-inflammatory activity than the standard reference drug aspirin (p<0.05-0.01). A QSAR analysis was performed by use of the molecular descriptors generated from e-dragon software. The predictive accuracy of the established QSAR model implies that it may be promising for screening the new derivatives of 2-position amino acid substituted 1,3-dioxanes as potential anti-inflammatory agents.
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