Design and Synthesis of Benzimidazole-4-carboxamides as Potent Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1 (PARP-1) Inhibitors

Title:Design and Synthesis of Benzimidazole-4-carboxamides as Potent Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1 (PARP-1) Inhibitors

Volume: 14 Issue: 2

Author(s): Kalam B. Reddy, Gangula M. Rao*, Baru V. Kumar*, Chinmayee Choudhury and Kombu S. Rajan

Affiliation:

• Department of Chemistry, CKM Arts & Science College, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana-506006,India

• Department of Chemistry, CKM Arts & Science College, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana-506006,India

Keywords: 2-Substituted-1-H-benzimidazole-4-carboxamide, Mitsunobu reaction, poly(ADP-Ribose) polymerase-1, nicotinamide binding site.

Abstract: Background: A significant number of heterocyclic compounds were developed as poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) inhibitors. Among them, 2-substituted benzimidazole-4- carboxamide derivatives have gained importance in comparison with other heterocyclic systems.A new library of benzimidazole 4-carboxamides were synthesised and screened for PARP-1 inhibitory activity.

Method: A facile and convergent synthesis of 2-[(4-substitutedcarbamoyl)piperidine-1-yl)methyl]-1Hbenzimidazole- 4-carboxamides (9a-m) was achieved from 2-(hydroxymethyl)-1H-benzimidazole-4- carboxamide and piperidine-4-carboxamides (8a-m) using the Mitsunobu reaction. Standard PARP-1 inhibitors, 6(5H)-phenanthridinone and 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide were procured from Sigma-Aldrich and the data generated from plate reader was exported to the GraphPad Prism (Version 4) statistical analysis software. The IC50 values were determined by plotting the concentration of compounds on xaxis and optical density values on the y-axis. The crystal structure 2rcw.pdb of PARP was used for the docking study. QSAR models were developed by using the heuristic method on CODESSA generated conventional descriptors with the purpose of deriving structural requirements of these inhibitors. The predictive ability of these compounds was verified by taking a set of five PARP inhibitors as a test set.

Results: Structures of the compounds (9a-m) were established on the basis of 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and mass spectral data. Overall, thirteen 2-substituted benzimidazole-4-carboxamide derivatives were synthesised and screened for PARP-1 inhibitory studies. Interactions of compounds library as well as the natural substrate NAD+ with the PARP active site residues were carefully analyzed and it was observed that these inhibitors form a wide range of interactions. Correlation between the docking score and each of their components with the PARP inhibitory activity of the compounds was studied.

Conclusion: Among 2-[(4-substitutedcarbamoyl)piperidine-1-yl)methyl]-1H-benzimidazole-4-carboxamides (9a-m), compound 9a with isoquinolinyl group attached to piperidinyl-4-carboxamide group is highly suitable for the PARP-1 inhibitory activity and compounds 9b, 9e, 9g and 9l have also shown good inhibitory activity.

Cite this article as:

Reddy B. Kalam, Rao M. Gangula*, Kumar V. Baru*, Choudhury Chinmayee and Rajan S. Kombu, Design and Synthesis of Benzimidazole-4-carboxamides as Potent Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1 (PARP-1) Inhibitors, Current Bioactive Compounds 2018; 14 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573407213666170109154209