Abstract
Small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (SKCa) channels comprise an important subclass of K+ channels. Selective blockade of SKCa channels may find application in the therapy of myotonic muscular dystrophy, gastrointestinal dysmotilities, memory disorders, narcolepsy, and alcohol abuse. In the cyclophanes described herein the two 4-aminoquinolinium groups are joined at the ring N atoms (linker L) and at the exocyclic N atoms (linker A). When both the spacer A and L have only one benzene ring, the blocking potency changes dramatically with simple structural variations in the linkers. One of these smaller cyclophanes having A = benzene-1,4- diylbis(methylene) and L = benzene-1,3-diylbis(methylene) shows activity in the low nanomolar range. Furthermore, the results with the present series add significantly to the structure-activity knowledge in the field, since they incorporate the first example of molecules in which the activity depends critically on the nature of the linkers joining the two quinolinium (Q) groups. Later on, a novel series of bisquinolinium bis-alkylene cyclophanes was described. The biological results of the present series add support to the suggestion that the linkers of the two Q groups do not form direct interactions with the channel protein but comprise a molecular support for the two Q groups. Two important structural features of the pharmacophore for SKCa channel blockade have been identified. These are (1) an optimum distance of ca. 5.8 Å between the centroids of the pyridinium rings of the two quinolinium groups, and (2) a preference for conformations having the Q groups in a synperiplanar orientation.
Keywords: Antiperiplanar conformations, apamin, bis-quinolinium compounds, cyclophanes, dequalinium, small conductance Ca2+-activated K+, SK3 channel, synperiplanar conformations
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Bis-Quinolinium Cyclophanes: Highly Potent and Selective Non-Peptidic Blockers of the Apamin-Sensitive Ca2+-Activated K+ Channel
Volume: 15 Issue: 13
Author(s): Ana Conejo-Garcia and Joaquin M. Campos
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Keywords: Antiperiplanar conformations, apamin, bis-quinolinium compounds, cyclophanes, dequalinium, small conductance Ca2+-activated K+, SK3 channel, synperiplanar conformations
Abstract: Small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (SKCa) channels comprise an important subclass of K+ channels. Selective blockade of SKCa channels may find application in the therapy of myotonic muscular dystrophy, gastrointestinal dysmotilities, memory disorders, narcolepsy, and alcohol abuse. In the cyclophanes described herein the two 4-aminoquinolinium groups are joined at the ring N atoms (linker L) and at the exocyclic N atoms (linker A). When both the spacer A and L have only one benzene ring, the blocking potency changes dramatically with simple structural variations in the linkers. One of these smaller cyclophanes having A = benzene-1,4- diylbis(methylene) and L = benzene-1,3-diylbis(methylene) shows activity in the low nanomolar range. Furthermore, the results with the present series add significantly to the structure-activity knowledge in the field, since they incorporate the first example of molecules in which the activity depends critically on the nature of the linkers joining the two quinolinium (Q) groups. Later on, a novel series of bisquinolinium bis-alkylene cyclophanes was described. The biological results of the present series add support to the suggestion that the linkers of the two Q groups do not form direct interactions with the channel protein but comprise a molecular support for the two Q groups. Two important structural features of the pharmacophore for SKCa channel blockade have been identified. These are (1) an optimum distance of ca. 5.8 Å between the centroids of the pyridinium rings of the two quinolinium groups, and (2) a preference for conformations having the Q groups in a synperiplanar orientation.
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Conejo-Garcia Ana and Campos M. Joaquin, Bis-Quinolinium Cyclophanes: Highly Potent and Selective Non-Peptidic Blockers of the Apamin-Sensitive Ca2+-Activated K+ Channel, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2008; 15 (13) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986708784534983
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