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ID: ALA4371070

Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett

Title: Design, synthesis of novel purin-6-one derivatives as phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2) inhibitors: The neuroprotective and anxiolytic-like effects.

Authors: Huang XF, Cao YJ, Zhen J, Zhang DW, Kong R, Jiang WT, Xu Y, Song GQ, Ke HM, Liu L.

Abstract: Phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2) has received much attention for the potential treatment of the central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Herein, based on the existing PDE2 inhibitors and their binding modes, a series of purin-6-one derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated for PDE2 inhibitory activities, which led to the discovery of the best compounds 6p and 6s with significant inhibitory potency (IC50: 72 and 81 nM, respectively). Docking simulation was performed to insert compound 6s into the crystal structure of PDE2 at the active site to determine the binding mode. Furthermore, compound 6s significantly protected HT-22 cells against corticosterone-induced cytotoxicity and rescued corticosterone-induced decreases in cAMP and cGMP levels. It also produced anxiolytic-like effect in the elevated plus-maze test and exhibited favorable pharmacokinetic properties in vivo. These results might bring significant instruction for further development of potent PDE2 inhibitors.

CiteXplore: 30554955

DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.12.018