Design, synthesis, and structure-activity relationship of tropane muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists

J Med Chem. 2009 Aug 27;52(16):5241-52. doi: 10.1021/jm900736e.

Abstract

Novel tropane derivatives were characterized as muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists (mAChRs). Through optimization of the structure-activity relationship around the tropane scaffold, the quaternary ammonium salt 34 was identified as a very potent M(3) mAChR antagonist. The compound was functionally active and displayed greater than 24 h duration of action in a mouse model of bronchoconstriction.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Availability
  • Biphenyl Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Biphenyl Compounds / chemistry
  • Biphenyl Compounds / pharmacology
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / chemical synthesis*
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / chemistry
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / pharmacology
  • Bronchi / drug effects
  • Bronchi / physiology
  • Bronchoconstriction / drug effects
  • CHO Cells
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Cricetinae
  • Cricetulus
  • Drug Design
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Muscarinic Antagonists / chemical synthesis*
  • Muscarinic Antagonists / chemistry
  • Muscarinic Antagonists / pharmacology
  • Muscle Contraction
  • Muscle, Smooth / drug effects
  • Muscle, Smooth / physiology
  • Radioligand Assay
  • Rats
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M1 / physiology
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M2 / physiology
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M3 / physiology
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Tropanes / chemical synthesis*
  • Tropanes / chemistry
  • Tropanes / pharmacology

Substances

  • (3-endo)-3-(2-cyano-2,2-diphenylethyl)-8,8-dimethyl-8-azoniabicyclo( 3.2.1)octane bromide
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
  • Muscarinic Antagonists
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M1
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M2
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M3
  • Tropanes
  • Calcium