Discovery of aryl sulfonamide-selective Nav1.7 inhibitors with a highly hydrophobic ethanoanthracene core  

作　　者：Jin-tao Wang Yue-ming Zheng Yue-ting Chen Min Gu Zhao-bing Gao Fa-jun Nan 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Drug Research,The National Center for Drug Screening,CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research,Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 201203,China [2]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China

出　　处：《Acta Pharmacologica Sinica》2020年第3期293-302,共10页中国药理学报（英文版）

基　　金：This work was supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(81825021);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81603096,81773707).

摘　　要：Nav1.7 channels are mainly distributed in the peripheral nervous system.Blockade of Nav1.7 channels with small-molecule inhibitors in humans might provide pain relief without affecting the central nervous system.Based on the facts that many reported Nav1.7-selective inhibitors contain aryl sulfonamide fragments,as well as a tricyclic antidepressant,maprotiline,has been found to inhibit Nav1.7 channels,we designed and synthesized a series of compounds with ethanoanthracene and aryl sulfonamide moieties.Their inhibitory activity on sodium channels were detected with electrophysiological techniques.We found that compound 10o potently inhibited Nav1.7 channels stably expressed in HEK293 cells(IC50=0.64±0.30 nmol/L)and displayed a high Nav1.7/Nav1.5 selectivity.In mouse small-sized dorsal root ganglion neurons,compound 10o(10,100 nmol/L)dose-dependently decreased the sodium currents and dramatically suppressed depolarizing current-elicited neuronal discharge.Preliminary in vivo experiments showed that compound 10o possessed good analgesic activity:in a mouse visceral pain model,administration of compound 10o(30?100 mg/kg,i.p.)effectively and dose-dependently suppressed acetic acid-induced writhing.

关 键 词：Nav1.7 sodium channel ARYL SULFONAMIDE maprotiline compound lOo ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY acetic acid-induced VISCERAL pain an algesic activity 

分 类 号：R96[医药卫生—药理学]