Design, Synthesis, and Biological Activity Studies of Istradefylline Derivatives Based on Adenine as A2A Receptor Antagonists

Yiyun Wang, Haojie Xu, Hongyi Wang, Zhonghui Zheng, Zihui Meng*, Zhibin Xu*, Jiarong Li, Min Xue

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Abstract

Due to its double bond, istradefylline rapidly isomerizes to Z-istradefylline when exposed to normal daylight in dilute solution. To solve the poor photostability of the istradefylline solution, a series of istradefylline derivatives (in total 17 compounds, including II-1 and II-2 series) were designed and synthesized, and their biological activity in inhibiting cAMP was evaluated. The IC50 values of compounds II-1-3, II-2-1, II-2-2, II-2-3, II-2-4, and II-2-6 were 7.71, 6.52, 6.16, 7.23, 7.96, and 9.68 μg/mL, respectively, which had the same order of activity as that of istradefylline (IC50 value was 1.94 μg/mL). The preliminary structure-activity relationship suggested that the 6-amino in adenine played an important role in binding an A2A receptor. The results of photostability experiments showed that the photostability of the target compounds of II-1 and II-2 series was improved when compared with that of istradefylline.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4386-4394
Number of pages9
JournalACS Omega
Volume6
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Feb 2021

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