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Synthesis, structure determination, and biological evaluation of phenylsulfonyl hydrazide derivatives as potential anti-inflammatory agents

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2016 Nov 1;26(21):5193-5197. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.09.070.
Eun Beul Park 1 Kwang Jong Kim 1 Hui Rak Jeong 1 Jae Kyun Lee 2 Hyoung Ja Kim 2 Hwi Ho Lee 3 Ji Woong Lim 4 Ji-Sun Shin 3 Andreas Koeberle 5 Oliver Werz 5 Kyung-Tae Lee 6 Jae Yeol Lee 7
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Research Institute for Basic Sciences and Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
  • 2 Korea Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 131, Cheongyang, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
  • 3 Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Science, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
  • 4 KHU-KIST Department of Converging Science and Technology, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
  • 5 Department of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 14, 07743 Jena, Germany.
  • 6 Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Science, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: ktlee@khu.ac.kr.
  • 7 Research Institute for Basic Sciences and Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea; KHU-KIST Department of Converging Science and Technology, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: ljy@khu.ac.kr.
Abstract

In our previous research, a novel series of phenylsulfonyl hydrazide derivatives were found to reduce LPS-induced PGE2 levels in RAW 264.7 macrophage cells via an inhibition of mPGES-1 Enzyme. Recently, it was found that a regioisomeric mixture of phenylsulfonyl hydrazide was formed depending on the reaction conditions, which favor either of two regioisomers. One regioisomer corresponds to a kinetic product (7a-7c) and the Other regioisomer corresponds to a thermodynamic product (8a-8c). Among them, the structure of kinetic product 7b was confirmed by measuring single X-ray crystallography. In vitro PGE2 assay studies showed that the kinetic product (7a and 7b; IC50=0.69 and 0.55μM against PGE2) is generally more potent than the thermodynamic product (8a and 8b; IC50=>10 and 0.79μM against PGE2). A molecular docking study also exhibited that the kinetic product (7a) has a higher MolDock Score (-147.4) than that of 8a (-142.4), which is consistent with the PGE2 assay results. A new potent phenylsulfonyl hydrazide (7d; IC50=0.06μM against PGE2) without affecting COX-1 and COX-2 Enzyme activities was identified based on these overall results.

Keywords

Inflammation; Molecular docking study; Prostaglandin E(2); Regioisomers; X-ray crystallography.

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