Synthesis of Ofornine mimics from natural product l-Vasicine as anti-hypertensive agents

Publication date: Available online 6 January 2017
Source:Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
Author(s): Mushtaq A. Aga, Sheikh Rayees, Abdul Rouf, Brijesh Kumar, Anjna Sharma, P.V.V.S. Nagaraju, Gurdarshan Singh, Subhash C. Taneja
We report the chemical synthesis of Ofornine mimics from l-vasicine, structure-activity relationship studies and their in vivo screening for anti-hypertensive action in Wistar rats. It was observed that most of the analogs possessed anti-hypertensive effect; however, the duration of the effect was variable and mostly transient. The results demonstrated that the analogs 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 showed a sharp and significant decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure for 30-60 min after intravenous administration. Analog (S)-(3-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl)(2-(pyridin-4-ylamino)phenyl)methanone (8) showed a significant decrease in blood pressure in a dose dependent manner whose maximal response lowered to 79.29±4.26 mmHg of SBP and 62.55±2.9 of DBP at 10 mg/kg intravenous dose. Further, the significant anti-hypertensive effect of 8 lasted for about 2.5 h at 10 mg/kg dose. We also evaluated the acute toxicity of the analog 8 as per the OECD guidelines and the compound was found to be safe upto the dose of 2000 mg/kg body weight. These preclinical findings suggest that the analog 8 could be considered as a promising lead and a durable anti-hypertensive drug candidate and deserves further investigation. The SAR studies clearly showed that the amide, hydroxyl and pyridine ring plays important role in showing the activity.

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