Selective angiotensin II AT2 receptor agonists: arylbenzylimidazole structure-activity relationships |
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Authors: | Wu Xiongyu Wan Yiqian Mahalingam A K Murugaiah A M S Plouffe Bianca Botros Milad Karlén Anders Hallberg Mathias Gallo-Payet Nicole Alterman Mathias |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medicinal Chemistry, BMC, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 574, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | Structural alterations in the 2- and 5-positions of the first drug-like selective angiotensin II AT2 receptor agonist (1) have been performed. The imidazole ring system was proven to be a strong determinant for the AT2 selectivity, and with few exceptions all variations gave good AT2 receptor affinities and with retained high AT2/AT1 selectivities. On the contrary to the findings with AT1 receptor agonists, the impact of structural modifications in the 5-position of the AT2 selective compounds were less pronounced regarding activation of the AT2 receptor. The butyloxyphenyl (56) and the propylthienyl (50) derivatives were found to exert a high agonistic effect as deduced from their capacity to induce neurite elongation in neuronal cells, as does angiotensin II. |
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