Analogs of capsaicin with agonist activity as novel analgesic agents; structure-activity studies. 1. The aromatic "A-region"
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Abstract
A series of compounds incorporating replacements for the amide bond "B-region" moiety of capsaicin have been synthesized, including vanillylamides and esters, homovanillic acid amides and esters, ureas, and thioureas. These have been tested in an in vitro assay for agonism (45Ca2+ influx into dorsal root ganglia neurones), which is predictive of analgesic activity, to investigate the requirements in this region of capsaicin for activity. N-(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl)-N'-octylthiourea (14a) emerged as the most potent analogue (EC50 = 0.06 microM). An operational model based on multiple hydrogen-bonding interactions is proposed to explain the structure-activity profile observed. In combination with studies on the other regions of the capsaicin molecule these results describe a picture of the molecular interactions of capsaicin with its putative receptor.
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