N-(3-Acyloxy-2-benzylpropyl)-N‘-[4-(methylsulfonylamino)benzyl]thiourea Analogues: Novel Potent and High Affinity Antagonists and Partial Antagonists of the Vanilloid Receptor

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Abstract

Isosteric replacement of the phenolic hydroxyl group in potent vanilloid receptor (VR1) agonists with the alkylsulfonamido group provides a series of compounds which are effective antagonists to the action of the capsaicin on rat VR1 heterologously expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. In particular, compound 61, N-[2-(3,4-dimethylbenzyl)-3-pivaloyloxypropyl]-N'-[3-fluoro-4-(methylsulfonylamino)benzyl]thiourea was a full antagonist against capsaicin, displayed a K(i) value of 7.8 nM (compared to 520 nM for capsazepine and 4 nM for 5-iodoRTX), and showed excellent analgesic activity in mice. Structure-activity analysis of the influence of modifications in the A- and C-regions of 4-methylsulfonamide ligands on VR1 agonism/antagonism indicated that 3-fluoro substitution in the A-region and a 4-tert-butylbenzyl moiety in the C-region favored antagonism, whereas a 3-methoxy group in the A-region and 3-acyloxy-2-benzylpropyl moieties in the C-region favored agonism.

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