Synthesis and biological evaluation of pyridine-linked indanone derivatives: Potential agents for inflammatory bowel disease

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2018 Aug 1;28(14):2436-2441. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.06.012. Epub 2018 Jun 8.

Abstract

A series of pyridine-linked indanone derivatives were designed and synthesized to discover new small molecules for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Compounds 5b and 5d exhibited strongest inhibitory activity against TNF-α-induced monocyte adhesion to colon epithelial cells (an in vitro model of colitis). In TNBS (2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid)-induced rat colitis model, oral administration of the compounds 5b and 5d ameliorated colitis with significant recovery in altered expressions of E-cadherin, TNF-α and IL-1β expressions, indicating 5b and 5d as potential agents for therapeutics development against IBD.

Keywords: Antiinflammatory agents; Inflammatory bowel disease; Pyridine-linked indanones; Synthesis; TNF-α.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / chemical synthesis
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / pharmacology*
  • Cell Adhesion / drug effects
  • Colitis / chemically induced
  • Colitis / drug therapy
  • Colitis / pathology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Epithelial Cells / drug effects
  • Epithelial Cells / pathology
  • HT29 Cells
  • Humans
  • Indans / administration & dosage
  • Indans / chemical synthesis
  • Indans / pharmacology*
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / pathology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Monocytes / drug effects
  • Monocytes / metabolism
  • Pyridines / administration & dosage
  • Pyridines / chemistry
  • Pyridines / pharmacology*
  • Rats
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Indans
  • Pyridines
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid
  • pyridine