N-(Anilinoethyl)amide Melatonergic Ligands with Improved Water Solubility and Metabolic Stability.

ABSTRACT: The MT₂ -selective melatonin receptor ligand UCM765 (N-(2-((3-methoxyphenyl)(phenyl)amino)ethyl)acetamide), showed interesting sleep inducing, analgesic and anxiolytic properties in rodents, but suffers from low water solubility and modest metabolic stability. To overcome these limitations, different strategies were investigated, including modification of metabolically liable sites, introduction of hydrophilic substituents and design of more basic derivatives. Thermodynamic solubility, microsomal stability and lipophilicity of new compounds were experimentally evaluated, together with their MT₁ and MT₂ binding affinities. Introduction of a m-hydroxymethyl substituent on the phenyl ring of UCM765 and replacement of the replacement of the N,N-diphenyl-amino s

SUBMITTER: Ferlenghi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8518537 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature