Design and synthesis of aryloxypropanolamine as β3-adrenergic receptor antagonist in cancer and lipolysis

  • Jiyu Jin
  • , Chunxiao Miao
  • , Zhilong Wang
  • , Wanli Zhang
  • , Xiongwen Zhang
  • , Xin Xie
  • , Wei Lu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

β-adrenergic receptors (β-ARs) are broadly distributed in various tissues and regulate a panel of important physiological functions and disease states including cancer. Above all, β3-adrenergic receptor (β3-AR) plays a significant role in regulating lipolysis and thermogenesis in adipose tissue. In this study, we designed and synthesized a series of novel L-748,337 derivatives as selective human β3-AR antagonists. Among all the tested L-748,337 analogs, compound 23d was found to display 23-fold more potent β3-AR antagonist activity (EC50 = 0.5117 nM) than L-748,337 (EC50 = 11.91 nM). In vivo, compound 23d could alleviate weight loss and inhibit tumor growth in C26 tumor cachexia animal model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)757-770
Number of pages14
JournalEuropean Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume150
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Apr 2018

Keywords

  • Antagonist
  • Cancer
  • Lipolysis and cachexia
  • β-Adrenergic receptor

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