Abstract
Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is a promising target for developing antinociceptive agents. Here, we report the synthesis of N-indazole-4-aryl piperazine carboxamide analogues as TRPV1 modulators. The structure-activity relationship (SAR) reveals that substituting indazole at the 5-/6-position leads to TRPV1 agonism, whereas the 4- and 7-positions of indazole obtain mild antagonism and loss of activity, respectively. The whole-cell clamp patch assay shows that 28 is a potent and selective TRPV1 agonist and it relieves inflammatory and thermal pain by desensitizing the native TRPV1 current in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) in mice. Additionally, site-directed mutagenesis combined with molecular docking shows an important hydrogen interaction between Arg557 and the indazole of 28. Taken together, our findings provide insight into TRPV1 agonism-antagonism conversion based on the interaction between indazole and Arg557, which provides a strategy to obtain new TRPV1 agonists by structural modification of antagonists. Compound 28 may be used as a lead compound for further optimization.
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