Abstract
1,4-Dihydropyridine (DHP) is an important class of calcium antagonist. It inhibits the influx of extracellular Ca(2+) through L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels. Two series of nifedipine analogues were synthesized and evaluated as calcium antagonists. The ortho-nitrophenyl ring of nifedipine was replaced with an ortho- or a meta-chlorophenyl substituent. The IC50 values revealed that some of the compounds are similar to or more active than nifedipine. Substitution with groups of suitable bulkiness, such as ethyl ester, at the 3- and 5-positions of the DHP ring gave 3h, which is approximately three-fold more active than nifedipine as a calcium antagonist. A docking study with the DHP receptor model was performed to interpret the differences in calcium antagonist activities. The molecular docking study demonstrated that the lipophilicity of the substituted phenyl group at the 4-position of the DHP ring is an important factor that could increase the activity of the calcium antagonist taking the steric factor into consideration. Bulky groups interfere with ring-to-ring hydrophobic interaction with Tyr(1460) and limit the efficiency of increasing the length of the hydrocarbon chain of esters at the 3- and 5-positions of the DHP ring as an approach to increase activity. The presence of a chelating substituent on the phenyl ring at the 4-position of the DHP ring may ensure strong binding to the receptor and hence stabilization of the closed-channel conformation.
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