PMID- 32949920 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210419 LR - 20210419 IS - 1768-3254 (Electronic) IS - 0223-5234 (Linking) VI - 205 DP - 2020 Nov 1 TI - The one-pot synthesis of butyl-1H-indol-3-alkylcarboxylic acid derivatives in ionic liquid as potent dual-acting agent for management of BPH. PG - 112616 LID - S0223-5234(20)30588-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112616 [doi] AB - Based on the SAR of both alpha(1)-AR antagonists and 5alpha-reductase (5AR) inhibitors, the dual-acting agent 4-(1-(4-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)butyl)-1H-indol-3-yl)butanoic acid 4aaa was designed against BPH and synthesized by two steps of N-alkylation. One-pot protocol towards 4aaa was newly developed. With IL [C(6)min]Br as solvent, the yield of 4aaa was increased to 75.1% from 16.0% and the reaction time was shortened in 1.5 h from 48 h. 25 derivatives structurally based on arylpiperazine and indolyl butyric acid with alkyl linker were prepared. The protocol was futher extended to get another 14 derivatives wherein O-alkylation was involved, and applied to the synthesis of biologically efficient molecules DPQ and Aripiprazole. Expectedly, compound 4aaa exhibited dual inhibition of alpha(1)-AR and 5alpha-reductase, and exhibited no obvious cytotoxicity against human cells. The pharmacokinetic properties of 4aaa was also determined. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. FAU - Zeng, Li-Yan AU - Zeng LY AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, 510225, China. FAU - Yang, Fubiao AU - Yang F AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China. FAU - Chen, Kaixuan AU - Chen K AD - Adlai Nortye Biopharma CO., LTD, Building 2, No. 452, No. 6 Street, Hangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, Zhejiang Province, China. FAU - Zeng, Yunong AU - Zeng Y AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China. FAU - Jiang, Zhenzhou AU - Jiang Z AD - New Drug Research and Development Center, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China. FAU - Liu, Shuwen AU - Liu S AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China. Electronic address: liusw@smu.edu.cn. FAU - Xi, Baomin AU - Xi B AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China. Electronic address: xibaomin@smu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200719 PL - France TA - Eur J Med Chem JT - European journal of medicinal chemistry JID - 0420510 RN - 0 (Androgen Receptor Antagonists) RN - 0 (Carboxylic Acids) RN - 0 (Ionic Liquids) RN - 0 (Receptors, Androgen) RN - 107-92-6 (Butyric Acid) SB - IM MH - Androgen Receptor Antagonists/chemical synthesis/chemistry/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Butyric Acid/chemistry MH - Carboxylic Acids/*chemical synthesis/chemistry/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic MH - Humans MH - Ionic Liquids/*chemistry MH - Male MH - Prostatic Hyperplasia/*drug therapy MH - Receptors, Androgen/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - 5alpha-reductase inhibitors OT - BPH OT - Dual-acting OT - Ionic liquids OT - alpha(1)-AR antagonists COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2020/09/20 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/20 06:00 CRDT- 2020/09/19 20:14 PHST- 2020/02/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/09/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/19 20:14 [entrez] AID - S0223-5234(20)30588-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112616 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Med Chem. 2020 Nov 1;205:112616. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112616. Epub 2020 Jul 19.