2,5-Dihydro-4-methyl-2-phenyl-1,5-benzothiazepine-3-carboxylic acid esters, based on the structures of dihydropyridines and diltiazem, were synthesized from o-aminothiophenol and 2-(phenylmethylene)- 3-oxobutanoic acid esters. Biological evaluation in the potassium-depolarized rabbit aorta suggests that these compounds are calcium channel blockers. The in vitro activity was further confirmed by electrophysiological techniques. Structure-activity studies for the aromatic substitution showed that the 2-nitro derivative was the most potent (IC50 = 0.3 microM) compound in vitro while the ethyl ester was slightly better than the corresponding methyl ester. Replacement of sulfur with nitrogen atom provided 2,5-dihydro-4-methyl-2-(3-nitrophenyl)-1,5-benzodiazepine-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester, which was only slightly less active than the corresponding benzothiazepine. Derivatization of the nitrogen in 2,5-dihydro-4-methyl- 2-(3-nitrophenyl)-1,5-benzothiazepine-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester with a (dimethylamino)ethyl group (present in diltiazem) provided 2,5-dihydro-5-[(dimethylamino)ethyl]- 4-methyl-2-(3-nitrophenyl)-1,5-benzo-thiazepine-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester, which was found to be equipotent to diltiazem in vitro. Radioligand binding studies using [3H]nitrendipine and [3H]diltiazem showed that the compound with the free nitrogen binds competitively into the dihydropyridine binding site while the molecule in which the nitrogen is alkylated with a (dimethylamino)ethyl group interacts competitively with both diltiazem and dihydropyridine binding sites. Our results therefore show that 2,5-dihydro-4-methyl-2-phenyl-1,5-benzothiazepine-3-carboxylic ester is a good starting point for designing dihydropyridine as well as diltiazem mimics.
Substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroaminonaphthols were found to be calcium channel blockers with antihypertensive properties. These compounds also possessed adrenergic beta-receptor blocking activity. From the structure-activity studies, no clear correlation emerged between the in vitro calcium channel blocking activity and the acute anti-hypertensive activity in cannulated spontaneously hypertensive rats. Extensive pharmacological testing of selected compounds indicated that aminonaphthols are antihypertensive agents with many pharmacological properties. The relative contribution of various pharmacological actions toward the observed antihypertensive activity is unclear. Since the clinically useful calcium channel blocker verapamil is structurally related to these compounds, one of the aminonaphthols, trans-3-[(3,3-diphenylpropyl)amino]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6,7 -dimethoxy-2-naphthalenol (12), was compared with verapamil for calcium channel blocking activity, adrenergic blocking activity, and catecholamine-depleting activity. Both compounds were found to be equipotent in these test systems.
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