Synthesis and biological evaluation of 5-carbamoyl-2-phenylpyrimidine derivatives as novel and potent PDE4 inhibitors
Goto, T., Shiina, A., Yoshino, T., Mizukami, K., Hirahara, K., Suzuki, O., Sogawa, Y., Takahashi, T., Mikkaichi, T., Nakao, N., Takahashi, M., Hasegawa, M., Sasaki, S.(2013) Bioorg Med Chem 21: 7025-7037
- PubMed: 24094436 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2013.09.013
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3WD9 - PubMed Abstract: 
5-Carbamoyl-2-phenylpyrimidine derivative 2 has been identified as a phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor with moderate PDE4B inhibitory activity (IC50=200 nM). Modification of the carboxylic acid moiety of 2 gave N-neopentylacetamide derivative 10f, which had high in vitro PDE4B inhibitory activity (IC50=8.3 nM) and in vivo efficacy against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced pulmonary neutrophilia in mice (ID50=16 mg/kg, ip). Furthermore, based on the X-ray crystallography of 10f bound to the human PDE4B catalytic domain, we designed 7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-5-one derivative 39 which has a fused bicyclic lactam scaffold. Compound 39 exhibited excellent inhibitory activity against LPS-induced tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) production in mouse splenocytes (IC50=0.21 nM) and in vivo anti-inflammatory activity against LPS-induced pulmonary neutrophilia in mice (41% inhibition at a dose of 1.0 mg/kg, i.t.).
Organizational Affiliation: 
R&D Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd, 1-2-58, Hiromachi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-8710, Japan; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. Electronic address: goto.taiji.kt@daiichisankyo.co.jp.