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The invention provides a compound of the formula (I) or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease state or condition mediated by protein kinase A and/or protein kinase B, wherein the ring Q is a benzene ring; J2-J1 is N=CR7 or R1aN-CO; G is OH or NR5R6; E is CONR7, NR7CO, C(R8)=C(R8) or (X)m(CR8R8a)n where X is O, S or NR7; provided that when J2-J1 is R1aN-CO, E is other than NR7CO; m and n are each 0 or 1, where m + n = 1 or 2; A is a bond and R4 and R4a are absent, or A is a saturated optionally substituted C1-7 hydrocarbon linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between E and G, one carbon atom in the linker group A being optionally replaced by O or N; R1,Rla, R2, and R3 are each H; halogen; C1-6 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by halogen, OH or C1-2 alkoxy; CN; CONHR8; NH2; NHCOR10 or NHCONHR10; R4 is H or C1-4 alkyl; R4a is H, C1-4 alkyl or a group R9; R5 and R6 are each selected from H, R9 and C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by halogen, C1-2 alkoxy or R9;or NR5R6 forms a saturated 4-7 membered monocyclic heterocyclic group; R7 is H or C1-4 alkyl; R8 and R8a each H or saturated C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by fluorine; R9is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group containing up to 3 ring heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; or R4, R4a and A together form a saturated monocyclic 4-7 membered heterocycle; or NR5R6, R4 and A form a saturated 4-7 membered monocyclic heterocycle; or R4,together with R7 or R8 and A and E form a 4-7 membered saturated monocyclic heterocycle; or NR5R6 and R7 or R8 together with A and E form a 4-7 membered saturated monocyclic heterocycle; and R10 is optionally substituted phenyl or benzyl.
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- The effects of conformational constraints and steric bulk in the amino acid moiety of philanthotoxins on AMPAR antagonism
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Philanthotoxin-343 (PhTX-343), a synthetic analogue of wasp toxin PhTX-433, is a noncompetitive antagonist at ionotropic receptors (e.g., AChR or iGluR). To determine possible effects of variations of the amino acid side chain, a library consisting of seventeen PhTX-343 analogues was prepared. Thus, tyrosine was replaced by either apolar, conformationally constrained, or bulky amino acids, whereas the acyl unit and the polyamine moiety were kept unchanged. Analogues with tertiary amide groups were prepared for the first time. Pentafluorophenyl esters were employed for amide bond formation, establishing general protocols for philanthotoxin solution- and solid-phase synthesis (39-90% and 42-54% overall yields, respectively). The analogues were tested for their ability to antagonize kainate-induced currents of 2-amino-3-(3-hydroxy-5-methyl- 4-isoxazoyl)propanoic acid receptors (AMPAR) expressed in Xenopus oocytes from rat brain mRNA. This showed that steric bulk in the amino acid moiety is well tolerated and suggests that binding to AMPAR does not involve the α-NHCO group as a donor in hydrogen bonding.
- J?rgensen, Malene R.,Olsen, Christian A.,Mellor, Ian R.,Usherwood, Peter N. R.,Witt, Matthias,Franzyk, Henrik,Jaroszewski, Jerzy W.
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