Efficacy, Mechanism, and Structure-Activity Relationship of 6-Methoxy Benzofuran Derivatives as a Useful Tool for Senile Osteoporosis.
Zi-Ying ZhouLian-Qi SunXiao-Yang HanYong-Jian WangZhuo-Song XieSi-Tu XueZhuo-Rong LiPublished in: Journal of medicinal chemistry (2023)
Most patients with senile osteoporosis (SOP) are severely deficient in bone mass, and treatments using bone resorption inhibitors, such as bisphosphonates, have shown limited efficacy. Small-molecule osteogenesis-promoting drugs are required to improve the treatment for this disease. Previously, we demonstrated that a compound with a benzofuran-like structure promoted bone formation by upregulating BMP-2, and it exhibited a therapeutic effect in SAMP-6 mice, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis rats, and ovariectomized rats. In this study, aged C57 and SAMP-6 mice models were used to investigate the therapeutic and preventive effects of compound 125 on SOP. scRNA-seq analysis showed that BMP-2 upregulation is the mechanism through which 125 accelerates bone turnover and increases the proportion of osteoblasts. We evaluated the structure-activity relationship of the candidate drugs and found that the derivative I-9 showed significantly higher efficacy than 125 and teriparatide in the zebrafish osteoporosis model. This study provides a foundation for the development of SOP drugs.
Keyphrases
- bone mineral density
- postmenopausal women
- structure activity relationship
- body composition
- small molecule
- bone regeneration
- bone loss
- mesenchymal stem cells
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- cell proliferation
- genome wide
- gene expression
- bone marrow
- high glucose
- oxidative stress
- single cell
- insulin resistance
- rna seq
- wild type