Bridged Piperidine Analogues of a High Affinity Naphthalene-Based P2Y 14 R Antagonist.

High affinity phenyl-piperidine P2Y 14 R antagonist 1 (PPTN) was modified with piperidine bridging moieties to probe receptor affinity and hydrophobicity. Various 2-azanorbornane, nortropane, isonortropane, isoquinuclidine, and ring-opened cyclopentylamino derivatives preserved human P2Y 14 R affinity (fluorescence binding assay), and their pharmacophoric overlay was compared. Enantiomeric 2-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-one precursors assured stereochemically unambiguous, diverse products. Pure ( S , S , S ) 2-azanorbornane enantiomer 15 (MRS4738) displayed higher affinity than 1 (3-fold higher affinity than enantiomer 16 ) and in vivo antihyperallodynic and antiasthmatic activity. Its double prodrug 143 (MRS4815) dramatically reduced lung inflammation in a mouse asthma model. Related lactams 21 - 24 and dicarboxylate 42 displayed intermediate affinity and enhanced aqueous solubility. Isoquinuclidine 34 (IC 50 15.6 nM) and isonortropanol 30 (IC 50 21.3 nM) had lower lipophilicity than 1 . In general, rigidified piperidine derivatives did not lower lipophilicity dramatically, except those rings with multiple polar groups. P2Y 14 R molecular modeling based on a P2Y 12 R structure showed stable and persistent key interactions for compound 15 .