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  2. Synthesis and biological evaluation of gamma-aminophosphonates as potent, subtype-selective sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor agonists and antagonists

Synthesis and biological evaluation of gamma-aminophosphonates as potent, subtype-selective sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor agonists and antagonists

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2007 Jan 15;15(2):663-77. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2006.10.060.
Frank W Foss Jr 1 Ashley H Snyder Michael D Davis Michael Rouse Mark D Okusa Kevin R Lynch Timothy L Macdonald
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, McCormick Road, PO Box 400319, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA. ff2185@columbia.edu
Abstract

The synthesis of N-arylamide phosphonates and related arylether and arylamine analogues provided potent, subtype-selective agonists and antagonists of the five known sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptors (S1P(1-5)). To this end, the syntheses of phosphoserine mimetics-selectively protected and optically active phosphonoserines-are described. In vitro binding assays showed that the implementation of phosphonates as phosphate mimetics provided compounds with similar receptor binding affinities as compared to their phosphate precursors. meta-substituted arylamide phosphonates were discovered to be antagonists of the S1P(1) and S1P(3) receptors. When administered to mice, an antagonist blocked the lymphopenia evoked by a S1P receptor agonist and caused capillary leakage in both lung and kidney.

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