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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Chem. 2002 Aug 1;45(16):3440–3450. doi: 10.1021/jm011093d

Table 5.

AR Affinities and Selectivities of Tricyclic Purinone Derivatives

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compd R1 R2 R4 R7 R8 Ki (μM) ± SEM or % displacement
at indicated concentration (in brackets)
A1 affinity rat
brain cortical
membranes1
[3H]CHA
A2A affinity rat
brain striatal
membranes1
[3H]CGS21680
A3 affinity human
recombinant
receptors
[125I]AB-MECA
2-Unsubstituted Imidazopurinones
15 methyl H H H H 65.5 ± 7.6 40.9 ± 6.3 >10a
16 methyl H benzyl H H 24% (30 μM) 16.1 ± 3.8 ndb
17 methyl H methyl H H 79.6 ± 0.6 20.7 ± 3.0 40% (10 μM)
R-18 methyl H methyl H (R)-methyl 14% (3 μM) 12% (30 μM) nd
S-18 methyl H methyl H (S)-methyl 10% (10 μM) 46% (30 μM) nd
RS-19 methyl H methyl H (R,S)-ethyl 46% (250 μM) 16.2 ± 0.6 28% (100 μM)
R-19 methyl H methyl H (R)-ethyl 75.5 ± 4.5 28.3 ± 5.4 nd
S-19 methyl H methyl H (S)-ethyl 50% (250 μM) 10.9 ± 1.2 nd
RS-20 methyl H methyl (R/S)-methyl H 59 ± 8 64.6 ± 9.8 >10a
R-20 methyl H methyl (R)-methyl H 23 ± 4 50.4 ± 13.4 nd
S-20 methyl H methyl (S)-methyl H 70 ± 6 12.0 ± 1.9 nd
2-Substituted Imidazopurinones
21 methyl phenyl H H H 1.83 ± 0.9 11.9 ± 1.6 0.047 ± 0.0048
22 methyl phenyl methyl H H 9.7 ± 2.6 20.3 ± 2.6 3.33 ± 0.72
RS-23 methyl phenyl methyl H (R,S)-ethyl 6.1 + 0.8 19.2 ± 3.9 17% (10 μM)
R-23 methyl phenyl methyl H (R)-ethyl 17.5 ± 5.0 36.3 ± 1.2 nd
S-23 methyl phenyl methyl H (S)-ethyl 4.7 ± 0.3 16.2 ± 4.6 nd
RS-24 H phenyl methyl H (R,S)-ethyl 0.265 ± 0.1 3.1 ± 0.5 nd
R-24 (PSB-11) H phenyl methyl H (R)-ethyl 0.44 ± 0.1 2.1 ± 0.14 0.0023 ± 0.0011
S-24 H phenyl methyl H (S)-ethyl 0.115 + 0.001 3.33 ± 0.93 0.0098 ± 0.0038
R-25 methyl styryl methyl H (R)-ethyl 21.7 ± 3.8 0.547 ± 0.035 1.70 ± 0.48
S-25 methyl styryl methyl H (S)-ethyl 14.9 ± 2.6 0.424 ± 0.007 30.6 ± 8.3
R-26 H styryl methyl H (R)-ethyl 0.95 ± 0.15 0.89 ± 0.01 0.64 ± 0.199
S-26 H styryl methyl H (S)-ethyl 0.73 ± 0.13 0.67 ± 1.73 >10a
Ring-Enlarged Analogues of Imidazopurinones
27 methyl H methyl 43.2 ± 13.4 28.5 ± 5.2 >10a
28 methyl Cl methyl 10.5 ± 6.1 11.9 ± 0.87 nd
29 methyl H methyl 19.8 ± 9.5 18.5 ± 1.3 >10a
30 methyl H methyl 60.3 ± 8.1 51 ± 4 >10a
Xanthine Derivatives (for Comparison)
R7 R8 R3 R1 name
31 methyl H methyl methyl caffeine 4139 4339 13.37
32 methyl phenyl methyl methyl 8-phenylcaffeine 1540 2540 nac
33 H phenyl methyl methyl 8-phenyltheophylline 0.08939 0.8339 na
34 methyl styryl methyl methyl 8-styrylcaffeine 3.941 0.09441 na
35 H styryl methyl methyl 8-styryltheophylline 0.6541 0.2941 na
a

nd = not determined.

b

Less than 10% displacement at 10 μM.

c

Data not available.