Table 2. Activation of Gq Pathway and Cellular Toxicitya.
| compd | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | BLT2 EC50 ± SEM (nM) | efficacy rel. to CAY10583% ± SEM | AT1 IC50 ± SEM (nM) | BLT1 | live rate (%) after 3 days at 50 μM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyp | nBu | tetrazole | 410 ± 34 | 69 ± 2 | 6 ± 0.6** | inactive | unaffected | |
| 8a | Cyp | nBu | COOH | 1490 ± 168 | 95 ± 3 | 190 ± 6.6** | inactive | 92 | |
| 8b | Cyp | Ph | COOH | inactive | >10 μM | inactive | unaffected | ||
| 8c | Cyp | Bn | COOH | 6580 ± 956 | 88 ± 4 | 8650 ± 620 | inactive | 79 | |
| 8d | Cyp | CH2CH2Ph | COOH | inactive | inactive | inactive | inactive | unaffected | |
| 8e | Cy | nBu | COOH | 860 ± 88 | 64 ± 8 | 155 ± 2.2** | inactive | 90 | |
| 8f | CH3 | iPr | nBu | tetrazole | 67.6 ± 4 | 42 ± 4 | 15 ± 1.7** | inactive | unaffected |
| 8g | CH3 | Ph | nBu | tetrazole | 550 ± 88 | 11 ± 4 | 25 ± 2.1** | inactive | 56 |
| 13 | 24200 ± 3400 | 31 ± 1 | 7750 ± 660 | inactive | unaffected | ||||
| 14 | 6390 ± 358 | 36 ± 4 | 390 ± 74** | inactive | 77 | ||||
| 15 | CH3 | CH3 | nBu | tetrazole | 8140 ± 815 | 36 ± 4 | 32 ± 8.9** | inactive | 56 |
| 19a | inactive | 1010 ± 34** | inactive | 89 | |||||
| 19b | 7500 ± 1100 | 25 ± 2 | ∼10 μM | inactive | 88 | ||||
Compounds were tested for activation of BLT2 or BLT1 in the IP-One assay in agonist mode. For BLT2, efficacy was determined by comparison to reference agonist CAY10583 at 20 μM each. For BLT1, the reference agonist LTB4 served as a positive control. Inhibition of the second off-target AT1 was tested in the IP-One assay in antagonist mode with [Val5-angiotensin II being present at a constant concentration of 10 nM. **Indicates that the respective compound is a full agonist with efficacy comparible to irbesartan (1). IP-One assays for the determination of EC50 or IC50 with SEM were conducted at least two times (n = 2). Cellular toxicity was tested on Hep-G2 cells treated for 3 days. ATP content as a measure for overall metabolic activity and cell survival was determined using the CellTiter-Glo assay. For 50 μM of compound, the live rate is reported as percent of DMSO control.
