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- Title
Effect of Linker Elongation on the VGSC Affinity and Anticonvulsant Activity among 4-Alkyl-5-aryl-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione Derivatives.
- Authors
Paruch, Kinga; Kaproń, Barbara; Łuszczki, Jarogniew J.; Paneth, Agata; Plech, Tomasz
- Abstract
The main aim of the current project was to investigate the effect of the linker size in 4-alkyl-5-aryl-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione derivatives, known as a group of antiepileptic drug candidates, on their affinity towards voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs). The rationale of the study was based both on the SAR observations and docking simulations of the interactions between the designed ligands and the binding site of human VGSC. HYDE docking scores, which describe hydrogen bonding, desolvation, and hydrophobic effects, obtained for 5-[(3-chlorophenyl)ethyl]-4-butyl/hexyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiones, justified their beneficial sodium channel blocking activity. The results of docking simulations were verified using a radioligand binding assay with [3H]batrachotoxin. Unexpectedly, although the investigated triazole-based compounds acted as VGSC ligands, their affinities were lower than those of the respective analogs containing shorter alkyl linkers. Since numerous sodium channel blockers are recognized as antiepileptic agents, the obtained 1,2,4-triazole derivatives were examined for antiepileptic potential using an experimental model of tonic–clonic seizures in mice. Median effective doses (ED50) of the compounds examined in MES test reached 96.6 ± 14.8 mg/kg, while their median toxic doses (TD50), obtained in the rotarod test, were even as high as 710.5 ± 47.4 mg/kg.
- Subjects
PILOCARPINE; SODIUM channels; RADIOLIGAND assay; SODIUM channel blockers; ANTICONVULSANTS; HYDROPHOBIC interactions; BINDING sites; PHENOBARBITAL
- Publication
Molecules, 2023, Vol 28, Issue 13, p5287
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules28135287